Rihanna apologises for offending Muslims at lingerie show after playing song featuring a sacred Islamic text
- Rihanna’s lingerie show caused outrage for using a song with sample of a Muslim text
- The singer and entrepreneur apologised on Instagram for what she called an honest yet careless mistake
Rihanna issued an apology to the Muslim community on Tuesday after being criticised for using a song that sampled a recitation from Islam’s sacred Hadith for her 2020 Savage X Fenty fashion show last week.
“I’d like to thank the Muslim community for pointing out a huge oversight that was unintentionally offensive in our Savage X Fenty show,” Rihanna wrote in her Instagram Stories. “I would more importantly like to apologise to you for this honest, yet careless mistake.”
The apology was issued on Savage X Fenty’s official Instagram account – one of the hitmaker’s many business ventures that have made strides to be inclusive and have historically included hijabi women in their marketing.
Models clad in Rihanna’s colourful lingerie walked the catwalk and danced to Doom, a 2017 EDM track by London-based producer Coucou Chloe, during a segment of the Savage X Fenty Vol 2 show. The remix was called out in the past and reignited backlash for being sexualised in the fashion show, which got a splashy release on Amazon Prime Video last week.