Books are being banned across
the world, stifling knowledge
and silencing free speech.

We must stop this.

Did you know?

The Harry Potter & The Little Mermaid books have both been banned.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

Andersen's iconic fairy tale is banned in Kuwait as the country's censors found the attire of the mermaids to be "promiscuous" citing the revealing outfits worn by the mermaids in the book, donning bikinis and not wearing a hijab.

Harry Potter

J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series is banned in Saudi Arabia by the Government's "Anti- Witchcraft Unit" for its promotion of sorcery and magic. In the Islamic tradition, magic is believed to really exist. Political cartoonist Abdullah laber said, "The fact that an official body, subordinate to the Saudi Ministry of Interior, has a unit to combat sorcery proves that the government recognizes this."
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  • And from magic...
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    • To the Absurd...
    • In 2018, President Xi Jinping banned all imagery and references to Winnie The Pooh from the internet in China, after a growing number of memes noted the similarity in appearance between the lovable yellow bear and the head of the Chinese Communist Party
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      • To Murder.

      When 'Cancel Culture' Goes Too Far

      Salman Rushdie

      Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh accidentally blew himself up in a London hotel on August 3, 1989, while preparing a bomb for British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie. Rushdie had published The Satanic Verses a year before, a comic novel that explores the strange, perplexing journey of migrating from India to the West. The Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other hand, was not amused. The book was deemed blasphemous by Tehran, which issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death.

      Rushdie survived multiple assassination attempts and was constantly guarded by Scotland Yard police.

      His Japanese translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, wasn't so lucky.

      He was stabbed to death in 1991.

      Hitoshi Igarashi

      This trend of banning books and
      silencing authors is still
      happening in 2022.

      And it's accelerating.

      Many works of literature have been outlawed or blocked from distribution in much of the MENA Region.

      These countries include Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Egypt.

      Amongst many others.

      Including the West.

      School districts and even states have banned or attempted to ban books dealing with race, sexuality and equality.
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