Music Videos|February 25, 2014 02:16 EST
Katy Perry 'Dark Horse' Video Petition: Outraged Muslims Demand YouTube Remove 'Insulting' Video 'Before Something Happens'
An online petition launched on Tuesday by Muslims has demanded that Katy Perry's music video for "Dark Horse" be removed from YouTube because the video allegedly shows an 'Allah' pendant being burned, which they claim is offensive to the Islamic faith.
In Perry's controversial video a man is shown wearing two pendants, one of which says God in Arabic, "Allah." Perry, plays ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis in the video and she zaps the man wearing the pendant with lightening and he disintegrates into sand; his pendant disappears with him.
The petition to pull Perry's video has garnered 30,000 signatures to date. The report states "that people from different walks of life, different religions and from different parts of the world, agree that the video promotes blasphemy, using the name of God in an irrelevant and distasteful manner would be considered inappropriate by any religion."
"I as a Muslim, think this is a disgrace. Does she want to start a war against Muslims? This video is insulting to us and needs to be removed before something happens! (sic)," reads one of the complaints from an outraged muslim.
Dark Horse is Perry's third single off her album "Prism" and features American rapper Juicy J. It is currently sitting at number one on the Billboard charts.
Some of Perry's Christian supporters have also expressed great disappointment in Perry lately. The pop star grew up in a Christian home with both parents being Pentecostal traveling ministers - Maurice Keith Hudson and Mary Christine Hudson. She started off her career as a Christian Gospel singer but when it never took off she claimed in her own words that she sold her "soul to the devil" and entered into the pop industry.
In the January issue of Marie Claire, Perry said during an interview that she no longer identifies with any religion, completely removing herself from her Christian upbringing.
"I don't believe in a Heaven or a Hell, or an old man sitting on a throne," the 29-year-old Pop star said in the interview. "I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God."
