Sony recalls Koran-quoting track from videogame

Toumani Diabate's music is too blasphemous for Sony. This week, the company announced a global recall of their LittleBigPlanet video game over fears that Diabate's Koran-quoting soundtrack might offend some Muslims. And no one is more surprised than Diabate, himself a devout Muslim. "In my family there are only two things we know," Diabate told the BBC this week. "The Koran and the kora," he said, referring to the Muslim holy book and the West African harp.The Malian musician has been widely cel...

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