In Call of Duty: Vanguard, Activision Blizzard has apologized for a detail in the game. Users in the Arab-speaking community noticed that pages of the Quran were lying on the ground of a zombie map. Some were smeared with blood. Activision Blizzard says: “That should not have happened.”
This sparked the discussion: An Arabic-speaking user shared 4 screenshots from Call of Duty: Vanguard on Twitter. When a player walks through Stalingrad on a zombie map, some pages of the Quran can be seen on the ground, partially smeared with blood. The Quran is the holy book of Islam.
The user says in Arabic: “Brothers, I see pages of the Quran on the ground of the zombie map and see that it should be removed as soon as possible if it is right.” (Translation by Google Translate).
Activision Blizzard removes representation of the Quran
This is Activision Blizzard’s response: In a statement to Dexerto, Activision Blizzard apologized for the depiction. There had been a lack of sensitivity.
According to Activision Blizzard, the pages have now been removed.
“Call of Duty is meant for everyone. In the past week, content that was insensitive to the Muslim community was accidentally included. The content has now been removed from the game. It should never have appeared in the game in that way. We sincerely apologize. We will take immediate internal steps to ensure that this does not happen again in the future.”
Activision Blizzard
An apology was also published through an account directed at players of Call of Duty in the Middle East (via twitter).
This is the discussion: On Twitter, a user asked with interest why this is such a big issue.
A user then explains to him that for Muslims, the holy Quran is the word of the Creator. They are holy words that should not be desecrated by simply lying on the ground and being stepped on.
In the past, it has also been a topic how Call of Duty represents certain groups of people:
Russian Twitch streamer interrupts CoD: Modern Warfare – in protest
