Justin Bieber 'Purpose' Album Cover Banned in Middle East: Too Sexy & Christian?

Toplessness and Christian-inspired tattoos are obviously just two things that don't fly in the Middle East, but we're willing to bet that there's a pretty good chance that when designing the cover for his album Purpose, Justin Bieber didn't expect that the cover photo alone would be enough to get him a thumbs down from multiple Middle Eastern countries. Too sexy and Christian? It appears as though Bieber has gotten himself into a little bit of trouble, yet again.

Now what's a Bieb's to do?

It's a well known fact that the U.S. is widely known for being far less conservative than the rest of the world. Freedom of expression truly is a beautiful thing, after all. But who would have guessed that a little bit of toplessness and a Christian inspired tattoo would be enough to get get an album banned for being too provocative?

According to TMZ, Bieber's new Purpose album cover has been coined as inappropriate and banned by multiple Muslim countries as well as Indonesia. Supposedly, the countries who have issued the ban of Bieber's latest album cover didn't take too kindly to his shirtless display of sexiness, or the Christian inspired cross tattoo that can be seen on his chest.

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A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Oct 9, 2015 at 10:18am PDT

So what's a Bieb's to do? According to FOX News, Bieber's team is in full on rush-mode to remake the cover so it will be deemed acceptable worldwide. What's that mean for the rest of the world? Don't fret! We'll still get to see a topless and Christian Bieber on the album cover here in the United States.

Between his one night stand at a brothel in Brazil, to sneaking his monkey through customs, Bieber really has done a fantastic job at winning the disapproval of countries worldwide. But if we've all learned one thing about Bieber's recent album cover ban, it's that freedom of expression should never be taken for granted.

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