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Risqué posters for the new “Borat” flick have sparked outrage among French Muslims who have called for the images to be removed from the sides of buses in Paris.

The posters to promote “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” feature a nearly naked Sacha Baron Cohen wearing only a medical mask around his genitals and a ring with the word “Allah” written in Arabic.

Critics have called on the city’s transportation authority to remove the advertisements because they insult the religion of Islam.

The largely Muslim bus drivers in the region have also ripped the movie’s campaign and called for the posters to be taken down, French media reported.

Meanwhile, the campaign has been slammed on social media as “offensive,” “provocative” and “lacking respect,” The Sun reported, citing Le Parisien.

Paris’ main public transport network RATP has refused to remove the posters, saying it would “under no circumstances” take this campaign off our network, Le Parisien reported.

However, the movie advertisement has been removed from buses on TICE network, which cover Evry, a southern suburb with a large Muslim population, the Daily Mail reported.

Still, RATP denied it had taken down the posters out of concern for the Muslim community, and claimed that the decision was made because “their offbeat humor was judged by the TICE management to be inappropriate,” according to the news outlet.

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