Book Retort

(Fox News) - A story based on "The Three Little Pigs" has been excluded from a British government agency's awards competition because it could be offensive to Muslims. Media reports say the digital book called "Three Little Cowboy Builders" had already won a prize at another education awards competition.

But judges for awards supported by the government's technology agency for schools say — "the use of pigs raises cultural issues" and they — "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community." The judges also attacked the story for offending builders.

The book's creative director says the idea that using pigs in the story could be interpreted as racism is "like a slap in the face."