Teacher arrested in Sudan for naming teddy Mohammed
Updated:12:24, Monday November 26, 2007
A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for letting children name a teddy bear Mohammed.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of insulting Islam's prophet.
The teacher let her class of seven year olds choose the name as part of a school project.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a British national was arrested by police in Sudan yesterday.
"We are providing consular assistance."
A spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum said Ms Gibbons taught at Unity High School in central Khartoum.
He said: "The children chose the name because it is very common here.
"This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it.
"We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition."
A source close to the school said one teacher at the school was angered by the naming of the teddy bear and complained to the headmistress.
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Nov-26-2007 12:39
leph555
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Registered: Aug 2005
Location: City
ok well ummm
when is judgment day?
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we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!
Originally posted by Rinster
i named my dick ali baba, will i go to jail now?
No, just to the mental home. Don't worry though, all the walls there are soft to hitted and you'll have a chance of winning the daily intelligence quiz.
Nov-26-2007 13:20
Dervish
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I have found video of the bear in question.
Quite fitting given he was a pedo too.
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Nov-26-2007 18:28
Dervish
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quote:
Originally posted by Acton
she can have a prison sentance or 40 lashes...........isnt that kind of them
Or a fine. Not sure exactly how they pass on the money to Mohammed though? Will he need it? Or maybe the government 'looks after it for him' I dunno? I do know they aren't gonna make a big statue of him with it anyway .
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Nov-26-2007 18:47
Krypton
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
Naming a teddy bear Mohammad is idolatry. That is why you'll never see pictures of Prophet Mohammad in a mosque or Muslim art. No "thing" can represent Mohammad or it's idolatry. Why do you think Muslims were so angry when the European newspapers published caricatures of Mohammad?
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Nov-26-2007 19:07
Andryuha
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
These petty incidents re-assure me that those "people" are fucked in the head.
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