CAIR scores: “Allahu Akbar” removed from Wii game
posted at 6:11 pm on August 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
Would’ve been a Class C felony in New York, I believe.
You’ll hear it at :20 and :44 if you’re counting up or 1:31 and 1:06 if you’re counting down. It’s as offensive, I guess, as if they’d used “Praise Jesus.”
A minor victory on an otherwise dark day for the CAIRheads.
Update: Via doubleplusundead, this may not be the last Capcom has heard from the grievance lobby.
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Good grief, are these people becoming the new thought police, now?
jdawg on August 1, 2007 at 6:13 PM
What the hey was that?
mjkazee on August 1, 2007 at 6:16 PM
I’m an avid video game player and get fairly annoyed when pols step in to meddle with video games ‘for the good of the people’.
Still, this issue doesn’t bother me.
I don’t know much about the game, but, I don’t see how the phrase itself added much to the game (other than as a recognizably ‘foreign’ word for the alien creatures to shout). So, I don’t feel like the ‘artistic vision’ of the game has been altered in any way.
Furthermore, it’s a case of (in my opinion) things working the way they are supposed to work. Someone had an issue with the game, they let the makers of the game know of the problem, the makers decided whether it was financially worth it for them to keep that element in the game or not.
Now, if CAIR was threatening lawsuits or government injunctions against CAPCOM, that’s another matter entirely!
JadeNYU on August 1, 2007 at 6:20 PM
Yes, I can see that being so totally offensive.
Kini on August 1, 2007 at 6:23 PM
It sounded corny. I would have removed it for that alone.
Darnell Clayton on August 1, 2007 at 6:24 PM
I thought it said: “I want a Clark bar!“.
Makes as much sense.
I would have liked Mohammad if he had said that instead.
Goes with milk better than beheading people.
profitsbeard on August 1, 2007 at 6:24 PM
It should become the “gesundheit” of farting.
“That sounded like a wet Allahu Akbar.”
or……..
“Pffffffttttttt”
“Aaaaalllaaaahhhuuuuuu Akbar!!!!!”
Hening on August 1, 2007 at 6:29 PM
It’s a minor issue by itself, but when added to all the *other* crap they complain about, it equates to us bending over to let them drill us. I say don’t give ‘em an inch (perhaps a poor choice of words) because the more ya give ‘em, the more they want.
Tony737 on August 1, 2007 at 6:31 PM
We need Religious Street Fighter, so I can lay a serious beating on Muhammad.
Zach on August 1, 2007 at 6:31 PM
The are using the courts as a way to install Sharia Law and the courts and ACLU are buying it.
Kini on August 1, 2007 at 6:32 PM
OTAY got it. Screw C.A.I.R. and excuse me, but to heck with allahu akbar. I mean if I desired to worship a moon god I guess it would be great but I don’t. Of course Abraham did until God called him out of Ur. Still his sister was named
after the moon, and the rest of the family went on in their way that they knew. No surprise the muslims are continuing in this light. They are still claiming Ismal as their right to the mount. But God said that no child of a bond woman would inherit the promise so they are on the outside looking in and will always be doing so.
mjkazee on August 1, 2007 at 6:34 PM
What the ….?
Minor is an understatement, however, to them it seems every little bit counts. They just keep chipping away at our freedoms, cartoons, video games, our ability to protect ourselves by reporting suspicious behavior, they’re doing it bit by bit.
4shoes on August 1, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Sorry = Ishmael. Should’ve looked it up before .
mjkazee on August 1, 2007 at 6:36 PM
What a bunch of crybabies. So pathetic.
Dork B. on August 1, 2007 at 6:39 PM
True, chipping away at free speech, indeed.
I’m suprised they haven’t gone after Disney for Aladdin, and this little gem “The Legend Of The Golden Pyramid“
Kini on August 1, 2007 at 6:41 PM
To my mind, the issue here is how the Muslim community (or Muslim groups, or both) wants to be granted an especially high level of tolerance for them being upset or “offended”, amounting to almost a special protected status for Muslims, and Muslims alone.
One of the most disgusting examples I recall (brought up in the Prager/Hitchens-CAIR clip)is how we treat the Koran at Gitmo. American soldiers literally have to use surgical gloves so we won’t dirty the book, us being dirty infidels and all. Why don’t we have a rule that says we treat the Koran the same as we treat the Bible and other holy books, and then tell anyone who objects to suck it up? Sounds like a plan to me.
By itself, wanting special rights and privileges is not especially unusual; who doesn’t want special status and privileges for themselves? But the Muslim grievance mongering, and every instance of it such as this video game censoring, is a big deal for 3 reasons.
1) It’s actually working. People are caving to the ridiculous demands of Muslims, which is actually quite unusual.
2) We’re at war with radical Islam. Giving into radical forms of Islam at home is the equivalent to losing a soldier in battle (strategically, not morally speaking).
3) The demands of Muslims are implicitly backed up by the threat of real and deadly violence. Whether it’s violence in the streets like the Danish cartoons or Pope’s comments, fatwas of death warants like the Satanic Verses, or suicide bombings, the threat is there and it’s working.
mjgreco on August 1, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Zach, somewhere on YouTube I saw a video made from a game in which Ayaan Hirsi Ali beats the crap outta Mo in a boxing ring!
This whole thing is a steaming pile of pig sh*t. It’s even worse in England where, for example, a muslim woman sued and forced the Brit woman working at the computer next to her to take down a … get this … a STICKER of Piglet! As I said above, a minor issue on it’s own, but add em all together and whattaya get? The death of Western Civilization.
Also in England, Burger King changed the design on their ice cream lids because when turned sideways the ice cream swirl “looks like ‘Allah’ in Arabic”.
Englandistan.
Tony737 on August 1, 2007 at 7:03 PM
Whoa! Two Hotair Linkys! Thanks!
Bad Candy on August 1, 2007 at 7:08 PM
Sounds to me like the Japanese are trying to stir up a race war… but why? Keep guard of Pearl Harbor!
frankj on August 1, 2007 at 7:12 PM
What is the primary main objective?
Bad Candy on August 1, 2007 at 7:23 PM
I can’t stop laughing.
That said, when I read the headline, I would’ve thought the game in question was a shooter of some sort, where the bad guy would yell it before going out in a blaze of glory, or just a blaze…
Frozen Tex on August 1, 2007 at 7:52 PM
I dare them to overdub the “offending” audio with, “Ballyhoo Snackbar!”
RD on August 1, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Mark Steyn H & C last night ” CAIR has 1,700 members. Why do people do what they say?” Exactly. He also brought up Sharia creep. But since we all know about that. I won’t mention it.
PowWow on August 1, 2007 at 11:33 PM
Hmmm, this actually looks kinda interesting. They have a Zelda Wii thingy? Would be swordswingarifical.
- The Cat
MirCat on August 2, 2007 at 12:03 AM
So how long before that set that Cruze used in the Minority Report?
- The Cat
MirCat on August 2, 2007 at 12:04 AM
I see they did not want to be associated with such a horrible game. WTF was that?
Win Win Win on August 2, 2007 at 3:38 AM
CAIR, keep your filthy hands off my Wii!
Cat, geddafuggouddahere! THE Wii launch title was Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I’ve known people who’ve played Twilight Princess, I’ve worked with people who’ve played Twilight Princess… and this game, sir, is no Twilight Princess.
saint kansas on August 2, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Whew! It sure is a good thing that all the little Muslim kids are safe to…still not be allowed to play this game.
James on August 2, 2007 at 1:49 PM