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Explain what belief or belief system you are talking about.
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Bekah mentions one, but I have read posts on this site by many young people in the US who have found themselves in trouble at their schools for reading LotR, which was banned on religious grounds. There's a thread on the subject here.
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthr...ight=parochial
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However, by choosing to set the stories within present day society (wizards among us), she may have chosen purposefully to rile up these reactions among people.
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Not at all. JK Rowling is British. She wrote HP originally for a British readership, and there is no witchcraft/book-banning controversy over here. It is very much a US issue, and only surfaced once HP became internationally successful.