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.