Comments on: Taking offence on behalf of Muslims http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/01/23/taking-offence-on-behalf-of-muslims/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:28:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Blackburn http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/01/23/taking-offence-on-behalf-of-muslims/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 John Blackburn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:32:50 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=503#comment-2364 Heresiarch has a point. There are a few people I know of who would fully recommend that all pigs are indeed taken out of books exactly for this reason. Heresiarch has a point. There are a few people I know of who would fully recommend that all pigs are indeed taken out of books exactly for this reason.

]]> By: The Heresiarch http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/01/23/taking-offence-on-behalf-of-muslims/comment-page-1/#comment-2358 The Heresiarch Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:48:30 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=503#comment-2358 I think there's something potentially more serious here than muddle-headed PC idiots being overly concerned by others' sensitivities. When I blogged about this a couple of days ago I got a message from someone in Qatar who mentioned an incident about a year ago, in which a copy of Winnie the Pooh on sale there had been censored by someone blacking out all the images of Piglet. Apparently, the book had been imported via Saudi Arabia, where some of the more hardline religious police take the view that all representations of pigs are forbidden. So while it would be natural to suggest that the judges here, and other similar nincompoops, are merely misunderstanding Islam, there are indeed anti-pig extremists in Saudi. And we all know that Saudi religious conservatives have deep pockets, and like to fund projects abroad. So the time may come when Muslims influenced by Saudi propaganda start to take the initiative: at which point, Winnie the Pooh might start to disappear from British bookshops. I'm starting to worry about this. I think there’s something potentially more serious here than muddle-headed PC idiots being overly concerned by others’ sensitivities. When I blogged about this a couple of days ago I got a message from someone in Qatar who mentioned an incident about a year ago, in which a copy of Winnie the Pooh on sale there had been censored by someone blacking out all the images of Piglet. Apparently, the book had been imported via Saudi Arabia, where some of the more hardline religious police take the view that all representations of pigs are forbidden.

So while it would be natural to suggest that the judges here, and other similar nincompoops, are merely misunderstanding Islam, there are indeed anti-pig extremists in Saudi. And we all know that Saudi religious conservatives have deep pockets, and like to fund projects abroad. So the time may come when Muslims influenced by Saudi propaganda start to take the initiative: at which point, Winnie the Pooh might start to disappear from British bookshops. I’m starting to worry about this.

]]> By: Buffy http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/01/23/taking-offence-on-behalf-of-muslims/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Buffy Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:13:17 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=503#comment-2350 Um, what? Will all stories featuring pigs and/or pork now be verboten? Aye caramba. Um, what? Will all stories featuring pigs and/or pork now be verboten?

Aye caramba.

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