Hanne Tolg “Many of the educational materials we publish in the UK are sold in more than 150 countries, and as such they need to consider a range of cultural differences and sensitivities,” the spokesperson said.
Men bøkene trykkes ikke i to versjoner hvor svin og griser vil bli inkludert for Vesten. Dermed vil det gradvis forsvinne. Akkurat som med halal-kjøtt, det er lettere at «alle får det samme».
Nei, nei nei – dette kan vi ikke eksportere!
Antall muslimer i verden er anslått til å være rundt 1,5 miliarder og de 49 landene med muslimsk majoritet har unge og voksende populasjoner hvilket gjør dem til viktige markeder for materiell innen utdannelsessektoren.
Den konservative representanten Philip Davies er ikke imponert: Man snakker seg varm om ytringsfrihet mens man stille tilpasser seg politisk korrekthet og et verdensmarked hvor muslimer ikke må støtes.
Conservative MP Philip Davies was angry that other cultures were being taken into account by the publisher, however.
He called for the Government to intervene and ban OUP from asking its authors to cater to Muslim sensibilities.
“The political correctness brigade appear to have taken control of our schools,” Mr Davies told the Daily Mail newspaper.
“The Secretary of State needs to get a grip over this and make sure this ridiculous ban is stopped at once.”
He added that politicians were “falling over each other to say how much they believed in freedom of speech” but that in reality they were to have people told what to say.
Oxford University Press er ikke Charlie.
