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The Malian musician whose song is being removed from a Sony video game because of concern it may offend Muslims has denied the music was blasphemous.
Grammy award-winning Toumani Diabate said the song celebrated the Koran.
"In my family there are only two things we know - the Koran and the kora [West African harp]," he told the BBC.
The release of the much-anticipated LittleBigPlanet was delayed when it was found that a background music track included two phrases from the Koran.