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Rihanna has apologized to the Muslim community for the “unintentionally offensive” use of holy texts during a lingerie show.
The singer and fashion designer had been criticized after using a song with a sample of the sacred texts of Islam during her Savage X Fenty 2020 event.
Some accused Muslim fanatics Rihanna of disrespecting his religion after the show, which took place in Los Angeles in early October.
The star has apologized to her Muslim fans.
In response, the star thanked people for highlighting the issue.
“I would like to thank the Muslim community for pointing out a huge oversight that was inadvertently offensive on our wild x fenty show,” Rihanna wrote on her Instagram Stories.
“I would most importantly like to apologize to you for this honest, but careless mistake.”
In Islam, a Hadith is part of a collection of texts that form a record of the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad, considered second only to the Qur’an in terms of importance.
Rihanna said she is “incredibly discouraged” to learn that she has hurt “many of our Muslim brothers and sisters.”
She added: “I do not play with any kind of disrespect towards God or any religion and therefore the use of the song in our project was completely irresponsible.”
The star said her team “would make sure nothing like this happens again,” and thanked fans for their “forgiveness and understanding.”
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The offending song is titled Doom by producer Coucou Chloe, who also apologized on social media and said that work was underway to remove the track from streaming platforms.
“The song was created using samples of Dance Funk tracks that I found online,” he tweeted. “At the time, I did not know that these samples used text from an Islamic hadith.
“I take full responsibility for the fact that I did not research these words correctly and I want to thank those of you who have taken the time to explain this to me.
“We have been in the process of urgently removing the song from all streaming platforms.”
