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Akon – Sri Lanka
Due to a violent rally against him in the country’s capital, American R&B singer Akon was denied a visa in 2010 for his performance in Sri Lanka. Akon released a music video in which bikini-clad ladies were dancing in a pool, with a Buddha statue in the background.
Sri Lanka being a Buddhist nation, many of its residents protested to get the government to deny his visa because they felt the video was offensive to their faith. Although Akon publicly apologized, stating that he didn’t mean to offend anyone’s religion, it didn’t help change their minds, and the ban was not lifted.
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