‘Muhammad’ teddy teacher arrested
Filed Under (Bad News, Stupidity) by Ian on 26-11-2007
Tagged Under : god, islam, lashing, muhammad, punishment, school, sudan
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.
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.
I haven’t heard of any Muslim peace protests, have you?
Not in the western press, but have you checked out al Jazeera lately?