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Outrage in Pak over ‘Muslim Massacre’
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ASIANAGE on 12 September, 2008 02:20:43
 
Islamabad, Sept. 12: A controversial computer game in which an American soldier
massacres Muslims has provoked outrage among Pakistanis.
"Muslim Massacre", the computer game designed by an American and launched on
the anniversary of 9/11 attacks, can be downloaded for free from the Internet.
The object of the game is to ensure that "no Muslim man or woman is left
alive," according to the game’s creator, a 22-year old US-born man who calls
himself Eric Sigvitr Vaugh and who lives in Australia. Players control an
"American Hero" armed with a machine gun and rocket launcher who is dropped into
West Asia by parachute.
There are various levels through which players make progress and gamers fire a
variety of weapons at characters in traditional Islamic dress. Though the game
has infuriated Muslims across the globe, Eric has a different take on the game.
"If I was to try and come up with a meaning for the game at this moment, it
would probably be something along the lines of metaphorically destroying the
stereotypical depiction of a Muslim," he was quoted as saying by the media.
A leading UK-based Muslim youth organisation the Ramadhan Foundation has
expressed its "deep anger" at the release of the game on the anniversary of the
9/11 attacks. —PTI