Peppa Pig is 'unIslamic'.

Islam forbids the veneration of animate things, so Peppa Pig would ironically be likely to be more Islamic than the replacement.

Problem solved.

Ah yes, I remember reading about Aisha playing with dolls before Muhammad had sex with her.

It's on the internet.

It's quite hard to police what parents let their kids watch on the internet. Plus, there already exist religious channels on TV, there are many religious schools in the UK and there are loads of religious children's books for sale in shops throughout the UK. Banning this one online website would have little effect.

Wtf???

Eating pig is haram, but anything else to do with pig is okay im preety sure if you had a pig as a pet it would be ok whats the fuss. Noone is being forced to eat pig.

Mr Alsuleiman, who has generated controversy in the past for his homophobic views, urged parents to donate money to the production of the cartoons.

For the purposes of educating and entertaining children, Islam permits the depiction of animate creatures. (It prohibits them for the purposes of veneration and worship).

As an example, it is expressly permissible in Islam for children to play with dolls.

The article is very misleading, and the title of this thread is simply wrong.

The creator of the new "Islamic" Kids TV show is not claiming that Peppa Pig is unislamic, or is in any way making the link that "we don't eat pigs in our religion therefore we shouldn't watch TV shows containing them either". In fact he says that he and his kids watch Peppa Pig themselves.

Rather, the new show was inspired by the animations and storylines of Peppa Pig, and was created with the additional intention of promoting certain Islamic values (that are universally beneficial for all children) such as having good manners, being good to parents, neighbours etc. (As opposed to the character of Peppa Pig, whom some parents consider to be a "brat"

The fact that Peppa Pig is in fact, a pig, is largely irrelevant.

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/television/creator-muslim-childrens-show-inspired-peppa-pig-dont-hate-pigs/

Indeed, it would seem strange if Islam allowed adults to have sex with children but did not allow children to watch cartoon pigs.

Yes I'm sure it's all one big coincidence; it's not like Muslims to kick up a fuss about cartoons now is it?

Muslims vary in what they believe Islam says on various matters.

So I'm curious, in light of the bolded above, do you believe that art galleries and museums, where there is content that can be described as "haram" and "venerated" by people, be prohibited to be accessed by Muslims and removed/destroyed in your ideal Islamic state, if it held such content?

There are of course other philistine Muslims: such as those of a...Salafi persuasion, due to viewing Islamic prohibitions and restrictions on the arts: perceive unIslamic content (for example Venus figurines, Venus de milo (no hijab, breasts exposed) Mona Lisa, statue of Augustus Caesar, family pictures both on drawing and digital, movies, music etc,
being revered/venerated by people as being haram and quite like ISIS, are supportive of their removal from view/destruction.


What do you think of such content (in above in italics)? Would you prevent/restrict yourself from viewing such content? because it's haram? doubt/disbelief inducing? In fear of admiring...venerating, the beauty, story, meanings and workmanship perceived from such content? Would you be supportive of such content being destroyed?

No. As @Emperor Trajan has pointed out, there is Islamic scripture that prohibits outright the use of images, nevermind whether they are venerated or not, nevermind whether they are use by children or not. (These cartoons are not drawn by children). I'm not aware I've said anything contrary to Islamic scripture.

Ah yes, I remember reading about Aisha playing with dolls before Muhammad had sex with her.

Personally, I would simply refrain from worshipping such statues and images and turning them into deities, the way idol-worshippers have done in so many other civilisations. That's about it really.

Islam forbids the veneration of animate things, so Peppa Pig would ironically be likely to be more Islamic than the replacement.

(Whenever there is outrage over some allegedly offensive cartoon of Muhammad, the outraged seem to be alerted more readily by the fact that Muhammad is depicted at all rather than over the alleged offensiveness: and by going out of their way to not depict him, they are of course going out of their way to venerate Muhammad - idolatry in other words).