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Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Russia sez: Harry Potter doesn't incite hatred

The Russian inquiry into whether the Harry Potter novels promote religious hatred has concluded that they don't.

An investigation was launched after claims the books "contained signs of religious extremism".
There were also claims they were "drawing students into religious groups of a Satanic type".
Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, said they had found no basis for opening a criminal case.

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