Three Little Pigs Shunned By British Government for Fear of Offending Muslims
Posted on January 28, 2008
Muslims in Britain are reportedly offended by the story "The Three Little Pigs" and want it banned from schools. They have also asked for any pig representations to be removed from office spaces (such as pig figurines and the like.)
Now the government has rejected a story based on the fable from award consideration a story based on the fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs," because it might offend Muslims.
BBC News reports that judges rejected the story from consideration because "the use of pigs raises cultural issues."
The CD-Rom digital version of the traditional story of the three little pigs, called Three Little Cowboy Builders, is aimed at primary school children. But judges at this year's Bett Award said that they had "concerns about the Asian community and the use of pigs raises cultural issues".This is absolutely daft. So high school students can't read Animal Farm now because it contains pigs? This is taking cultural sensitivity to an absurd place. Free the three little pigs!The Three Little Cowboy Builders has already been a prize winner at the recent Education Resource Award -- but its Newcastle-based publishers, Shoo-fly, were turned down by the Bett Award panel.
The feedback from the judges explaining why they had rejected the CD-Rom highlighted that they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community".
They also warned that the story might "alienate parts of the workforce (building trade)".