9:15am Thursday 11th September 2008
By Asian Image reporter
A computer game in which players aim to kill as many Muslims as possible has been branded tasteless and highly offensive.
Muslim Massacre sees the player take control of an'American Hero' armed with an array of weapons.
He then parachutes into a Muslim country targeting the population, before taking on Osama bin Laden, the Prophet and finally Allah.
The Ramadhan Foundation, a national Muslim group expressed its deep condemnation and anger at the computer game.
The group said the game was glorifying the killing of Muslims in the Middle East and urged ISP providers to take action to remove the site from their services as it incites violence towards Muslims and is trying to justify the killing of innocent Muslims.
It also said it had written to the British Government to urge an inquiry into this game and take action to shut down the site.
Mr. Mohammed Shafiq, Chief Executive of the Foundation said, "Encouraging children and young people in a game to kill Muslims is unacceptable, tasteless and deeply offensive.
'There is an increase in violence in this country and some of it comes from video games.
'When kids spend six hours a day on violent games they are more likely to go outside and commit violence.
'If it was the other way around, with a game featuring Muslims killing Israelis or Americans, there would be uproar and rightly so.
"I would urge ISPs to take action against sites like this and there can be no justification for this sort of video game, I hope the person who made this game thinks again."
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