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Oxford University Press bans mention of pigs in books to avoid offending Muslims

Jan 14, 2015 9:10 am By Robert Spencer

peppa-pigMore abject surrender and dhimmitude from Ludicrous Britannia. OUP says they are avoiding mentioning pork and pigs in books to avoid offending Muslims and Jews, but Jews have never taken offense at such things — it was only in Saudi Arabia, for example, that censors covered over a pig character in a children’s book with a big black marker.

“Oxford University Press bans mention of pork and pigs in books to ‘avoid offending Muslims or Jews,'” by Ewan Palmer, International Business Times, January 14, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann):

One of the biggest education publishers in the world has warned its authors not to mention pigs or sausages in their books to avoid causing offence.

Oxford University Press (OUP) said all books must take into consideration other cultures if they hope to sell copies in countries across the world.

As a result, the academic publisher has issued guidance advising writers to avoid mentioning pigs or “anything else which could be perceived as pork” so as not to offend Muslim or Jewish people.

The move was revealed during a discussion on free speech during BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in the wake of the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo and its decision to use an image of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of its latest issue.

Presenter Jim Naughtie said: “I’ve got a letter here that was sent out by OUP to an author doing something for young people.

“Among the things prohibited in the text that was commissioned by OUP was the following: Pigs plus sausages, or anything else which could be perceived as pork.

“Now, if a respectable publisher, tied to an academic institution, is saying you’ve got to write a book in which you cannot mention pigs because some people might be offended, it’s just ludicrous. It is just a joke.”

The guidance issue was also condemned as “ludicrous” by Muslim Labour MP Khalid Mahmood.

He added: “That’s absolute, utter nonsense and when people go too far that actually brings the whole discussion into disrepute.”…

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  1. KenD says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:25 am

    “Nothing to see here.
    Not a sausage.”

    • Mark says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 9:30 am

      Mooooo…ve along, please, oops sorry, that’s offensive to Hindus

      • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 11:34 am

        You know, somehow I find the glowering cow in the new Wendy’s TV commercial to be disturbing. But he doesn’t moo, he just stares in disgust.

  2. Paul says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:43 am

    The ‘intellectual’ left acquiesce to Islam even before Muslims
    have made any demands. It’s like they want the country to be
    fully Islamised, which is exactly what they want. I am certain
    of it.It’s also very patronising to ordinary Muslims who couldn’t
    care less, tarring them with the same brush as insane lynch
    mob leaders. I just wish they’d disappear, because every
    single thing they do strengthens the confidence and the cause
    of the Jihadis, and they know it.

  3. jewdog says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:54 am

    Jewish Law mandates that pork must not be consumed, but everything else involving pigs is acceptable. Our Hannukah in the Square celebration in Charleston was sponsored by Chabad and the supermarket chain Piggly Wiggly (The Pig). There are even Jewish pig farmers – close friends of my family. Pigs like Jews since they don’t eat them.
    Omitting pig pictures from a book to respect Jews is disingenuous to say the least.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 11:39 am

      There are even Jewish pig farmers – close friends of my family.

      Wow. Well, hog agronomy *is* a good business. I’m proud to have them along.

      Pigs like Jews since they don’t eat them.

      When I dine after a hard day’s work I do so at a table by a big plate glass window overlooking pens, eating pork chops or maybe a carnitas dish. This may be a sick practice on my part, but it gives me a sense of completeness.

      • pumbar says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm

        Pretty much what my boss does with me every week. At least you treat your hogs with respect though.

  4. WhatsUpDoc says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:55 am

    I will not blame Muslims for this. Its the Dhimi Brits hard at work to change UK into an Islamic country.

  5. Hindu American says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:57 am

    Heyyyyy!!! What about us fanatic Hindus? OUP, please send out a memo immediately banning the use of the words “cow” or “beef” or “steak”.

    • Zebo says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Are you kidding?
      You are just a hindhu,not from the muslim master race.

      White leftist people are not conditioned to worship you.
      Only muslims are favoured by progressive shizophrenia.
      Progressives eg.
      gays,lesbians,feminists,animal ,child& human rights groups
      have been trained to attack anyone who do not comply with their point of view
      and they consider anyone mentally ill who is religious and patriotic
      but as soon as they find out that you are a muslim they will eat the sh!t right out you assshole and say”yummy,muslim caviar”
      As soon as a gay discovers you are a muslim he don’t dare to criticze you .
      The same with lesbians.
      The same with human rights activists.
      The same with feminists
      Even the environmetalists who hate all humans and want to destroy humanity to save planet earth
      are bowing down in front of muslims.
      But if you are not a muslim(or black in the USA) they don’t give a sh!t wether you are alive or not.
      Therefore don’t expect special treatment as long as you don’t convert to islam.
      You can consider yourself happy not being sued by progressives for willingfully destroying muslim swords with your hindhu necks when they beheaded millions of your ancestors.

      There are 4 classes of humans in our new normal brave new progressive world
      1)(Black)muslims
      2)people from muslim origin
      3)the rest except white people
      4)people from muslim origin like me who oppose islam and prevent white progressive people to kiss my ass
      (asskissers will forgive you everything but they’ll never forgive you if you call them asskissers and ask them to stop doing so)
      5)white progressives who hate themselves
      6)all white people who are not progressives

      The backdoor communists have constantly built up a perverted tolerance matrix since the hippie era started in the sixties which only favours muslim and noone else.
      Dude-either convert to islam or deal with your inferior class.

    • bernie says

      Jan 16, 2015 at 1:51 am

      There is the French cheese company “La Vache Qui Rit” (The Laughing Cow). I’ve never heard any Hindus complaining about the name or the image. Very good, internationally-renowned cheese too.

  6. Paula Boddington says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:06 am

    How about OUP makes all its illustrated books ‘lift the flap’ so that Islamic dress can be put over all the female characters, for those who are offended by seeing women without it, and lifted off again by those who are offended at seeing women covered up like from head to toe. Best of both worlds. Oh, and any female characters doing things like going out without a male relative etc, can have a ‘lift the flap’ male relative to chaperone her as well.

    • wallace says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:27 am

      Pula, please dont go giving them ideas.

  7. David says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:07 am

    Muslims are permitted to eat pork if it is driven by necessity such as starvation.

    Quran 2:173

    He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful.

    Almost everyone thinks Muslims Cannot eat pork but it is not forbidden if one is starving and has no other food. The Quran is a book of balance and moderation. Quoting isolated verses never shows the true picture. For instance the Quran forbids murder but allows war against oppressors victimising and killing innocent people. But if one only quotes the verses about killing oppressors without also showing the verses not to kill the innocent then that is misleading.

    • jewdog says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:27 am

      Muslims will be offended by the pictures of the pig.
      Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers so that Sharia Law can be imposed on them. 9:29 is a good example of how dhimmi status must be imposed. If the infidels resist their subjugation then Muslims can call the warfare defensive.

    • Beagle says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:42 am

      Phase three jihad Muhammad ordered warfare to convert the world to Islam by force.

      Your dissimulation is wasted here. Try HuffPo or Kos.

    • eib says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 12:06 pm

      Well they sure as hell are not starving in Europe.
      The koran is the false revelation of a WARLORD.
      Moses was greater than Joshua of Nun, and Jesus, another Joshua, is the Son of God.
      Jesus taught people, he never led conquering armies. Such is of and for satan. Islam is profane.

    • St. Croix says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 12:47 pm

      @David: Then why are so many Muslims reacting to the presence of pork or pigs–in such irrational ways? http://www.nationalreview.com/article/388937/we-were-thrown-bus-singing-about-pig-our-baby-couple-katherine-timpf

      You have a rose-coloured view of Islam that does not jibe with reality. If no Muslims were kicking up a stink about the presence of pigs and pork there wouldn’t be a problem, would there? And, if I may, pose a question to you? Jesus is mentioned many times in the Qu’ran. Many more times than Mohammed in fact. Jesus is going to return to earth in the Last Days, according to the Qu’ran. Now, tell me what he is going to do when he returns, according to the Qu’ran? I mean, in regards to the lowly pig. What does your books say on that? And WHY?

      • Mirren10 says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 5:11 pm

        ‘David’ is a mohammedan, busily trolling.

    • Wellington says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 12:49 pm

      “The Quran is a book of balance and moderation.”

      Huh-uh. Well, Sura 9:5 sure is, where idolaters are to be slayed wherever found. No doubt about it, moderation there.

      Sura 98:6 is too where Jews and Christians are referred to as the “vilest of creatures.” I can just feel moderation oozing there with that line.

      Suras 8:39 and 8:60 which deal with stirking terror into the hearts of the unbelievers and fighting until all religion is with Allah are models of moderation. Hey, who could doubt this?

      Then there are those verses in Suras 2,5 and 7 where Jews are referred to as the descendants of apes and pigs. Nothing extreme about that. No sir.

      And try Sura 47:4 where a good Muzzie is instructed to “strike the necks” of the infidels. Moderation, balance too (I guess with the sword), all over the place in ths verse as well.

      And on and on and on with one verse after another in this wonderful tome of balance and moderation. Yep, no doubt about it.

      As for Islam instructing not to kill the innocent, as so many regular commenters and readers here at JW know full well, it all depends on how one defines “innocent.” Criticize Islam, Mohammed or the Quran, you’re no longer innocent. If you’re a Muslim and convert to another religion, you’re no longer innocent. If you take back land once taken from you by Muslims, you’re no longer innocent. Ah yes, Islam loves to play word games.

      Really, David, you will have to do much, much better than you have to convince so many of us that Islam is not the supremacist, control-freak, intolerant, violence-prone religion that it surely is and that so many of the heinous directives that guide Muslims come right from the Quran. Oh yeah, you’re going to have to do much better than you have. Much better.

      • Mirren10 says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 5:15 pm

        Come, come, , Wellington !

        All these verses you quote are **taken out of context, or applied only when paedomo was fighting in self-defence, or have been mistranslated from the original Arabic !**

        Tsk, tsk ! 😉

        • Wellington says

          Jan 14, 2015 at 5:38 pm

          Yes, you’re right, Mirren. I’m both an ignoramus and an Islamophobe. Pretty much a very limited person all around actually since I can’t see that Islam is an enlightened, noble, tolerant and peaceful religion, and, of course, also because I can’t grasp that context and the original Arabic are each a sine qua non. Only a very limited man like myself wouldn’t comprehend all this. Well, at the rate I’m going one thing’s for certain and that is I won’t be gettin’ 72 virgins once I buy the farm.

      • pumbar says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 5:16 pm

        “The Quran is a book of balance and moderation.”

        Well, it’s certainly stopped my dining table from rocking from side to side on our uneven floor.

    • Myxlplik says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 2:28 pm

      David,

      I have a few questions if you don’t mind?

      1: Did you marry into Islam?

      2: Do you believe it is the duty of Muslims to make non-Muslims conform to Allah’s laws?

      3: If non-Muslims are not conforming to the laws of Allah as second class citizens, is this considered as mischief, and corruption?

      4: Would it oppress Muslims if non-Muslims resisted subjugation, which is mandated by Islam?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 6:22 am

      David wrote:

      The Quran is a book of balance and moderation…
      ………………………………

      270 million dead Infidels over the past 1400 years sure sounds ‘balanced and moderate” to me.

      After all, they didn’t murder *all* of the Kuffar—some had to be kept to pay the Jizya and serve as sex slaves…

  8. Francis Merde says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:12 am

    God help them if they ever need to publish a book about advances in meat processing. What a bunch of muppets.

  9. Paula Boddington says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:14 am

    And an other point: OUP has a lot of clever people writing books for it. Perhaps one of them could address this issue: it might be possible to protect oneself from being targeted by Islamic terrorists by being careful about what one says and what pictures one draws. But Jews were targeted in the Paris attacks simply for being Jews. How do they protect themselves? Stop being Jewish?

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 11:41 am

      That’s the whole idea. Same for the goys.

  10. thomas pellow says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:19 am

    The Islamization of Oxford University.

    “Oxford University Press bans sausages and pigs from children’s books in effort ‘to avoid offence’:

    Bizarre clampdown branded ‘nonsensical political correctness.'”

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908910/Oxford-University-Press-bans-sausages-pigs-children-s-books-avoid-offending-Jews-Muslims.html#ixzz3OoEkhgQO

  11. Judi says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:19 am

    They have to add “Jewish” to this ridiculous statement, so as not to put the onus on the muzzrats. When have Jewish people ever asked for the word to be deleted from books? Just more capitulation to these savages.

  12. Zebo says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:20 am

    Well-those who call jews pigs according to quran
    are so extremly sensitive that they have to be protected from the word pig?
    No logic left inside the sh!thole leftists call their brain.

    Does this mean the word pig is now forbidden in quran?!

  13. Christian A. Beltram says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:26 am

    I have one question. Is the American office of OUP going to follow the ban on mentioning pigs, pork, sausages and other words and phrases having to do with pigs or will this ban only be enforced in the UK?

  14. thomas pellow says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:29 am

    Also, at Oxford University-

    “And Tariq Ramadan, With His Boughten Professorship?”

    By Hugh Fitzgerald

    (2011).

    http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/39141

  15. tschaefer says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:33 am

    This is unbelievable. No more Charlotte’s Web? Most frighteningly, no more Animal Farm?

  16. Ashley says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:37 am

    I noticed OUP published “The Bay of Pigs” by Howard Jones in 2008.

    Doesn’t look like that title would be acceptable today.

  17. nigel dixon says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:43 am

    I’m convinced there’s a special British department somewhere that is continually trying to guess what will offend someone before its even happened, or even before anyone has realised they will get offended. And of course, when someone raises a “problem” everyone in the UK immediately makes it one, out of fear of being seen to be politically incorrect, where none existed before. Can you imagine the governments of muslim countries falling over themselves to change legislation and not offend other religions? What a joke..

    • bewick says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 11:53 am

      Almost right. In the 1980s I was responsible for “equality of employment” policy (disabled, women,ethnic originally but later included gays and lesbians) for a major UK council. Another department saw an opportunity to steal some thunder and appointed a “women’s issues” officer and a “racial equality officer” to cover all matters except employment (but they still tried to interfere and introduce some illegal policies like positive discrimination) and to advise all other departments. It became an industry and ran totally out of control.
      I remember committee meetings where the matter of whether to call non-white ethnics “coloured” or “black” occupied a couple of hours of pointless drivel. They chose “coloured”. A couple of years later the excercise was repeated with just as much drivel with these officers (now increased in number) arguing between themselves as the councillors watched in bemusement. This time they chose “black”even though few of the local ethnics were actually black, This excercise was being repeated across the country in (then) 400 local authorities and countless other public bodies . Beggars belief.

      • pumbar says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 5:19 pm

        You should try working for the NHS, they make that tale look like Noddy Toyland!

  18. john spielman says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Hmmm… if they ban the mention of PIGS then must ban muhammed because he was/ or at least behaved like a PIG

  19. vlparker says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 10:52 am

    This voluntary, headfirst rush into slavery and death is insane. Don’t these people realize what they are heading for? Don’t they realize what the future of their children and grandchildren are going to be? How stupid can people be?

  20. joeblough says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:15 am

    Bye, bye Oxford.

    Actually, they should ban the mention of Muslims to avoid offending pigs.

    Oh well, I expect that the people who work at Oxford will make very cooperative slaves.

  21. Bezelel says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:26 am

    Ol’e McDonald HAD a farm until it was deemed offensive. Now everyone can eat halal dirt. And guess what they make footballs out of? Where oh where is peta? Don’t forget Miss Piggy. PPPPPorky PPPPig!!!
    Does Oxford care about the Billions of other people they are offending? Not even smart.

  22. Myxlplik says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:27 am

    Help us the upper class twits have taken over.

    http://youtu.be/MqObJtGrKaA

  23. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Don’t Muslims believe that Allah created all things? They must believe that Allah created pigs. The sight of pigs offend Muslims. Therefore, Allah offends Muslims by making pigs visible instead of invisible. Is my logic faulty again?

  24. Angemon says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Oxford University Press (OUP) said all books must take into consideration other cultures if they hope to sell copies in countries across the world.

    As a result, the academic publisher has issued guidance advising writers to avoid mentioning pigs or “anything else which could be perceived as pork” so as not to offend Muslim

    Dear director of the Oxford University Press:

    I’m going to convert to islam and I want to write a book explaining why pork is haram. If you publish my book, I’ll say it’s ofensive and sue you. If you don’t publish my book I’ll accuse you of islamophobia and sue you.

    Best Regards,

    Angemon (soon to be Abdullah Muhammad)

    or Jewish people

    Did jews ever complain?

  25. Arjuna Krishna-Das says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 11:42 am

    So absurd.

    I’ve worked for OUP. I’m a vegetarian Hare Krishna. I don’t eat any meat. So am I offended by mention or depiction of all animals? And if I was, should you surrender to my mental illness? Pre-emptive dhimmitude.

    OUP forget that their status comes from their publication of WESTERN values. Those who don’t like WESTERN values can go read the Riyadh University Press. (Who?)

    Intellectual whores. (Apologies to all honest prostitutes)

  26. pongidae rex says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 12:32 pm

    Idiocy this extreme requires the author to be known. Who at Oxford Press is responsible for this? They need to be called out to defend this policy in an interview. This is utterly juvenile.

    • E. Alexandra Pierce says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 3:38 pm

      Couldn’t agree more.

  27. LordPC says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    The Oxford University Press publishes a couple translations of the Koran. There are pigs in there. Will they discontinue publication? Probably not. After all, Allah, Gabriel, and Mohamet were fine talking about pigs.

    • john spielman says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 1:54 pm

      not only did muhammed PBUH* talk about pigs, from what I rcall of his sexual appetite and perversions he was ONE!
      pbuh* -perppetual banishment unto hell!

  28. mortimer says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    PM Cameron told them they ‘must’ integrate with Islam…they are following orders.

    Who is giving Cameron his orders?

    • Charli Main says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 3:39 pm

      “Who is giving Cameron his orders”?
      The Muslim Council of Britain through their mouth piece ” Baroness” Warsi.

      • Parry says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 10:39 pm

        muhammad (Pigs Be Upon Him)… Notice you can’t
        spell “muhammad” without “Ham”.

    • pumbar says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      It’s either the voices in his heard or the marxists that head the EU, as both are forms of utter insanity I would go for both.

  29. Chabuco says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    El-Sisi, too good to be true:

    Egypt to ban foreign publications offensive to “religion” https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/555419015376420864

    And by “religion” we know it’s Islam.

    • Salah says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 1:10 pm

      On the other hand:
      Egyptian journalists in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo: Je Suis Charlie

      Click HERE for photos

  30. Matt says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    Hahahahahahaha we better hurry and stack up on pork before they ban that too..
    It looks like Islam is winning .

  31. Frans Groenendijk says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    It is a joke for certain.
    The serious questions are:
    1. who’s joke is this ?
    2. what kind of joke is this ?
    3. who do we laugh at ?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 5:50 am

      Why do you suppose this is a joke? It was reported by the International Business Times, not The Onion.

      It is ludicrous, certainly—but it is no joke.

  32. Kevin Walker says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Boycott OUP publication. Punch them where it hurts more, their pockets.

  33. katnis says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 1:38 pm

    Two suggested responses:

    1. Consumers have the power to respond. Stop buying OUP books.
    2. Authors have the power to choose another publisher. No authors, no new books.

    muslims can be their new customer base. Let’s see how well they do.

  34. David Quilty says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    What about Kevin Bacon and all the rest,,,,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_(surname)

    • Parry says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 10:42 pm

      “Kevin Bacon”… Nice one.

    • Champ says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 4:20 am

      …yeah like Jimmy Dean!

  35. [FA] says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    In the words of Robert Spencer “Who’s prophet?”.

  36. Alissa says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Augggk! What happened to the indigenous population of the UK. They are completely nonsensical, suicidal and nauseating! Don’t they care about their future? Makes me want to throw up!.

    • pumbar says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks for that.

    • Mirren10 says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 5:07 pm

      ”Augggk! What happened to the indigenous population of the UK. They are completely nonsensical, suicidal and nauseating! Don’t they care about their future.”

      The Oxford University Press is **not** the indigenous population of the UK.

      They are a bunch of commie-fascists, so of course they will bow to sharia, and all they represent are other commie-fascists.

      They couldn’t care less about offending Jews, either. It’s mohammedans they are intent on placating; Jews won’t invade the publishing offices and shoot them

  37. Bamaguje says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    How about banning any mention of beef or cows for fear of offending Hindus?
    Obviously Islamist violence pays Muslims very well.

  38. Angey says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Oxford University is absolutely riddled by radical left-wing unionist students, the very ones who protest and shout absolute hatred towards Israel because of Israel’s retaliatory attacks against the terrorist organisation Hamas; which the radical left support. They are part of the fascist organisation called UAF, which apparently, to them, stands for ‘Unite Against Fascism’.

    So it’s no surprise that the radical left university has banned any references to pigs and pork; oh, and any mention of support towards Israel.

    For the UAF to claim they are opposed to fascism, then they must stop trying to BAN everything (speech and expression) that doesn’t suit their radical left, fascist ideology.

    The UAF are gonna ‘get it’ one day, mark my words!

  39. Champ says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    Certain people may be offended by sooo much Fun & Cuteness!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_4XWcDSR8w

    🙂

    • Champ says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 2:46 pm

      ::WARNING:: sudden jihad may occur in certain individuals while viewing this video!

    • katnis says

      Jan 14, 2015 at 3:08 pm

      That is SO CUTE!!! I loved it! Makes me want a pet pig. 🙂

      • Champ says

        Jan 14, 2015 at 4:32 pm

        Me, too!! …glad you enjoyed seeing these adorable creatures at play, as well! 🙂

        • Champ says

          Jan 14, 2015 at 4:42 pm

          …oh my gosh that’s hysterical, Martin!! lol!! 😀 😀

  40. Shylock says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    Good that pigs can not read otherwise they will be ofended when islam or mohamad or muslim is printed

  41. katnis says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    Bacon Bacon BACON and PORK! Yum!

    porks chops, pigs in a blanket, polish kielbasa, german sausage, bacon ice cream, PB&B (peanut butter and bacon, chocolate covered bacon, bacon guacamole, bacon and eggs, spaghetti carbonara, bacon butter, pork medallions wrapped in bacon, beans n bacon, bacon cheeseburgers, bacon pork burgers…

    VIVE LA BACON!

    http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/articles/50-things-to-make-with-bacon.html

    • Tom Billesley says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 7:57 am

      Black Pudding – doubly haram.

      • Aardvark says

        Jan 15, 2015 at 9:48 am

        There’s a recipe on line for Dothraki Pie (Dothraki are the desert nomads in Game of Thrones) which uses black pudding and minced lamb. They are absolutely delicious, and far too good for mohammedans!

        Come o think of it, almost everything in the civilised West is too good for mohammedans. And I know the answer to that problem…

  42. pumbar says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    Oxford UNIVERSITY Press. The name gives the game away. Give them a couple of years and a chance and they’ll be burning books not printing them.

    • pumbar says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 6:41 am

      I wish this was the case but when has that happened? I know it’s pumped full of water and hormones.

      • pumbar says

        Jan 15, 2015 at 9:57 pm

        Cool!

  43. Kakodaemon says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    Francis Bacon will henceforth be known as Sir Francis Chicken

  44. profitsbeard says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    Hindu radicals will demand that the OX be roved from Oxford.

    As a flagrant insult to sacred cows.

    Roger Bacon, the founder of modern science, will have to be known as Roger Hooved Non-Cud Chewing Quadruped instead.

    And no more pigskin gloves or luggage shall be produced in The U.K. also.

    Let’s go whole hog.

  45. Joe Shmo says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    Ah, creeping Sharia. It certainly gives me the creeps.

  46. Dave J says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    New Rules: (Tip of hat to Bill M.)

    A cartoon is just a cartoon.

    Offense is in the eye of the beholder.

    No one has to apologize for bacon.

    Love makes the world go round.

  47. Dave J says

    Jan 14, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Just occurred to me: Doesn’t America’s favorite game involve the tossing around (and some fairly intimate and violent treatment) of a “pigskin”?

    So that would be football – right out.

    As for cheerleaders, I’m afraid that will have to wait for Heaven.

    Ask yourselves – how many “virgins” do I really need?

    • Shylock says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 2:35 am

      So…. there will be no running back or receivers or QB or any muslims players in the NFL or CFB …. good

  48. More ham, Ed. says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 1:37 am

    This whole topic makes me hungry.

  49. More ham Ed says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 1:40 am

    This entire topic makes want to go make sandwiches.

  50. RICHTHOFEN says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 4:48 am

    Yet Miliband was widely shown eating a bacon sandwich, and ridiculed at his awkward style of eating, but nobody went on the rampage – it is only muslims that take violent offence at anything and everything. Miliband is the leader of the British labour party, and aspiring prime minister, with an irrefutable jewish heritage. I wonder how that will affect the number of votes he gets from his ‘beloved’ Labour party inspired tsunami of islamic alien invaders/army of occupation of Britain?

  51. Lia Wissing says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 5:03 am

    My staunch Dutch-Afrikaans grandfather used to sing ‘There’ll always be an island, where England used to be’. As children (c. 1945) we found it very funny. Was grandfather Jack a prophet? I know of no Jew who has ever complained about books about pigs, so don’t drag them into this exceedingly stupid motivation.

    • RICHTHOFEN says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 5:19 am

      Quite right – I don’t know if it is true, but when serving in the middle east in 1966 I was told that the largest commercial pig farm in the world was just outside Tel Aviv

  52. gravenimage says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 6:12 am

    Oxford University Press bans mention of pigs in books to avoid offending Muslims
    ……………………………….

    Oxford University Press is—or is supposed to be—a serious academic press. How can they possibly ban an entire subject like this?

    Pigs go “down the memory hole”—how Orwellian.

    And the idea that this is to avoid offending Jews is ludicrous. Observant Jews don’t eat pork—that doesn’t mean that they pretend the don’t exist. I’m a vegetarian, and it is just the same.

    And Muslims don’t just pretend that they don’t exist—they actually have become violent over their mention.

    More:

    The guidance issue was also condemned as “ludicrous” by Muslim Labour MP Khalid Mahmood.

    He added: “That’s absolute, utter nonsense and when people go too far that actually brings the whole discussion into disrepute.”…
    ……………………………….

    Now, *this* is disturbing. What Mahmood is saying is that the OUP ban on mentioning pigs will—as it should—engender ridicule, and that this ‘makes Islam look bad’.

    But notice his reference to “the discussion”—in other words, the “discussion” of what Shari’ah censorship *should* be enforced. I imagine he’d like to start with references to how violent Islam is, and only more on to banning mention of pigs once Shari’ah is fully established, and laughing over such matters is no longer allowed…

    This is not just conjecture. Here’s the appalling Mahmood urging British news outlets not to show the Charlie Hebdo cartooons:

  53. DiMu says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 10:42 am

    They are PIGS!!! (Apologies to pigs)

  54. DiMu says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Muslims express their hatred of us every day – including cutting off our heads. But we are not allowed to use words to show how WE feel about their scumbag, primitive religion?

    • Shane says

      Jan 16, 2015 at 10:10 am

      They are not afraid of offending Jews; they are doing this to appease aggressive and angry Muslims. Stand up for your culture or it will be destroyed by Islam.

  55. Clifford Hall says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    “Bans” or ‘advising against’ in the interest of selling books world wide?

  56. christine dorothy says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    No, no, Oxford, you’ve got it all wrong. Islam teaches tolerance so if the muslims are having a hard time with this, they need more practice.. they need to read MORE about bacon and pigs as a test to their faith. They’ll be fine. Write lots about bacon and pigs.

  57. Roxana says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    Do you people actually believe that this is true? It took only moments to go to Oxford University’s website and find their disclaimer. This is pure netlore.

  58. Gianni Ferr5ari says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 3:23 am

    We in Europe are too soft I would like to remind all Muslin people that Europe has been founded on Christian roots, we respect all religions, but they do not have to come into our home and impose their believes, Pepa Pig is an innocent cartoon for children and has nothing to do with the religion, if they don’t like it don’t buy it, this is called “FREEDOM”

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