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Fifth Column
Now CAIR Is Going After Video Games, Islamo rage in action
2007-08-02
Hat Tip to LGF.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the phrase "Allahu akbar" will be removed from the upcoming Capcom game, Zack & Wiki. Meaning "God is most Great" it is a common prayer in Islam. Capcom had apparently received complaints over the inclusion of the phrase from other parties as well.

"We have already shot contacted the team working on the game, and the phrase has been removed from the game and will not be heard in future videos released to the public," said a Capcom spokesperson to CAIR. "We appreciated Capcom's willingness to address Muslim concerns and applaud the company's swift capitulation and appropriate actions," said CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin.

Zack & Wiki is a cartoon-ish adventure title focusing on finding pirate treasure using the Wii Remote. It is expected to release on October 16, 2007. The article's writer David Radd with a link to CAIR's website, comments's "why it was there in the first place nobody knows."
Rather than ask WTF is CAIR's problem?
Dhimmi Dave.
Posted by:Icerigger

#9  OK, we'll remove "Allahu akbar" in the games if the terrorists will be so kind as remove the death and destruction from reality.
Posted by: gorb   2007-08-02 17:25  

#8  Let me know when somebody comes up with "Shoot Rage Boy in the Mouth"...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-02 15:34  

#7  I say they should come out with a Hamas vs. Fatah video game. Then everyone can shout Allahu Ackbar without the least objections being justified. Non-Muslims could play either side with equal satisfaction and nobody could claim the game was an unfair representation of reality.

About the graphic: The image is so cartoonish in nature that it would be easy to laugh out loud if these cretins didn't pose such a thorough danger to our entire world.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-02 15:25  

#6  dosn't matter__ Capcom games suck anyway
Posted by: Snegum Gonque1689   2007-08-02 13:47  

#5  Nobody tell Matt Groening that "akbar" is verboten.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2007-08-02 12:44  

#4  All your akbars are belong to us!
Posted by: SteveS   2007-08-02 12:28  

#3  That's it. I'm making a game that has only muzzies as terrorists, screaming "Allahu Akbar" in suicide vests an the main player needs to mow them down with guns.

How 'bout them, Akbars, CAIR?
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-08-02 11:21  

#2  Since their inquiries were an obvious prelude to a lawsuit you can't blame capcom for nixing the phrase.

I just didn't know muslims had exclusive rights to the saying. What I don't know about muslim assholes would fill a book.
Posted by: Large Elmoluper7524   2007-08-02 11:18  

#1  why it was there in the first place nobody knows.

...or cares.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-02 10:59  

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