Disney's Piglet banned in Middle East!

Qatar Living ^ | 28/01/2007 | Camper on Sun

[AdmSmith]

In Qatar there is only one decent bookshop (that happens to be a Saudi chain) that has a few shelves of English books. Shopping there is hit or miss - you don't go there to look for a title. You go there in the hope of stumbling upon something interesting.

The kids selection is not bad though. The other night we saw Disney's "My Very First Encyclopedia with Winnie the Pooh and friends". We grabbed it and thought it was exactly what we needed for our daughter - not only does she love Winnie the Pooh but she's also started taking a keen interest in nature.

We flipped it open and noticed that some of the pages had been vandalised with a black marker. We figured it must have been bought and returned after some kids had got there hands on it. Further inspection made us realise that this was actually systematic. Someone had deliberately "censored" out each and every picture of Piglet from hundreds of pages in the book with a black marker (my guess is that the book got caught by Saudi Censors enroute to Doha).

From the first page to the last page. Big and small. The black marker was hogging the limelight, so to speak.

Yes, the cuddly cute pink Piglet had disappeared. First, I have no idea who would buy a book that cost about $30 that was marked up like this. Secondly, what the hell were the censors thinking!?

Now as a Muslim, I can venture why they did this. But as a Muslim, I think it is totally ridiculous.

As in Judaism, there are laws governing what can and cannot be eaten. Muslims are forbidden from eating pork, as pigs are believed to be unclean. Now the point of this post isn't to discuss this. The point is, what is wrong with a picture of Piglet in a kids book? I think absolutely nothing!

[potlatch]

[devolve]

Great work potlatch!

I see 3 nice frames suitable for T-Shirts there!

A little "Pooh" for the Muzzies to enjoy!

[Lady Jag]

They can't stand pigs
because they are the pigs.

[potlatch]

Lol, thanks devolve.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The whole of Islam is a fraud if it's terrified of a little tiny piglet.

That said, our boys lives are worth more than to be sacrificing them to bullets when the enemy is terrified and flees from bacon.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

That's the old little pigs BBQ in Asheville!

[La Enchiladita]

[potlatch]

And we'll shoot 'em down!

                     

[devolve]

Yup!

There's a great Bar-B-Que in Fletcher, NC on too!

Huge platters of pork & beef!

[Grizzled Bear]

I thought a doll of Piglet was banned in Britain too, some time ago, because some Islamic worker objected to him.

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There was a British bank that banned employees (including those in the back office) from having pigs on their desks including ceramics, plush toys or even pictures.

I can't remember how long ago. The story is probably somewhere on FR.

[La Enchiladita]

That's snout you, is it?!!!

"Get piggy with it!" *Snort*

[potlatch]

Lol, hi L.E.!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The one in Fletcher is gone. It's the parking lot for a drug store now. That whole area has changed dramatically (and not for the better, IMO).

[Lady Jag]

They could protect our airspace.

[andy58-in-nh]

You just made my day! ;-) Mmmmm...barbeque.....

[La Enchiladita]

I wuvs piggies... Year of the Pig person myself... Fire Pig!!

[potlatch]

Lol, imagine the whole sky filled with flying pigs!!

[Lady Jag]

Lol, imagine the whole sky filled with flying pigs!!

That could happen . . .

[potlatch]

Lol, I may intersperse yours with mine sometime. Very nice gif!

[Richard Kimball]

IIRC, some Islamic countries banned Donald Duck at one time because he didn't wear pants. I think I remember Mary Poppins being banned in some country because she came in from some direction (East?), and that direction was the location of the country's primary adversary.

There's a lot of nutty people out there.