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Morning Edition Returns: Do You Believe in Magic? Nyet.

Published December 26, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Everybody's favorite boy wizard is under attack in Moscow, where at least one muggle believes the Harry Potter series is likely to prompt an occult following that will incite religious hatred.

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