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All hail Satan? S’porean Chinese textbook gets recalled for using bloody pentagram to teach about shapes

Thankfully, no demons were summoned in the process.

A publisher in Singapore was forced to recall batches of Primary 2 Chinese textbooks after it learnt that its usage of a blood-splattered pentagram was the symbol of Satanism.

Marlinsons expressed its regret over the diabolical blunder in a statement to Coconuts yesterday (Apr 28), saying that it was unaware of the symbol’s ties to Satanism and pledged to dispose of all existing stock.

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Marlinsons said that it did not know that the symbol was associated with Satanism, but agreed it was inappropriate textbook material. — Picture courtesy of via Reddit/ Themoltenbeacon
Photo via Malay Mail

We pledge to exercise greater care and improve our quality inspection system to prevent such mistakes from being made in the future.

This comes after a member of the subreddit r/Singapore named Themoltenbeacon, posted the photo and expressed confusion over how a pentagram was used to teach primary school students about shapes, where it was placed next to more child-friendly visuals of “triangle” and “watercolour”.

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Source via Reddit.

Despite the pentagram’s largely negative associations, netizens were seemingly unbothered by it and said that it was merely a symbol of an ideology.

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Screencap via Reddit.
Screencap via Reddit.

Others joked that seeing the pentagram being featured in textbooks made them want to learn Chinese all the more.

Screencap via Reddit.

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