Germany - Anti-religious children’s book dangerous for children

How do I get to God, Asked the Small Piglet

"How do I get to God, Asked the Small Piglet", a secularist book for children, is argued by the German Family Ministry as dangerous for young people. The ministry found the book is anti-Semitic, and offensive to Christians and Muslims.

The book “How do I get to God, Asked the Small Piglet,” written by Michael Schmidt-Salomon, features a piglet and a hedgehog. They discover a poster attached to their house reading, "If you do not know God, you are missing something!"

The animals are frightened that they are missing something in their lives, and begin a search for God.

According to the ministry’s report, “In the book, the three great world religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism are scorned.” The ministry said, “The distinctive characteristics of each religion are ridiculed. Especially the Jewish faith is slurred by the portrayal and characterization of the rabbi.”

The ministry says the book’s depiction of the rabbi is anti-Semitic.

The depiction of the rabbi reportedly recalls anti-Jewish propaganda from the 1930s. The rabbi is drawn with corkscrew curls, fanatical eyes, predatory teeth, and hands like claws. He rages at the animals, yelling to them that God had set out to destroy all life on Earth at the time of Noah.

Source: http://europenews.dk

Date: February 05, 2008

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