I had reported back in a March edition of my weekly Banned Books Awareness series that Charlotte’s Web was banned in a United Kingdom school, along with Winnie the Pooh and The Three Little Pigs, because the books might offend Muslim students and their parents. The Muslim Council of Britain formally requested an end to the “well-intentioned but misguided” policy, and for all titles to be returned to classroom shelves. They went on record as stating that it is a misunderstanding and misinterpretation of Koranic instruction or law that Muslims are not allowed to eat pork.
Unfortunately this wasn’t an isolated case.
Winnie-the-Pooh finds himself at number 22 on the American Library Association’s 100 most-banned classics list. Yes, you read that correctly- number 22. Aside from the case in England, the books, and related characters, have been criticized in the United States, and most notably in Russia and Turkey.

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