‘Muhammad’ teddy teacher arrested
Good thing these guys are protecting god from evil teachers who dare desecrate the supremely omnipotent creator and ruler of the universe who apparently can’t clean house himself, right?
‘Muhammad’ teddy teacher arrested
A British school teacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad.
Colleagues of Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, said she made an “innocent mistake” by letting the six and seven-year-olds choose the name.
Ms Gibbons was arrested after several parents made complaints.
A spokesman from the British Embassy in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, said it was unclear whether she had been charged.
Embassy officials are expected to visit Ms Gibbons in custody later.
“We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition,” an embassy spokesman said.
The spokesman said the naming of the teddy happened months ago and was chosen by the children because it is a common name in the country.
“This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it,” he said.
Dec 11, 2007 @ 05:47:05
The way this story was reported in the British press makes me think that this was picked up and run with in order to make Muslims look like a bunch of fanatics who can’t be taken seriously about anything. There was no reportage of views that I saw from respected Muslim groups like the Muslim Council of Britain etc. Not even person in the street quotes, and there were plenty of Muslims happy to condem the furore in Sudan as bollocks, and not something they supported.
This was more about racism than religion.
Dec 11, 2007 @ 08:23:03
I haven’t heard of any Muslim peace protests, have you?
Dec 23, 2007 @ 20:18:32
Not in the western press, but have you checked out al Jazeera lately?
Oct 18, 2008 @ 12:15:52
Well…this seems very rude. I think that whoever wrote this is very ignorant. They think they understand what’s going on, but in reality, all they know about Islam is what they see on the news. And, let me remind you-many terrorist plots have taken place n the past. All of them by non-Muslims. Your generation and mine are forced to watch the actions of a few misguided Muslims and think that they are all this violent.
Oct 20, 2008 @ 09:38:03
A few? A few would be 3. We’re talking over 100,000 “misguided Muslims”. That’s plenty.
Nov 19, 2008 @ 18:23:28
omg what the hell you should name ths website i am ANTI RELIGIOUS.com how could you do such a thing its absolutly DISGUSTING the commments and picture you shout be disgraced! noone in islam has drawn pictures about other religions so what gives you the frigging rite to draw and make comments about islam! you are all ignorant the people that made this website! all you do is watch the stupid news but when it comes to other religions (your religion) doing something its like oh thats ok but when it comes to islam wtf! DISGRACEFUL! DISGUSTING! IGNORANT PEOPLE! P.S. the covering up is so disgusting men dont touch the women its called respect look it up!