LONDON: An Islamic group in the UK has urged the government to shut down a website that is offering a free download of a video game that kills Muslims.

The Ramadhan Foundation, a leading Muslim youth organisation called the game Muslim Massacre deeply offensive and one which glamourised violence against Muslims. "Encouraging children and young people in a game to kill Muslims is unacceptable, tasteless," said Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of The Ramadhan Foundation. "If it was the other way around, with a game featuring Muslims killing Israelis or Americans, there would be uproar and rightly so," he added.

The video game claims the aim is to "ensure that no Muslim man or woman is left alive". Players control an "American Hero" armed with a machine gun and rocket launcher who is parachuted into West Asia. By slaughtering all the Arabs that appear on the screen players progress to higher levels where they take on Osama bin Laden, Prophet Mohammed and finally Allah.

The creator of the game is Eric Vaughn, an American based in Brisbane, Australia, who goes by the name Sigvatr. On an internet message board he acknowledged that many players would enjoy the game for the chance to shoot virtual Muslims.
Source : DNA