An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully demanded Tuesday that it be taken offline.In the game Faith Fighter, caricatures of Jesus, the Prophet Muhammad, Buddha, God and the Hindu god Ganesh fight each other against a backdrop of burning buildings. God attacks with bolts of lighting and pillars of fire while the turbaned Muhammad can summon a burning black meteorite. (via Islamic group gets online video game removed - USATODAY.com).
I grew up on a staple diet of these jokes - and I thought it was all harmless fun. But, then in India, jokes remain, just that - as jokes. They don't become stereotypes, or attempts at demonization.
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