German nationalist party AfD won’t distribute anti-Islam poster because it campaigns for the pig

The reason for not distributing the poster: it inspires too much sympathy for the pig.

A top leader of Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD party says it won’t distribute campaign posters with the slogan “Islam? Doesn’t fit with our cuisine” written above a piglet in a grass field — because it inspires too much sympathy for the pig.

AfD supporters in Berlin. (File Photo/Shutterstock)

Alexander Gauland, one of nationalist Alternative for Germany’s main candidates in the September 24 election, says the poster is “unusable.”

He told Sunday’s Bild newspaper: “that’s because of the little piglet; I’m concerned children will say: ‘What? They want to slaughter this pig?’“

“The poster campaigns for the piglet, not against Islam, so away with it.”

AfD is sticking with other anti-Islam posters, including one with two white women in bathing suits and the slogan “Burkas? We like bikinis.”

An election campaign poster of the German anti-immigrant party AfD reading "Burkas? We like bikinis." is displayed in central Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo)

The party garners 8% support in the latest polls.