{"id":3478,"date":"2008-10-20T12:55:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T12:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/muslim-backlash-fears-halt-sony-game\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T12:55:40","slug":"muslim-backlash-fears-halt-sony-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/muslim-backlash-fears-halt-sony-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim backlash fears halt Sony game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>PS3 game release delayed over Koran phrases<\/h3>\n<div><strong>ENTERTAINMENT giant Sony has delayed the release of one of their biggest games after phrases from the Koran were discovered in a background music track.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Despite copies of LittleBigPlanet having already been dispatched worldwide Sony revealed they were in the process of recalling all copies in a bid to rectify the problem. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The entertainment giant said the move was being made to combat a possible backlash from the Muslim community. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>It is believed one of its background music tracks by Mali-born artist Toumani Diabate, was found to have included expressions from the Koran. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We&#8217;re sure that most of you have heard by now that one of the background music tracks that was licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Koran,&#8221; a statement on the game&#8217;s website read.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence this may have caused.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>LittleBigPlanet, in which gamers can customise the rag-doll protagonist Sackboy and allow it to roam through an interactive world filled with different challenges, had been hailed by gaming enthusiasts. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The game will be re-programmed before being dispatched at the end of the month. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PS3 game release delayed over Koran phrases ENTERTAINMENT giant Sony has delayed the release of one of their biggest games after phrases from the Koran were discovered in a background music track. &#13; Despite copies of LittleBigPlanet having already been dispatched worldwide Sony revealed they were in the process of recalling all copies in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}