Katy’s Dark Horse irks Muslim community

In the promo, she is seen as an Egyptian queen who has the power to zap her subjects with lightning and turn them into sand, and she offends Muslims by killing a man wearing a pendant reading god (Allah) in Arabic. The jewellery item is also zapped.

Members of the Muslim community have criticised the video, calling it blasphemous. They demand its removal from video-sharing site YouTube, reports contactmusic.com. One of those offended by the imagery has launched a petition on Change.org, which reads: ‘This petition is lodged In (sic) regards to Katy Perry's music video Dark Horse... The video is considered as highly controversial.'