Mohammed Bear
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article531449.ece
TERRIFIED teddy bear row teacher Gillian Gibbons was being held in a secret jail last night — after a 10,000-strong armed mob took to Sudan’s streets screaming: “Kill her, kill her.”
The Liverpool mum of two — convicted of insulting Islam by calling the bear Mohammed — was sneaked out of the capital Khartoum hours after being jailed for 15 days.
Fanatics demanding her execution by firing squad streamed out of mosques after prayers — grabbing machetes, knives and clubs.
Emails sent from the school to a sympathiser who was shocked at the teacher’s fate reveal a spiteful secretary was to blame. A senior member of staff said Unity High office assistant Sarah Khawad had meant to get HER into trouble.
They are an excitable people, aren't they? Teddy was a popular name at the turn of the last century. Calling the stuffed beast after Mohammed, a name used by many people from around the world, is a bit like calling it, um, Teddy Bear.
As a thought experiment and also in the interest in pouring oil on troubled waters, let's convene an ecumenical teddy bear picnic. How is this?
Mohammed Bear
Jesus Bear
Buddha Bear
Krishna Bear
But to complete our gala, why not have one more visitor, from Southern Sudan, who might be all too happy to have a Mohammed Bear?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
villagevoice.com
TERRIFIED teddy bear row teacher Gillian Gibbons was being held in a secret jail last night — after a 10,000-strong armed mob took to Sudan’s streets screaming: “Kill her, kill her.”
The Liverpool mum of two — convicted of insulting Islam by calling the bear Mohammed — was sneaked out of the capital Khartoum hours after being jailed for 15 days.
Fanatics demanding her execution by firing squad streamed out of mosques after prayers — grabbing machetes, knives and clubs.
Emails sent from the school to a sympathiser who was shocked at the teacher’s fate reveal a spiteful secretary was to blame. A senior member of staff said Unity High office assistant Sarah Khawad had meant to get HER into trouble.
They are an excitable people, aren't they? Teddy was a popular name at the turn of the last century. Calling the stuffed beast after Mohammed, a name used by many people from around the world, is a bit like calling it, um, Teddy Bear.
As a thought experiment and also in the interest in pouring oil on troubled waters, let's convene an ecumenical teddy bear picnic. How is this?
Mohammed Bear
Jesus Bear
Buddha Bear
Krishna Bear
But to complete our gala, why not have one more visitor, from Southern Sudan, who might be all too happy to have a Mohammed Bear?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
villagevoice.com
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