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MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. heavy metal band Slayer's latest album has been recalled from music stores across India after the country's small Christian community said the cover depicting Christ with amputated arms and a missing eye was insulting.
Christian groups said the album -- "Christ Illusion" -- did not only have an offensive image on its cover, but some of the songs such as "Skeleton Christ" and "Jihad" hurt the sensibilities of Christians and Muslims alike.
"We took strong exception to the album which is offensive and in very bad taste," said Joseph Dias of Mumbai's Catholic Secular Forum.
The protests prompted EMI Music, Slayer's Indian-based label, to pull the album from all music stores and its depots.
"Last week we recalled all the albums and destroyed them as we did not want any community to be hurt," said T. Suresh, the company general manager.
In May, Christians, who make up about two per cent of Hindu-majority India's one-billion plus population, protested against the screening of "The Da Vinci Code", and forced its producers, Sony Pictures, to add a disclaimer saying the movie was a work of fiction.
so not only did they recall the albums, but they
destroyed them because they "did not want the community to be hurt." How about letting the marketplace dictate if the community wants the album or not? If the "community" is really so angry about the album, it won't sell.
It's sad that there are still places in this world where artistic freedom is not allowed.
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