Teacher arrested for naming teddy Muhammad

[ohiosmith]

November 26, 2007
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

KHARTOUM, Sudan — A British teacher was arrested in Sudan for allegedly insulting Islam by naming a teddy bear Muhammad, taken as a reference to Islam’s prophet and founder, the Sudan Media Center said Monday.
The teacher, who wrote the name on the bear, was being interrogated Monday, the semiofficial center said. She was arrested Sunday after the Ministry of Education filed a complaint, acting on behalf of a parent of one of her students.

The teacher, who wrote the name on the bear, was being interrogated Monday, the semiofficial center said. She was arrested Sunday after the Ministry of Education filed a complaint, acting on behalf of a parent of one of her students.

The British Foreign Office identified her as Gillian Gibbons, 54, and said her 7-year-old students named the bear when she asked them to. It was not clear whether Gibbons intended to name the bear after the prophet. Muhammad is a common name in the Muslim world.

The Sudan Media Center said legal procedures were under way against Gibbons, who taught at the Unity High School in Khartoum, which teaches students aged 4 to 18.

more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/667789,sudan112607.article

[IndianaJones]

1. religion of peace. nt.

[ohiosmith]

2. BLASPHEMY!

[IndianaJones]

3. tolerance! nt.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Jihad. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

[quip]

5. He should have named the teddy "Jesus", thereby, no doubt

securing a raise in pay.

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