(ABNA 24) AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): US video game developer Activision-Blizzard has sparked anger in the Muslim world with an insulting depiction of the holy Qur’an in one of its latest games.
In its newly released series, Call of Duty: Vanguard, the video game giant depicted pages from the Muslim holy book disrespectfully scattered on a floor, with some of them soaked in blood.
The Islamophobic content stoked a furious response on social media earlier this week, with Twitter users creating the trend #NoCallOfDuty.
The Muslim community began to boycott the game, with some saying they will not play until the detail is removed. Others simply deleted the game and vowed not to play.
Activision issued an apology on Thursday, calling the content “insensitive.”
“It should never have appeared as it did in [the] game; we deeply apologize,” it said in a statement published in Arabic.
It subsequently replaced the pages of the holy book with blank sheets.