.....cos some kids named him Mohamed?
...........it happened in Khartoum.....
2007-11-28 00:07:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think the teacher should have learned more about the culture that she was going to live in.
2007-11-28 00:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Khartoum.governs over a country with one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world right now, several ultra violent civil wars, and still has an active slave trade.....
freaking out over teddy bears are the least of their problems
2007-11-28 08:20:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to judge what a Muslim considers insult against Muhammed. I don't know enough about that religion to make that judgement.
But, to try to put it in context, what if (and I'm really not trying to inflame here) I had a little turd that I named Jesus and showed it to my friends? I'm thinking that Christians may have an issue with that.
I know its not the same since teddy bears are cute and cuddly and all that, but I'm just trying to add some context.
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So your argument, Riegan, is that 40 lashes for Blasphemy against the church (which is what I think the problem is) is too severe. The problem really has nothing to do with the Teddy Bear? Again, I'd have to say that I don't know enough about their laws to determine if its "unjust". Personally, I think it is, but I'm American and so I'm putting it in the context of America. How about this being just vs. unjust... Americans kidnapping and torturing middle eastern civilians because they *think* they might be "terrorists" (whatever that means these days), keeping them in jail without contact of family or lawyers, then releasing them without so much as a "gee whiz we got that one wrong"?
2007-11-28 08:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Mickey P 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
*drink*
This is a yet another hardcore example of why we need to learn to keep morality and religious beliefs out of law. Morality is best taught by example but to make it into civil law causes problems like this and the other cases that have recently been in the news.
2007-11-28 08:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's insane - period. But what ticks me off more is Christians raising the dust about it while forgetting the fuss about chocolate Jesus a few years back (someone on Answers pointed this out).
While I am completely disgusted by the punishment that woman is to recieve, I can't help but notice the double standards.
2007-11-28 08:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by Poppy Pickette AM - VT 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think the Government should intervene on this occasion and meddlesome Christians, who have an agenda to convert people, should stay out of Islamic countries or be willing to face the consequences unaided when they fall foul of laws they don't like.
2007-11-28 08:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by LillyB 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think the bear deserves the 40 lashes!
edit: mickey - i see your comparison, but it's one thing to take offense to something, but it's completely different to issue 40 lashes for being offended!
2007-11-28 08:12:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an example of law without love. The Pharisee did the same 2000 years ago.
EDIT: Btw, she's not being punished for naming the teddy bear, she's being punished for being a married woman in a car with an unmarried man.
2007-11-28 08:11:44 · answer #8 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Christians do take offense at blasphemy, but at least we don't beat people half dead for it in this day and age.
2007-11-28 08:36:33 · answer #9 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it's an over-reaction; I hope that the powers that be will reconsider their position, but I am not optimistic.
2007-11-28 08:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Dances with Unicorns 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋