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British Teacher Faces 40 Lashes in Sudan for Naming a Teddy Bear Mohamed
Daily Mail ^ | November 26, 2007

Posted on 11/26/2007 7:38:50 AM PST by Cecily

A British teacher is facing 40 lashes from police in Sudan where she has been accused of insulting Islam after naming a Teddy bear Mohamed.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, was being questioned at a police station in the capital Khartoum.

She had been working at one of the city's exclusive British schools for the past three months since giving up her job in Liverpool.

Police arrived at the old-fashioned brick and stone buildings of the Unity High School on Sunday to arrest Miss Gibbons after a complaint from parents that she had named the bear after Islam's most holy prophet Mohamed.

An angry mob shouted death threats as she was taken away.

The school remained closed yesterday and children were sent home for fear of reprisals from Islamic extremists.

Robert Boulos, the school's director, said the teacher had made an innocent mistake.

"We have lost one of our best teachers. She was maybe a little naive but she really had no idea what she was doing."

The teddy bear had been brought to school by one of Miss Gibbon's six and seven-year-old pupils as part of a project.

They were asked to take the bear home each weekend and keep a diary of his activities.

The class voted on a name and settled on Mohamed - also the name of one of the most popular pupils.

"No parents or teachers complained because they knew she had no bad intentions," said Mr Boulos.

"She has done nothing wrong but now we are very concerned that there's a risk to the school and the students from the men in the street.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; islamicviolence; muslims; muslimviolence
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To: Cecily

I name something after Mohammed every time I have a really good bowel movement.


21 posted on 11/26/2007 8:36:33 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: Cecily

You have got to be freaking kidding me.
These islamic-fascists need to exterminated. (Sorry for the extreme retort but I am sick to death of these people.)


22 posted on 11/26/2007 8:39:26 AM PST by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: Cecily

I have a sneaky feeling if a little Sudanese girl had named her teddy the same, there wouldn’t have been a problem.


23 posted on 11/26/2007 8:45:22 AM PST by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: Cecily

Ahh, breakfast - nothing starts the day off better than a cold glass of O.J. and a plate of Moham-n-eggs.


24 posted on 11/26/2007 8:52:52 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: L98Fiero

She allowed the class to vote on the name. I assume their a girls in this class. Maybe this is more of a penalty for democracy.


25 posted on 11/26/2007 8:54:11 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Cecily

26 posted on 11/26/2007 9:00:32 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
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To: Cecily

Serves the silly cow right for going to Sudan in the first place maybe now she will see the error of her ways and that Islam is evil.


27 posted on 11/26/2007 9:15:28 AM PST by MadMitch
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To: Aquinasfan; Redleg Duke

You do know that one sect of this murderous cult of Islam
believe their next prophet will be born by man.
They examine their feces by hand to check for any lumps.


28 posted on 11/26/2007 11:07:22 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy and Romney voters send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Oh,is that the cult that wears the big baggy pants?

I have seen them over there when I was in the middle east back in 99'. I was told that they wear those pants incase the newborn prophet comes thru one of them.

I guess so he doesn't fall on his head, much like the rest of them must have!

29 posted on 11/26/2007 12:24:39 PM PST by oswegodeee (Dee ( Born and raised in the south, yummy corn bread and BBQ ))
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'Muhammad' Teddy Bear video can be found HERE


30 posted on 11/26/2007 3:53:18 PM PST by Two Pocket Shirt ( Do not be confused. Islam IS terror.)
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To: dennisw; watchin; VOA; timestax; xJones; justshutupandtakeit; TopDog2; ThomasMore; Publius6961; ...
A British teacher is facing 40 lashes from police in Sudan where she has been accused of insulting Islam after naming a Teddy bear Mohamed.

Islam-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

31 posted on 11/27/2007 1:08:04 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Mr. Mohanky!


32 posted on 11/27/2007 2:14:27 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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To: MadMitch

“silly cow” is right.


33 posted on 11/27/2007 11:30:17 PM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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