The content in question concerns two paintings above a toilet in the level, containing the quote “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty”.
Activision has claimed it was unaware of the paintings, saying they “apologise to anyone who found it offensive” and is rapidly engineering an update to remove them.
“We are working as quickly as possible to remove this image and any other similar ones we may find from our various game libraries,” the publisher added.
As Kotaku says, it can be offensive to those of Islamic faith to see holy teachings written on or in a bathroom. The paintings don’t appear anywhere else in the level.
PS3RULEZ890
paintings in the toilets offending muslims? ha prove that activision went too far this ttme what with the airport scene and all.
Kennykazey
Ehm, are the textures in MW2 even good enough for such small readable text?
HoboCastro
This is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. And I watched Osborne’s speech.
E8_BALL_
Rioting in the streets & burning of Activision flags to follow.
Sitorimon
Its like LBP all over again. Toumani Diabate’s tracks was the best one :(
E8_BALL_
Why this is the only religion in gaming to be so sensitive by(some of) its followers & for the media/society to bubble rap it, is beyond me. There’s chuches, crosses, pictured stained glass windows in cod, rdr & other games, but put a muslim themed picture frame in it & a developer gets complaints.
Alex C
It’s really not the only religion to find offence in this way. By a mile.
E8_BALL_
Fair enough… Running around a monastery & a church, simulating killing soldiers is distasteful, but you either play, skip the level, or play another game. The complaints came from people, who don’t find the simulation of killing offensive.
E8_BALL_
My instinct told me to to stay away from religious orientated articles, next time i’ll listen.
malcolmreynold5
Love this game no matter what! Best one yet! My most favorite part is the guns. I just got an M4 like in the game here http://www.airsplat.com/airsoft-video-games.htm and they have a bunch of other guns like in all the other FPS games too!