'muhammad' Teddy Teacher Arrested

[cmotherofpirl]

There seems to be a total lack of proportionality in all these incidents.

[jeffpugh]

I'm sure we'll get riots over that cartoon. Frig, how is this a religion of peace? Maybe someone should explain that teddy bears are "symbols of peace and cuddliness" as one of the articles said. One question about all this, did those defending this woman appear in court? Or are they just on her side after the fact?

[Dreamweaver]

I was getting really angry when I read about those calling for the teacher's excecution. Have they lost their marbles? Are they even capable of thinking rationally outside the framework of fanaticism?

[elizabeth_jane]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1427348' date='Nov 30 2007, 02:33 PM']There seems to be a total lack of proportionality in all these incidents.[/quote]


I totally agree. Apparently if you name your child Mohammed that's respect for the Propher. Naming a teddy bear? Not so much.
Doesn't it seem like God should have better things to do than worry about the names of [i]teddy bears? [/i] If a kid named his bear"Jesus" I'd personally be flattered, since these toys are generally a kid's favorite thing.
I cannot buy the whole "religion of peace" argument when they send women to jail and almost beat them for something so harmless.
Reason 5,670,939 why I'm glad I'm Catholic!

[mortify]

Surely there will be huge parades of muslims protesting this since it is so clearly against the peaceful teachings of Islam.

[elizabeth_jane]

[quote name='mortify' post='1427584' date='Nov 30 2007, 11:19 PM']Surely there will be huge parades of muslims protesting this since it is so clearly against the peaceful teachings of Islam.[/quote]

Yup--can't wait to see the CNN coverage.

[Deus te Amat]

[url="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11143"]Protests against "Muhammed teddy bear" teacher break out, execution called for[/url]


[quote]Protests against “Muhammed teddy bear” teacher break out, execution called for
"No tolerance: Execution," and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad."


Khartoum, Nov 30, 2007 / 07:13 pm (CNA).- "Shame, shame on the U.K.," thousands of armed Sudanese protestors shouted, as they spilled out of their mosques after their Friday services to rail against Gillian Gibbons, a teacher from Britian that they claim insulted Muhammad.

The Associate Press reports that the disgruntled demonstrators gathered in central Martyrs Square outside the presidential palace, where hundreds of riot police were deployed. Efforts were not made to stop the rally, which lasted about an hour, even though the government promised on Thursday that they would prevent the promised protests.

Shouts calling for Gibbons' execution, could be heard from the crowd: "No tolerance: Execution," and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad."

One Muslim cleric from the Martyrs Mosque denounced Gibbons during his sermon, saying she intentionally insulted Islam. He did not call for protests, however.

"Imprisoning this lady does not satisfy the thirst of Muslims in Sudan. But we welcome imprisonment and expulsion," the cleric, Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri, a well-known hard-liner, told his congregation.

"This an arrogant woman who came to our country, cashing her salary in dollars, teaching our children hatred of our Prophet Muhammad," he said, according to the AP.

The outcry comes one day after Ms. Gibbon’s trial, which ended yesterday with her being “convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammed." Gibbon’s was sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation, but did not receive the heavier punishment of 40 lashes and 6 months in prison.

“In response to the demonstration, teacher Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women's prison near Khartoum to a secret location to protect her safety for the nine days remaining in her sentence,” her lawyer told the AP.

Several hundred protesters, not visibly carrying weapons, marched from the square to Unity High School, where Gibbons worked. They chanted slogans outside the school, which is closed until January and under heavy security, then headed toward the nearby British Embassy. They were stopped by security forces two blocks short of the embassy.

Britain, meanwhile, pursued diplomatic moves to free Gibbons. Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke with a member of her family to convey his regret, his spokeswoman said.

The majority of Britons expressed shock at the verdict by a court in Khartoum, alongside hope it would not raise tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain, the AP reported. Several Muslim groups in the U.K. and elsewhere have spoken out against the punishment of Gibbons.[/quote]

[Justin86]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1427301' date='Dec 1 2007, 02:23 AM']How are we expected to deal with people who brandish knives and want to execute someone over a teddy bear??[/quote]
We invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity.

[Lounge Daddy]

Drudge Report has been following the news coverage very well:

[b]ALL BECAUSE OF A TEDDY: BRIT TEACHER HIDDEN AS MOB URGES DEATH... [/b] [url="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article531449.ece"]LINK[/url]

[b]KILL HER! KILL HER![/b] [url="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071130/D8T88JT80.html"]LINK[/url]

[b]'I still cannot believe this is happening'...[/b] [url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=498689&in_page_id=1811&ct=5"]LINK[/url]

And, naturally, so has [url="http://www.jihadwatch.org/"]Jihad Watch[/url]:

[b]Muslim Math



Mohammed + Teddy Bear = Riot

Mohammed + Atta = No Riots

Have I got that right?[/b]

[img]http://www.jihadwatch.org/gibbonsburnR_468x319.jpg[/img]

[url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=497490&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490"]
Sudanese Muslims burn a photo of the Muhammad teddy bear teacher[/url]

[elizabeth_jane]

[quote name='Justin86' post='1427720' date='Dec 1 2007, 09:08 AM']We invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity.[/quote]

That sounds very Ann Coulter.

[Justin86]

[quote name='elizabeth_jane' post='1427770' date='Dec 2 2007, 02:25 AM']That sounds very Ann Coulter. [/quote]
Maybe a little...

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[kenrockthefirst]

[url="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/africa/04sudan.html?hp"]Sudanese President Pardons British Teacher[/url]

[Lil Red]

this lady has some good points:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRCMrU47GE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRCMrU47GE[/url]