Faith Fighter is an online game allowing players to fight with different characters involving Jesus, Mohammad (PBUH) and religious prophets of other faiths. A spokesman for the Jeddah-based Islam phobia Observatory of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) said “The game is ‘incendiary in its content and offensive to Muslims and Christians,’ The Observatory spokesman said the game would serve no other purpose than to incite intolerance. He called on the game’s internet host to take ‘immediate action’ by withdrawing it from the web.
Italian games publisher Molleindustria said on its web page,‘Today after an official statement from the Organisation of Islamic Conference we decided to remove the game Faith Fighter from our site.’ Molleindustria said Faith Fighter was meant to be a game against intolerance that used over-the-top irony and a cartoonish style. Faith Fighter depicted in a mildly politically incorrect way all the major religions, as a response to the one-way Islamophobic satire of the Danish Mohammed (pbuh) cartoons.
Islam forbids images of Mohammed (pbuh) and a Danish newspaper angered the Muslim world in 2005 by publishing cartoons of the prophet that were deemed offensive. Molleindustria said, ‘If an established organisation didn’t understand the irony and the message of the game and is claiming it is inciting intolerance, we simply failed.’ The game was released more than a year ago and has been played by millions of people on the Internet, it said.
Message at the Game Site:
Faith Fighter 2 is the sequel of the infamous game that outraged over 1.3 billions of Muslims from 57 countries. The scandal resulted in a ban from all the internet! We regretted the use of irony and violence and this time we want to offer you a positive, nonviolent educational game that teaches the universal values of tolerance and respect. This is a very simple game that can be played by children of all ages, religious leaders and even journalists!
The Game Link is Here with the above message : Faith Fighter
Good Riddance.