This bear will be the downfall of Islam: 
Posted on 11/28/2007 9:20:19 AM PST by Cecily
KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- A British teacher arrested in Sudan after allowing her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has been charged by authorities with offending religion, British officials say.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, is being held by police in the capital Khartoum after she asked her class of seven-year-olds to come up with a name for the toy as part of a school project, Robert Boulos, the head of Unity High School told CNN.
It is expected that she will appear in court Thursday, Sudan state media reported.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said Gibbons had been charged under Article 125 of Sudan's constitution, the law relating to insulting religion and inciting hatred.
The spokeswoman said the Sudanese ambassador had been summoned to the offices of the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to discuss the case. Gibbons was arrested under the country's Islamic Sharia law after parents of some of her students complained to police.
Under country's law, the offense is punishable with 40 lashes, a jail term of up to a year or a fine.
Khalid Mubarak, the media counselor at the Sudan embassy in London, said the judicial process was taking its course but added that even if Gibbons was found guilty "the question of punishment is a long way off."
"This woman is being dealt with in the proper ways in accordance with the laws of our country," he told CNN.
He said he was concerned about how the latest developments would affect Sudan's relationship with Britain.
"This is a worry for us. We have already received abusive phone calls to our offices in London," he said.
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This bear will be the downfall of Islam:
I think South Park should rename Mr. Hanky as Mohammad.
Does the bear come with any accessories? You know like a suicide belt or burqa?
Clearly, that’s an offense against Allah and the Sacred Koran, so she should be beaten, raped, and beheaded to assure that her egregious sins are justly punished.
I think it’s insulting and offensive to name a teddy bear Mohammad.....
...to teddy bears, that is.... :P
A British teacher arrested in Sudan after allowing her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has been charged by authorities with offending religion, British officials say.
Calling that little teddy bear 'Mohammed' was an insult to the bear...
Tammy Bruce, once a honcho in N.O.W., was just on Fox commenting on N.O.W.’s refusal to take a stance on this. It was mentioned that for a woman her age, 40 lashes could seriously injure her, possibly kill her.
Ah, yes, the religion of peace...
And the intelligentsia say the USA is the world’s laughing stock??
Why Sudan will never crawl out of the Bronze Age.
OR, why they should not be allowed to.
Moho...the bear that took down Islam...
I hope this is plastered over every front page in the UK.
Why won’t NOW take a stand? (I know the answer...I just want to see in print).
I don’t see anything on Amnesty International’s Web site either.
The woman has offended the all merciful Allah. Whip her!!!!!!!
This may sound a tad cruel but...the woman is more than likely a Muslim sympathizing, Bush hating, America hating, liberal who went to the Sudan to “make a difference”. Shouldn’t she have expected something like this?
Didn’t the kids pick the name? I thought that’s how the story went.
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