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In a word, nope.
Never, ever ever.
Ok, that's more than a word. I might as well go on.
I can't believe people are still going on about Harry Potter. In the first place they're completely harmless - I can't believe the mere presence of magic is enough in some peoples' minds to override the larger messages which on the whole are quite conservative and Manichean. And in the second place I thought the principle of censorship had been largely discredited by now. If you don't want to read a book, don't read it. If you don't want your child to read a book, don't let them. If you're afraid your child is going to get their hands on the book despite your wishes, well then, there's not much you can do about it. If they're interested enough to check out a book from the library they're interested enough to borrow the fucking book from a friend and read it behind your back. This isn't about protecting children, it's about policing ideas and imposing a small minority's will on the rest of the public.
To answer the larger question, I don't think banning books is ever justified, even the most offensive books. You're essentially trying to control the traffic of ideas - what are books but ideas written down? - and that in my mind is more evil than anything that could be in a book, and the first step on a slippery slope to totalitarianism.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France
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