27 February 2014

Katy Perry Dark Horse video edited

The video for Katy Perry's track Dark Horse has been edited following claims from some Muslims it was blasphemous.

More than 65,000 people signed a petition which stated the clip - featuring a pendant with the Arabic word for God on it being reduced to sand - was offensive.

The music video has not been cut, but the pendant has now been digitally "scrubbed" out of the scene.

Petition instigator Shazad Iqbal, said he was "thrilled" with the outcome. [BBC] Read more