Faith Fighter is a Flash fighting game developed by the Italian website Molleindustria[1] in which players fight as religious figures such as Gautama Buddha, Jesus or Muhammad and must fight Xenu after beating all playable characters.
| Faith Fighter | |
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| Developer(s) | Molleindustria |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game was temporarily withdrawn from its hosting web site in late April 2009, in response to protests from the Islamophobia Observatory of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference[2] In response, the game's creators posted a sequel to the game with the figure of Muhammad's face censored, in which the player must bestow "love" by clicking on each religious figure in turn: without this action, the figures slowly fade away.[3] The original game has since been reposted on the maker's website.
In Brazil, Universo Online was forced to remove the game from its servers following a judicial ruling, in a case sponsored by a mosque in Barretos, São Paulo state.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Calls to ban online game of Holy hatred", Metro, 26 April 2009
- Whatley, Stuart (28 April 2009). "Islamic Group Forces Site To Remove Satirical Religious Video Game "Faith Fighter"". Huffington Post.
- "Jesus vs. Mohammed? Video Game Upsets Islamic Group". Fox News. 29 April 2009. - ^ "Faith Fighter game goes offline after Muslim protest". Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04.
- "Muslims against ‘faith fighters’ videogame", AsiaNews.it, 29 April 2009 - ^ Harvey, Mike (29 April 2009). "Banned Faith Fighter game gets a caring sequel". The Times. London. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "UOL deve tirar do ar game ofensivo a muçulmanos, decide TJ paulista", Consultor Jurídico, 9 March 2009 (In Portuguese)
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