The teddy bear Mohamed?

Question

I've just heard on the news that a teacher has been arrested for letting her school children name a teddy bear after the profit Mohamed. The children were allowed to take the teddy home and keep a diary of what they did with it.
Parents were fine, kids were happy But it was another teacher who reporter her for creating an image of Mohamed which is considered blasphemous. She risks 40 lashes a huge fine or a 6 months jail sentence.
Isn't this just madness? If children decided they would like to name a teddy bear Jesus, I certainly wouldn't be offended! I'd think it was sweet.
Can anyone explain why something so minor is being taken soo serious.

Answer 1

I have every sympathy for her plight; however, I think she should have been a little more sensitive to the primitive, intolerant and frankly stupid traditions and laws of the country in which she works. To my mind this is just another example of why we need to keep religion in its box and not let it into the arena of government and legislation.

Answer 2

Basically those people in Sudan are screwed up bigtime. Muhammad is the most common name in the world. Just because someone names a teddy bear Muhammad does not mean they are referring to the Holy Prophet (SWS). The name Muhammad existed before the Prophet was a prophet! Some people take things way too far, giving Islam and Muslims a worse reputation than they already have. Muslims deserve the shame they've brought on themselves if this is the way they think! Thank God I don't live in a Muslim country. I'm a Muslim but I like America, thank you very much.

Answer 3

I'm afraid it's just another example of the kind of "victim culture" that seems to exist at the moment in some parts of Islam. They seem totally unable to laugh at themselves, every minor slight is a big deal whether it was intended or not.

It is madness yes. However, given the current hysteria, the teacher should probably have asked other teachers whether they thought it was a good idea before she went ahead as anyone with a half baked understanding of Islam knows that they consider images of Mohamed idolatrous (think that's a word!!).

Most Mulslims would be ok with it I expect, but it'll be some of the millitant "Mullahs" and bored, firey students whipping it up with the uneducated. Let's hope it all calms down. Poor woman.

Answer 4

The supposed blasphemy is not the real reason for the arrest. There is a dispute between the school and the government over taxes; this is the government's way of putting pressure on the school. Maybe they even want it shut down.
The fact that none of the Muslim parents thought naming the bear Mohammed was blasphemous, gives you some idea of how ludicrous this charge is. While it is forbidden by most Muslim authorities to make an image (picture, statue, doll) of Mohammed, this is not what happened. The children voted to name the bear Mohammed because it is a common boy's name and they liked it. It had nothing to do with the Prophet.

Answer 5

Ah yes, the "loving, peaceful religion that is Islam" - I feel desperately sorry for the poor woman involved - but at least this shows the WORLD what Islam is REALLY about.

As the children were the ones to suggest the name - will they be whipped and imprisoned too - or will things not stopp quite that low (yet).

I find it strange that Sudan has done the job of 10 BNP statements all in one go - I have heard folks this week who never make a religious comment normally, getting most vocal about Islam.

Moderate and reasonable Muslims must be incredibly frustrated by this nonsense.

Mark

Answer 6

I have about 3 or 4 given as pressies . I really wish though I had looked after the big one I got when age about 2 . But that one is long gone to that great teddy bear heaven in the sky lol

Answer 7

The law is the law and she should have been aware of the impact of what she was doing. The school should have advised her on such issues. It does not seem right that someone working ina christain school would have reported this rather than given advice to a collegue.
This is the very reason why we must protect the laws of our Christian countries as some elements of Islam want to conquer the West. If that is the punishment for a mistake about a teddy bear's name imagine what preaching the gospel would incur.

Answer 8

Well, since Mohammad is a very common boy's name, I'm not sure why they concluded that this teddy bear's name was associated with the Prophet Mohammad.

Yes, it's a sin to create an image of the Prophet, but this was just a teddy bear given a common name, nothing more.

Answer 9

i know it is way over the top there are kids called mohamed (sorry if i spelt it wrong) and also the kids didnt name it that because of the prophet they named it after the most popular kid in the class. by the way i wouldnt say sudan is the biggest threat cause it isnt although this is a pathetic fallout now they even plan to execute. If this is whats going on know while im growing up i'm worrying about what our world will be like when im 30.

Answer 10

I find the fact that she has been jailed disgusting. All she did was name a teddy bear. I mean everyone names teddy bears. This is a pointless and stupid way of dealing with it. why is she being treated like a hardened criminal when she is just an innocent woman. In my opinion she is being treated very unfairly and all this for naming a teddy bear.

Answer 11

This Sudanese government is one like Tehran which has no respect for anyone else. They are trying to subdue a country by killing people and this is just how they behave. I would think that they will demand tha million pounds to let her go as they and the rest of Africa is run by graft and nothing else. I also suspect that the person who reported this will be rewarded with half the fine.

I would not go to any African country as they are mostly dangerous, especially if you are white and christian in a Muslim country.