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- The Islamic World: The Children Should Be Punished ...
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British Teacher Arrested In Sudan Over Teddy Bear Named "Mohammed"
The students named the bear, not the teacher. But now, because of the elegance of Islamic logic, the teacher is in trouble.
Islamic "culture" is a fucking joke, an oxymoron. Oh wait, how can I say that, they do create beautiful mosaics. But alas, a mosaic does not a culture make.
From the UK daily Telegraph (with thanks to Najistani):
A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her seven-year-old students to name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said.
Gillian Gibbons was detained yesterday on suspicion of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
Colleagues of the 54-year-old teacher from Liverpool told Reuters they feared for her safety after receiving reports that young men were gathering outside the Khartoum police station where she was being held.
A spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum said: "The children chose the name because it is very common here.
"This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it.
"We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition."
Robert Boulos, the director of the school, told Reuters that Ms Gibbons set up the project as part of a British National Curriculum course to learn about animals. This year's animal was the bear, and Ms Gibbons asked the children to name the stuffed toy.
Mr Boulos said the children came up with eight names including Abdullah and Hassan, but Mohammed proved by far the most popular.
Each child was given a chance to take the bear home and write a diary about what they did with the toy, Mr Boulos told Reuters.
The website for the Sudanese Media Centre, which has close ties with the country's government, reported that Mrs Gibbons could be prosecuted under "faith and religions" legislation.
It states: "Khartoum attorney office opens a claim under article 125 of the criminal law (insult of faith and religions) against a British national female teacher named Julian (sic) working for unruly school in Khartoum.
Najistani comments:
So what have the prophet and a teddy bear got in common?
Cotton-wool for a brain?
Going to bed with children?
Islamic "culture" is a fucking joke, an oxymoron. Oh wait, how can I say that, they do create beautiful mosaics. But alas, a mosaic does not a culture make.
From the UK daily Telegraph (with thanks to Najistani):
A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her seven-year-old students to name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said.
Gillian Gibbons was detained yesterday on suspicion of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
Colleagues of the 54-year-old teacher from Liverpool told Reuters they feared for her safety after receiving reports that young men were gathering outside the Khartoum police station where she was being held.
A spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum said: "The children chose the name because it is very common here.
"This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it.
"We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition."
Robert Boulos, the director of the school, told Reuters that Ms Gibbons set up the project as part of a British National Curriculum course to learn about animals. This year's animal was the bear, and Ms Gibbons asked the children to name the stuffed toy.
Mr Boulos said the children came up with eight names including Abdullah and Hassan, but Mohammed proved by far the most popular.
Each child was given a chance to take the bear home and write a diary about what they did with the toy, Mr Boulos told Reuters.
The website for the Sudanese Media Centre, which has close ties with the country's government, reported that Mrs Gibbons could be prosecuted under "faith and religions" legislation.
It states: "Khartoum attorney office opens a claim under article 125 of the criminal law (insult of faith and religions) against a British national female teacher named Julian (sic) working for unruly school in Khartoum.
Najistani comments:
So what have the prophet and a teddy bear got in common?
Cotton-wool for a brain?
Going to bed with children?
- Evangelist Makes Video Criticizing Islam With Toy Pig Named Mohammed
This guy is the Infidel of the Month, huh? What a great idea. I love it. (From Up Pompeii): Bill Keller is one Christian evangelist who is fed up with the Teddy Bear Teacher fiasco and has decided to make a video using a pink stuffed toy pig - named...
- Mohammed The Mole No More
Kes Gray's children's book Who's Poorly Too has been in publication for some eight years and has reported sales of over 40,000 copies. Not exactly a runaway bestseller. Now, because of the recent controversy over Muhammad the Bear, Mr. Gray,...
- Worshipping The Dark Ages
Ummah Pulse whines about the opposition to sharia in Britain when the Muhammad teddy bear story is discussed.This was exemplified in this morning's Today programme on BBC Radio 4 when John Humphrys put Massoud Shadjareh of the Islamic Human Rights...
- The Wapo Glosses Over A Story
Today the Washington Post finally mentioned the lashings in an article in the print edition--on page 18. Before today, however, the story was not properly being covered. Graphic from this essay by Mustang of Social Sense The November 28, 2007 Washington...
- The Islamic World: The Children Should Be Punished ...
... for naming the Teddy Bear Mohammed. Or, at least that's what Abdullah al-Zawawi says over at the BBC: Speaking as a father I do not feel this was a well thought out plan by the teacher. However, I feel that she has done nothing wrong. The children...