Muslims win toy pigs ban
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005450600,00.html
NOVELTY pig calendars and toys have been banned from a council office
— in case they offend Muslim staff.
Workers in the benefits department at Dudley Council, West Midlands,
were told to remove or cover up all pig-related items, including toys,
porcelain figures, calendars and even a tissue box featuring Winnie
the Pooh and Piglet.
Bosses acted after a Muslim complained about pig-shaped stress
relievers delivered to the council in the run-up to the Islamic
festival of Ramadan.
Muslims are barred from eating pork in the Koran and consider pigs
unclean.
Councillor Mahbubur Rahman, a practising Muslim, backed the ban. He
said: “It’s a tolerance of people’s beliefs.”
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