Controversy over 'Mohammed', The Teddy bear rages11/26/2007 3:08:59 PM A British school teacher was arrested in Sudan Reason- For insulting Islam’s prophetMode of insultWas it a cartoon this time? No- The mistake by the teacher was that she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Mohammed !Gillian Gibbons had asked her students to choose a name for a teddy bear belonging to one of the pupils and the innocent kids chose the name ‘Mohammed’ a common name in the area.PunishmentSources indicate that such a serious ‘BLASPHEMY’ by a 54 year old Primary School teacher invites minimum of 40 lashes!
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K.Venugopal 11/27/2007
The British are enraged that one of their citizens is targeted in this manner. Some have shown their anger by naming their dogs after Mohammad. There is even a debate going on in the following site as to whether such an act (naming dogs/pets after religious figures) could be construed to be offensive.
I have recently joined this forum (www.religiousforums.com) and have started a 'thread' titled "Isn't Islam an idol-worshipping religion?" It's at:
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