Teddy Bear Lands Teacher in Trouble

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Source: ABC News

A 7-year-old Sudanese student on Tuesday defended the British teacher accused of insulting Islam saying he had chosen to call a teddy bear Mohammad because it was his own name.

Gillian Gibbons, a 54-year-old teacher at the Unity High School in Khartoum, was arrested on Sunday after complaints from parents that she had insulted Islam's Prophet by allowing the bear to be named Mohammad. She is facing a third night in jail without being formally charged.

"The teacher asked me what I wanted to call the teddy," the boy said shyly, his voice barely rising above a whisper. "I said Mohammad. I named it after my name," he added.

Sitting in his garden wearing shorts, his family, who did not want their full names used, urged him to describe what had happened.

He said he was not thinking of Islam's Prophet when asked to suggest a name, adding most of the class agreed with his choice.


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This undated and unlocated portrait taken from the profile webpage of Gillian Gibbons on Friendsreunited.co.uk website shows the British teacher who was held 26 November 2007 in Sudan for allegedly insulting Islam's prophet by allowing children to call a teddy bear Mohammed. As Gibbons woke up 27 November to a second day in police detention, Justice Minister Mohammed Ali Mardhi was quoted in the local press as ordering General Prosecutor Salaheddin Abu Zaid to take personal charge of the case."This lady was arrested because of a complaint under article 125 of the penal code and the investigation is continuing," Abu Zaid told AFP. (Friendsrunited.co.uk/ AFP/ Getty Images)

More lunacy from the Islamic fundies! If you're so f'ing insulted expel her from the country - your kids loss. IMHO anyone who isn't of your religion ought not to be sentenced under your religious law!