Putting forth an apology and a clarification of sorts on her Instagram handle, Rihanna said, that she would 'like to apologize for this honest, yet careless mistake'.
Singer, actress, entrepreneur Rihanna on Tuesday sought an apology from the Muslim community after the 'unintentionally offensive' use of Islamic verse at her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show.
According to BBC, Rihanna was at the receiving end of a lot of flak for using the song 'Doom' by London-based artist Coucou Chloe, which includes a Muslim text known as a Hadith.
Believed to be the spoken words and actions of Prophet Muhammad, a Hadith is part of a collection of religious texts.
Putting forth an apology and a clarification of sorts on her Instagram handle, the designer said, that she would 'like to apologize for this honest, yet careless mistake'. She also mentioned that she is 'incredibly disheartened by this' and gave an assurance that moving forward her team will ensure 'nothing like this happens again'.
Here is the full text of Rihanna's clarification that she issued on Instagram:
“I’d like to thank the Muslim community for pointing out a huge oversight that was unintentionally offensive in our Savage X Fenty show. I would, more importantly, like to apologize to you for this honest, yet careless mistake. We understand that we have hurt many of our Muslim brothers and sisters, and I’m incredibly disheartened by this."
She added, "I do not play with any kind of disrespect toward God or any religion and therefore the use of the song in our project was completely irresponsible! Moving forward we will make sure nothing like this happens again. Thank you for your forgiveness and understanding, Rih.”
The lingerie show streamed on Amazon Prime on October 2.
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