Woman held in Sudan over Teddy's name

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A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for letting her children name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of insulting Islam's prophet.

The teacher let her class of seven years olds choose the name as part of a school project.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a British national was arrested by police in Sudan yesterday. We are providing consular assistance."

A spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum said Ms Gibbons taught at Unity High School in central Khartoum.

He said: "The children chose the name because it is very common here.

"This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it.

"We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition."

A source close to the school said one teacher at the school was angered by the naming of the teddy bear and complained to the headmistress.

A news item on the Sudanese Media Centre website - closely associated with the Sudanese government - reported that the teacher could be prosecuted under "faith and religions" legislation.

How bloody stupid

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gaz · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

Fookin stoopid

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject:

Its nowt compared to the woman who had her sentance in Suadi Arabia doubled to 200 lashes because she appealed against her conviction..

her crime??

Having been gang raped with her boyfriend by 7 strangers

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Josie-lufc · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

KC · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject:

FFS What isnt racist these days?! Or politically incorrect.

LynnT · Heavyweight. Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 12109 Offline

it is getting totally insane FFS

wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject:

The Mohammed thing isnt new, it is blasphemous in islam to call anything Mohammed after the prophets name, using the name is bad enough... I know its ridiculous but its not a new law

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

speaking of the woman who was raped, she's back in the news... and god help her now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7112999.stm

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Twong · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject:

Slut !

Hang her!

Am I being politically correct now?

When in Rome enall that...

Except it doesn't wash, When in England... does it!

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Chrissy Canadian · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

you should observe the laws of the country you live in, no matter if you agree with them or how stupid they may appear. that teacher should have realized that she was going to a barbaric country. i wouldn't go there for all the money in the world. and some people do it just for the money.

will_lufc · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject:

agreed what she said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
why would any 1 wanna gothere for god sake

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LynnT · Heavyweight. Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 12109 Offline

it may be barbaric to us but those are their laws and should be respected.....we expect people who come to this country to obey OURS!!!!

will_lufc · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:

we do but unfortunatly that doesnt seem to be the case in our country folk get away with far to much you dont have to look far to see what a pathetic country ours is turning out to be

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Pretty Shambolic · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

I just hope that people remember this the next time they're whinging about England. It really does put things into perspective. We may not be the most perfect country in the world, and our Government may make mistakes from time to time, but something like this would NEVER happen in our society.

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will_lufc · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject:

good job 2 cause they would have killed me many years ago pmsl

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject:

I must point out that the British government has a SIGNED agreement with the sudenese government that protects british citizens from this kind of thing. Abide by the rules yes, but they have broken an agreement

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Pretty Shambolic · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject:

wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject:

Pretty Shambolic · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject:

Well, that makes it a certainty then. I'm sure America will be all too willing to help too

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject:

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