Via the BBC, here’s an odd development in the troubled country of Sudan.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, will appear at a court in Khartoum and, if convicted, could face a prison sentence, a fine or 40 lashes.
Why do the Sudanese want to whip a British teacher?
She was arrested in Khartoum after allowing her class of primary school pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad.
This, apparently was considered to be “insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs”.
Any religion that demands a woman be whipped for allowing kids to name a teddy bear after their prophet deserves to be insulted. Repeatedly and forcefully. This is nothing but insanity, and yet another reason to resist any attempt at injecting religion into government.
Shouldn’t the children receive lashes as well? They named it. I’m being sarcastic, but it’s stupid. This is reason #45829 why the western world cannot relate with Arabic and Muslim nations. Ever.
As an aside, Mohammad/Muhammad is (I believe) the most popular name in the world, and I think when you combine the 2-3 common spellings, the most popular name in England (or perhaps it’s #2 behind Jack?).
It looks like the teacher was convicted of “insulting religion” and sentenced to 15 days in prison.
While this is an improvement over being whipped and thrown in prison, it’s still thoroughly disgusting.
Now the torch bearing mob is marching, calling for her execution…
http://www.wyff4.com/news/14735351/detail.html
Remind me not to go to Sudan anytime soon, ok?
I linked to the BBC version of the story in my next post. Thanks for the update.