Lamb of God banned from performing in Malaysia

[SecularMotion]

(RNS) Muslim-majority Malaysia has canceled a performance by American heavy metal band Lamb of God because the group allegedly offended Islam by singing about the Quran several years ago.

Malaysia’s latest ban on foreign entertainers who violate Islam follows the 2012 cancellation of a concert by American singer Erykah Badu when authorities saw a photo of the Arabic word for “Allah” written on her skin.

“It is very evident (and a bit frustrating) that the groups, parties and powers that have taken the most offense to our music and lyrics, have themselves only made a passing glance at the content and meanings of those songs,” Lamb of God said on its Facebook page.

Livescape Asia, the Malaysian company that arranged for Lamb of God to perform on Sept. 28 in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, said the ban tarnished the organizer’s reputation and caused financial losses for everyone involved.

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/09/05/lamb-of-god-banned-from-performing-in-malaysia/

[frylock]

1. The Most Gracious Teacher of the Al-Qur'an..

The Most Gracious
Teacher of the Al-Qur'an
Creator of the human beings
He taught them how to distinguish
The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated
The stars and the trees prostrate
He constructed the sky and established the law
You shall not transgress the law
You shall establish justice; do not violate the law
He created the earth for all creatures
In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit
Also grains and the spices
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay
And created the jinns from blazing fire

[Iggo]

2. At the Forum in Inglewood, too.

Fundies be hatin'...

[hrmjustin]

3. I never heard of this Lamb of God group. I am assuming they are fundies.

[frylock]

4. quite the opposite

[hrmjustin]

5. Oh are they inclusive Christians?

[frylock]

6. i doubt that they're christian..

They're a metal band out of Richmond VA that used to go by the name of "Burn The Preist."

[hrmjustin]

7. LOL thanks. As I said I had no idea.

[frylock]

8. haha no prob!

[rug]

9. You're not missing anything.

Neither is Malaysia.

[hrmjustin]

10. I see what you mean.