Flashermac Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 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. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Who trains these people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Teddy's also from Liverpool. :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 The mullahs and imams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 The world has gone mad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 No, just a certain sector of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I wondered if they (foreign teachers in Muslim countries) had any type of instruction in local religion and customs. The article says... "Certainly she is also very worldly wise and she is obviously aware of the sensitivities around Islam." but she allows a stuffed toy to be named after Mohamed? I'm certainly not defending the lunatic fringe of Islam but it didn't seem like a very wise move on her behalf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I guess it's all down to interpretation...school kids, teddy bear...children view teddy bears with affection, they get comfort from such things...to me it was a rather sweet what the kids did. Innocent. I bet they all feel pretty bad now, so well done muslim nutters, you've created guilt and anxiety in those kids...next stop, get them shooting stuff and hating westerners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Student defends teacher KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A 7-year-old Sudanese student on Tuesday defended the British teacher accused of insulting Islam saying he had chosen to call a teddy bear Mohammad because it was his own name. Gillian Gibbons, a 54-year-old teacher at the Unity High School in Khartoum, was arrested on Sunday after complaints from parents that she had insulted Islam's Prophet by allowing the bear to be named Mohammad. She is facing a third night in jail without being formally charged. "The teacher asked me what I wanted to call the teddy," the boy said shyly, his voice barely rising above a whisper. "I said Mohammad. I named it after my name," he added. Sitting in his garden wearing shorts, his family, who did not want their full names used, urged him to describe what had happened. He said he was not thinking of Islam's Prophet when asked to suggest a name, adding most of the class agreed with his choice. In a writing exercise students were asked to keep a diary of what they did with the teddy bear. "Some people took the teddy home and took it places with them ... like the swimming pool," the child said. Mohammad said Gibbons was "very nice" and he would be upset if she never came back to teach. He added Gibbons had not discussed religion nor did she mention the Prophet. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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