An online petition launched by Muslims forced Katy Perry's to remove an 'Allah' pendant from her music video for "Dark Horse" The YouTube video showed the pendant being burned along with the man wearing it, and Muslims claimed it was offensive to the Islamic faith.

In Perry's controversial video a man was shown wearing two pendants, one of which said God in Arabic, "Allah." Perry, plays ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis in the video and she zaps the man wearing the pendant with lightening and he disintegrates into sand; his pendant disappears with him. The pop singer has since updated the online video and the pendant mentioned in the Islamic petition has now been erased.

The petition to pull the video garnered over 60,000 signatures. Stating "that people from different walks of life, different religions and from different parts of the world, agree that the video promotes blasphemy, using the name of God in an irrelevant and distasteful manner would be considered inappropriate by any religion."

One complaint even threatened the singer saying, "I as a Muslim, think this is a disgrace. Does she want to start a war against Muslims? This video is insulting to us and needs to be removed before something happens! (sic)."

Dan Gainor, VP of Business and Culture at the Media Research Center told Fox News, "The image of the pendant goes by so fast it's almost impossible to even notice. YouTube isn't perfect, but this is ridiculous."

Adding, "Just as Muslims were outraged by portrayals in 'South Park,' they are outraged by this. Meanwhile, Christians are criticized, abused, parodied, persecuted and worse on a daily basis in the news and entertainment media."

Dark Horse is Perry's third single off her album "Prism" and features American rapper Juicy J. It is currently sitting at number one on the Billboard charts.

Some of Perry's Christian supporters have also expressed great disappointment in Perry lately. The pop star grew up in a Christian home with both parents being Pentecostal traveling ministers - Maurice Keith Hudson and Mary Christine Hudson. She started off her career as a Christian Gospel singer but when it never took off she claimed in her own words that she sold her "soul to the devil" and entered into the pop industry.

In the January issue of Marie Claire, Perry said during an interview that she no longer identifies with any religion, completely removing herself from her Christian upbringing.

"I don't believe in a Heaven or a Hell, or an old man sitting on a throne," the 29-year-old Pop star said in the interview. "I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God."

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