A Shot Offensive to Islam in Katy Perry’s clip
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A shot offensive to Islam was removed from the clip of the famous American pop singer Katy Perry, the song was called “the Dark Horse”, after protests in many Islamic countries because of a scene that meant to offend the Great name of God “Allah” .
More than 65.000 people have signed a petition last week that considered the song as an “offensive to Islam” after the song was broadcasted including a necklace bearing the word "God" turns to sand. The thing that made the producers to remove that scene from the song without canceling any part of the music.
Shazad Iqbal, who launched the petition project , has announced his pleasure for the success of the campaign. He wrote on change.org that : “ name of God has been removed from the Dark Horse, we were not be able to achieve this without your support. Thank you so much there was a strong echo of our voices.”
He also added : “ i feel that what we have achieved and the number of signatures we collected all reflect the value of that goal .. It’s a great step towards the right way.”
It is not clear yet if the YouTube team who edited the video by their own decision or they were ordered to do that by the production company of the song.
The American pop singer Katy Perry appeared in her song as an Egyptian queen who destroys her lovers who wear necklaces, and turns them into sand.
About the reason of launching this campaign, Iqbal says : “it’s very obvious that Katy Perry was challenging God in her song, she burned the believers and the word Allah, she used the most sacred word in a shameful manner that has no relation to the subject of the song, besides this act is refused in all religions.”
Huge number of people from different countries have signed the petition, including Britain, Australia , Malaysia, Indonesia , Morocco, Lebanon and the United States . The viewers on Black Horse on YouTube have exceeded 34 millions since the video was posted for the first time in Feb 20 .
Perry was born and grew up in a religious Christian family. She started singing passages from the Bible before the professionalism of pop music. According to Marie Claire magazine, Perry has stated that she doesn’t believe in a specific religion right now but she feels a "deep connection with the Creator."
The song was inspired from the ancient Egyptian heritage, and it was very clear from its decorations and accessories, the thing that made the Egyptian people pleased. But it was ended very strangely with an unjustified dog scene in a Pharaonic wear , that is not appropriate to the subject of the song.
Some sought an excuse for Perry, for these scenes, of both necklace and dogs, were not intentional errors, though it must be rejected, and claim to remove it for Taking into account the feelings of others.
The lyrics of Dark Horse:
Yeah Ya'll know what it is Katy Perry Juicy J, aha.
Let's rage
[Katy Perry:] I knew you were You were gonna come to me And here you are But you better choose carefully ‘Cause I, I’m capable of anything Of anything and everything
Make me your Aphrodite Make me your one and only But don’t make me your enemy, your enemy, your enemy
So you wanna play with magic Boy, you should know what you're falling for Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse Are you ready for, ready for A perfect storm, perfect storm Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine There’s no going back
Mark my words This love will make you levitate Like a bird Like a bird without a cage But down to earth If you choose to walk away, don’t walk away
It’s in the palm of your hand now baby It’s a yes or no, no maybe So just be sure before you give it all to me All to me, give it all to me
So you wanna play with magic Boy, you should know what you're falling for Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse Are you ready for, ready for A perfect storm, perfect storm Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine (love trippin') There’s no going back
[Juicy J - Rap Verse] Uh She’s a beast I call her Karma (come back) She eats your heart out Like Jeffrey Dahmer (woo) Be careful Try not to lead her on Shorty’s heart is on steroids Cause her love is so strong You may fall in love When you meet her If you get the chance you better keep her She's sweet as pie but if you break her heart She'll turn cold as a freezer That fairy tale ending with a knight in shining armor She can be my Sleeping Beauty I’m gon’ put her in a coma Woo! Damn I think I love her Shorty so bad, I’m sprung and I don’t care She ride me like a roller coaster Turned the bedroom into a fair (a fair!) Her love is like a drug I was tryna hit it and quit it But lil' mama so dope I messed around and got addicted
So you wanna play with magic Boy, you should know what you're falling for (you should know) Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse (like a dark horse) Are you ready for, ready for (ready for) A perfect storm, perfect storm (a perfect storm) Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine (mine) There’s no going back
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