Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sudan Charges British Teacher With Insulting Religion

Not so fast about naming your teddy bear Muhammad. You've committed the high crime of insulting religion and inciting hatred. What? Talk about living in the stone age, be thankful you don't live in the Sudan.

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan on Wednesday charged a British teacher with insulting religion and inciting hatred, a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes, six months in prison or a fine, after she named a class teddy bear "Muhammad," Reuters reported.

The charges come a day after a 7-year-old Sudanese boy said Gilliam Gibbons, 54, asked him as part of a school assignment what he wanted to call the stuffed animal and he said, 'Muhammad,' after his name, Reuters reported.

Source: Fox News

Update
Muslims Against Sharia urge Western government to put pressure on Sudan to drop all charges against Gilliam Gibbons