The origin of the bibles on the top shelves myth is advice from the MLA in 2009 regarding a concern in Leicester.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1148363/Libraries-Bible-shelf-sop-Muslims.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/4687077/Bible-put-on-top-shelf-in-move-to-appease-Muslims.html
However, "An MLA spokesman said there were no rules to say other libraries must follow
suit with Leicester.
He said: “Different libraries can legitimately treat religious texts in
different ways – there is not a one size fits all solution and no group has
asked for there to be one. The key is to show understanding, respect and
equality to all local library users.”
Ian Anstice
Public Libraries News, team member of Voices For The Library and Library Cuts Map
"The truth is that people are not marching through country towns
or forming a human chain around a library just to feel good about themselves."
Politics.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:34:10 +0100
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It’s the Daily Mail.
That says it all.
Steve Cook
RCOG
From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MARTYN EVERETT
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Subject: Urban myth?
Peter Mullen claims in the Daily Mail "Public libraries have been instructed to place Bibles on the highest shelf – as if they were some sort of pornography likely to deprave and corrupt." Has anyone on this list heard of such an instruction? Or suggest the origin of this claim? Or is it another urban myth? |
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