Badu concert banned due to Allah tattoo

Malaysia has banned a planned concert by Erykah Badu over a photograph showing the Grammy-winning singer with the Arabic word for Allah written on her body.

The American R&B singer was scheduled to perform in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, but some Muslim groups said Badu was an unsuitable role model for young Malaysians after seeing a publicity photo of her with what appeared to be temporary tattoos of the word Allah on her bare shoulders.