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Article: Religious right groups take aim at popular `Harry Potter' books. (People & Events).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Church & State
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Wizard-in-training Harry Potter, the fictional star of a series of phenomenally popular children's books, has fended off evil warlocks, giant snakes and a three-headed dog, but he may have just gained his most powerful enemy -- the Religious Right.
The release last month of the first motion picture based on the Potter books, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," set off a new round of Religious Right Potter-bashing. The books, far-right groups asserted, teach that witchcraft is fun and lure children into the occult.
Authored by British writer J.K. Rowling, the four Harry Potter books have become a modern publishing sensation, selling millions of ...