Religious attacks muted as Harry Potter 5 arrives

  June 18, 2003 at 2:50 PM ET
  Cheeser     iharrypotter.net
 

Harry Potter can breathe a bit easier these days -- the evil Lord Voldemort may still have it in for the boy wizard, but the lawyers, preachers and family groups seem ready to give it a rest.

With the arrival of British author J.K. Rowling's fifth novel, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," set for Saturday, opposition to the orphan with the lightning-bolt scar and the high-performance broomstick is muted.