‘Muslim Massacre’ computer game assailed
The game urges players to “wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the
world’s most destructive weapons”.
“The makers of this ‘game’ and the ISPs (internet service providers) who are
hosting it should be quite ashamed of themselves,” Inayat
Bunglawala, spokesperson for the Muslim Council of
Britain, told AFP.
“Anti-Muslim prejudice is already on the increase and needs to be challenged
and not reinforced through tasteless and offensive stunts like this.”
Players in the game — the aim of which is to “ensure that no Muslim man or
woman is left alive” — control an “American Hero” wielding a machine gun and a
rocket launcher parachuted into the
The creator of the game, known as Sigvatr, described
it as “fun and funny”. Writing on the SomethingAwful.com discussion forum
website, he said: “Don’t whinge about how offensive
and ‘edgy’ this is.”
The Ramadhan Foundation, a British Muslim youth organisation, voiced “deep condemnation and anger” at the
game, accusing it of “glorifying the killing of Muslims in the
“Encouraging children and young people in a game to kill Muslims is
unacceptable, tasteless and deeply offensive,” said the Foundation’s chief
executive, Mohammed Shafiq.
“If it was the other way around, with a game featuring Muslims killing Israelis
or Americans, there would be uproar and rightly so,” he said, urging ISPs to
block the site.
“We urge ISPs to take action to remove this site from their services as it
incites violence towards Muslims and is trying to justify the killing of
innocent Muslims.”—AFP
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