I have seen lots of teddy bear questions, and now i am asking, whats up with all these questions, what did i miss?
2007-11-30 05:32:03 · 10 answers · asked by FarmerCec 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- A 54-year-old British teacher was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Khartoum, the Sudan, because she let her class name a teddy bear Mohammed, media reports said Friday.
The case came in response to some parents' complaints that the teacher, Gillian Gibbons, insulted Islam by naming a teddy bear as Muhammad -- Islam's holy prophet.
In September, Gibbons endorsed the name of Muhammad chosen by her 7-year old pupils and asked them to write diaries for the teddy bear.
In Khartoum, it is a crime to insult the Prophet Muhammad. Under the Sudanese law, the teacher could have spent six months in jail and been lashed 40 times.
The Foreign Office in London said it did not believe Gibbons had intended to insult Muslims and it was "an innocent mistake."
"We are extremely disappointed," said Omar Daair, spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum, after the charges.
But the Sudanese government noted that it was "not much of a punishment at all," rather "it should be considered a warning that such acts should not be repeated."
2007-11-30 05:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go back to Yahoo, and read the news.
Edit: Some British gal in Sudan let kids in her class name a Teddy bear Mohammed. She's gonna go to jail for it.
2007-11-30 13:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a news cast about a woman living in the Muslim contry named her teddy bear after Jesus & the people in her town had a fit!
2007-11-30 13:37:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Orrr...if you don't do that: A woman named her teddy bear Mohammad. Sudan gets their panties in a wad and now want her dead.
2007-11-30 13:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by tcjstn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RU asleep...the Muslims are possibly going to execute a teacher for allowing her students to name a class bear Mohammed. You hadn't heard that? Get a clue!!!
2007-11-30 13:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go read the news, cave dweller. It's google's top story, 10 minutes ago.
2007-11-30 13:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you lost your mind, then you try to ask one just like other users who did and asked one.
I think you did it! lol
2007-11-30 13:40:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone wants someone to love
2007-11-30 13:34:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
teddy bear, mohammed, welcome to current times...
huge story for almost a week...
2007-11-30 13:35:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you live in a cave?
2007-11-30 13:34:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋