Allegedly, the issue is not quoting the Koran but the mixing of Koranic scripture and music - this is apparently forbidden in a strict interpretation of Islam.

It could have been worse. The song could have quoted from the Christian Bible: "For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses." Ezekiel 23:20. Yeah, ok, shoot me, I only remember the dirty parts of the Bible.

So tell me, what would the cult like fanatic Islamic followers do? (cult type, not Muslim).

Not buy it...blow themselves up...blow up something...fly a plane into your computer...

This tendency to kiss the buttocks of the cult like people, has to stop before we all have to follow their cult doctrines out of fear.

Islamic-cult-member/terrorist, Muslim, Cristian, Christian-based-cults/terrorist, Jewish, Jewish based cult/terrorist, Buddhist...who cares...someone somewhere will be offended by whatever you produce...so lets all stop producing anything, destroy everything, and follow the shepherds to the slaughterhouse, like good little sheeple...

Not as if I would buy a Sony product with their record of injecting root-kits on PC's (Google it, and they are STILL doing it), but Sony is a business, not pretending to stand up for GOD, moral and ethical behavior while killing innocent people...like some groups are known for...

Wake up, think for yourselves, stop following the shepherds...

@CTHINGS, I don't think Sony is trying to set a moral standard by doing this so much as attempting to maximize potential market share of this product. Changing a song to reduce impact to market share makes good business sense. Now if they were to drop a complete title because it offended someone, and therefore lose money in the name of some moral stance, then it would be fair to take sides here.

Sony made a good call because they'll probably sell a few more games and therefore increase the likelihood that a future version of the game will come out and therefore employ more people. It also increases the stability of the PS3 market share, assuming this title does good, so likewise provides jobs. The big picture benefits a lot of people and really doesn't change the game.

Lol @ Greg :D First you say that they are more concerned with making profit than with being sensitive, then you say that it will create jobs and benefit people. You were right that they are more concerned with making money, but they don't give a flying crap about making jobs. Let me assure you, if the shareholders of sony could replace every single employ with a code writing AI, they would. They did this to avoid censure more than anything.

And, this article is pretty gay. You're actually complimenting them for bowing to such idiocy? That's like complimenting someone for paying a ransom. And if you're anything near as liberal as your sister site DVice, you're hypocrites as well. Since when did a small group of violent retards' opinions have the right to censor artistic freedom? And since when are you a good person for cooperating in this?

Here's a hint people - if you god tells you to hurt innocent people, if he tells you to subjugate people or look down on people, he is EVIL, he is a piece of trash, and you should loathe him rather than worship. If Jesus Christ himself walked out of my wall right this minute and told me that I should kill anyone who isn't Christian, or that I should try to create an empire for the sole purpose of shoving Christianity down the throats of the rest of the people around the world, I would tell him to go Fck a duck.

@LOL, I didn't say Sony has an interest in creating jobs. The jobs are created as a side effect. I agree that any company/business would reduce workforce if it could be replaced by technology. That's how business works. Sony, like every other business, wants to make money and that's it. There's nothing wrong with that. It is this drive that keeps the economy working, their (and our) selfishness. So their actions support making money. We benefit because this means they will attempt to make a product that we will buy. So my comment was that they would make this change because of their selfishness in trying to increase the market share (just like any other company would do and should do). The side effect is that this behavior is actually good for our economy and good for gamers because it increases the likelihood that more games will be produced.

And instead of a duck, might I suggest a sock puppet in an attempt to keep your mad raving a bit more on topic?

It all started when ONE muslem herd the track called sony and complaned said that it was wrong to put the Koran to music...lets not get to deep into gospel toting because of a game.

This was an excellent call by sony. If any of you followed the news you would know that a man was arrested in jordan not to long ago for quoting the Koran in his poetry. They're pretty harsh over there about this stuff.

here's the link:
http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/middle.east/blog/2008/10/jordan-when-poetry-is-illegal.html

@Ian: Excellent call? Exactly for the reason that you point out the call was rubbish. Why submit to a backwards culture that revels in violence?