References To Pork Banned In Childrens Books Because They Offend Muslims According to recent reports, leading education publishing house Oxford University Press, recently made the decision to ban childrens textbook authors from writing about sausages or pigs in an effort to stop offended Jewish and Muslim communities. During a discussion on Radio 5, host Jim Naughtie mentioned that his wife, Eleanor Updale, was recently told that Oxford University had limited potential book documents. Updale was required to refrain from writing about pigs, pork, sausages or anything that could be perceived as pork. Now, if a respectable publisher, tied to an academic institution, is saying youve got to write a book in which you cannot mention pigs because some people might be offended, its just ludicrous, Naughtie chimed in. Our educational guidelines are intended to help ensure that the resources that we produce can be disseminated to the widest possible audience, claims a spokesman of the Oxford University Press. He went on to state that the publishing house tries to consider vast cultural differences. What do you think of the new ban? 