Sony Delay LittleBigPlannet Release Due To Koran Quotes Hit PS3 Game Launch Delayed

Having recently apologised to the Church of England after using
Manchester Cathedral as a setting in their FPS title Resistance: Fall of
Man, Sony have acted to recall their up and coming title
LittleBigPlannet from Media Molecule after it came to light that some of
its background music contained two phrases taken from the Koran.

Due to have been release this week, LittleBigPlannet - which is widely
expected to be on of this autumn's blockbusters - is now expected to be
released on around the 28 of October once the track in question, which
its believed will cause offence to Muslims, is removed prior to the
title being redistributed.

'During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it
has been brought to our attention that one of the background music
tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two
expressions that can be found in the Qur'an' states Patrick Seybold of
SCEA on the PlayStation blog. 'We have taken immediate action to rectify
this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused.'

Interestingly, however, according to an unnamed member of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, Sony's recall is somewhat of an over
reaction, stating 'Many Americans already feel that Muslims want to
censor everything.'

BBC News