Tennessee pastor leads burning of Harry Potter and Twilight novels
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#5VSYZ)
The livestreamed event drew large crowds, who cheered as books deemed demonic' by pastor Greg Locke went up in flames
A controversial Tennessee pastor led a book burning on Wednesday night to fight demonic influences", with a crowd incinerating copies of books including Harry Potter and Twilight.
The burning, which was livestreamed on Facebook, followed last month's decision by a Tennessee school district to ban the Holocaust-based graphic novel Maus.
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