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Not everyone is a fan of the Harry Potter books. Those who actively oppose the books generally do so from a religious perspective. Objections tend to focus on the portrayal of witches and wizards as positive role models for children. Witches, especially, are sometimes associated with pagan religion.

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Harry Potter: A New Twist to Witchcraft ExposingSatanism.org believes that Satan is behind Harry Potter books. www.exposingsatanism.org/harrypotter.htm

Harry Potter, Culture, and Religion Scholarly articles and updates on Harry Potter and religious objections against the use of the Harry Potter books in public schools. www.cesnur.org/recens/potter_00.htm

Harry Potter: What Does God Have To Say A former Witch shares some concerns about the Harry Potter phenomena. www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract7.html

Harry Potter: Satanic Godsend Mainstreaming Witchcraft Claims that J.K. Rowling's story line is innocent witchcraft are like Hollywood saying sex and violence on the screen have no effect on society. www.greaterthings.com/Lexicon/H/HarryPotter

Bewitched by Harry Potter Berit Kjos's article on why he feels the new generation of children are far more vulnerable to deception than previous ones. www.crossroad.to/text/articles/Harry9-99.html

The True Danger of Your Child Reading The Harry Potter Books Christian site claiming the Potter books are non-fiction and teaches satanism and cannibalism. www.cuttingedge.org/news/hpboy-fade.html

Is Harry Potter's magic kid-friendly? Kate Ernsting's article on Harry Potter from Credo, a Catholic news magazine. www.credopub.com/archives/1999/iss19991115/19991115p03.htm

Harry Potter, Sorcery and Fantasy By Marcia Montenegro. Examining occult themes in Harry Potter. cana.userworld.com/cana_harrypotter.html

Ankerberg Theological Research Institute Contains many articles about Harry Potter from a Christian perspective. Each book in the series reviewed. Many common concerns and issues answered. www.johnankerberg.org/hp-articles/hp-articles.htm

CANA - Harry Potter: A Journey to Power By Marcia Montenegro. Themes of Darkness, Disobedience, and Occultism, in Books Two, Three and Four. cana.userworld.com/cana_morehpotter1.html

The Harry Potter Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone By Marcia Montenegro. Not a movie review but rather an evaluation of the movie, especially for parents of younger children who are wondering if they should take their children to see it. cana.userworld.com/cana_pottermovie.html

Harry Potter and the Paganization of Children's Culture Author Michael O'Brien compares and contrasts J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter with the writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien www.lifesite.net/features/harrypotter/obrienpotter.html

Three Views of Harry Potter: Neutral, Pro and Con An English version of three articles published by the Italian ezine ZENIT. one is neutral, Italian author Massimo Introvigne is 'pro' and Canadian author Michael O'Brien is 'con' www.warmbooks.com/html/miscellaneous/ZENIT-NEWS-POTTER.htm

Harry Potter Movie and Three Good Reasons to Avoid It Some brief objections to the Harry Potter phenomenon. www.ericbarger.com/potter.8.htm

Save Harry! Campaign site against the Coca-Cola sponsorship of Harry Potter movies. www.saveharry.com

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review of the film. Leave your comments and write a review yourself. christiananswers.net/../movies/2002/harrypotterchamber.html

What About Harry Potter? Review of the books from a Christian perspective, for parents. An online tract that can be printed out. www.spiritwatch.org/Pottertract.pdf

The Anti-Potter Education Society Includes fictional writing, pictures, chat, forums, and members. www.apes.teamflap.co.uk

Straight Talk on Harry Potter Analyses the books by drawing a parallel between real witchcraft and the Harry Potter kind of magic. www.withoneaccord.org/store/potter.html

Harry Potter Series - Deception By Storm Short article explaining why Christians should not buy these books. www.hstreasures.com/articles/harry_potter.html

Harry Potter and Christians From a literary standpoint, the books are unobjectionable. However, the way the supernatural is presented is anti-biblical, and could suggest the occult to children as a way to escape unhappy situations. www.reachouttrust.org/articles/occult/hpotter.htm

Harry Potter Criticism Criticism from secular perspectives including comments from Le Guin, Byatt, Hensher, and Bloom. danny.oz.au/books/notes/harry-potter-criticism.html

Harry Potter and the AntiChrist Joseph Chambers of Paw Creek Ministries argues that the Harry Potter series is a creation of Hell, preparing children to welcome the arrival of the AntiChrist. www.pawcreek.org/../endtimes/HarryPotterAndTheAntichrist.htm

ESP Ministries on Harry Potter Ben Alexander feels Harry Potter leads children to Satan. www.espministries.com/topic_harry.htm