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Breaking: Sudan finds teacher guilty of ‘inciting religious hatred’ – sentenced to 15 days and deportation

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on November 29, 2007 at 1:35 pm

The AP reports:

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – A defense lawyer says a British teacher has been found guilty of inciting religious hatred and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan.

Gillian Gibbons went on trial earlier today for by letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad, a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes and six months in jail.

Gibbons walked in without handcuffs, wearing a dark jacket and blue skirt, according to reporters in the courtroom before media were ordered out of the chamber. Riot police surrounded the courthouse.

Muhammad is a common name among Muslim men, but giving the name of Islam’s founder to an animal would be seen as insulting by many Muslims.

In a statement read to the court, Gibbons explained the incident and emphasized that her 7-year-old students picked the teddy bear’s name, British Embassy spokesman Omar Daair told The Associated Press. Gibbons’ lawyer said she would likely take the stand later.

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    1. Fat Tone says:
      November 29, 2007 at 3:13 pm

      The Teddy bear was decapitated in the public square.

    2. Steve Skubinna says:
      November 30, 2007 at 12:40 am

      Why do we even treat bastardized bandit empires like the Sudan as legitimate nations? And where is the Ufrickin’N with their endless stream of idiotic toothless declarations?

      Oh yeah, beating up on those horrible Israelis, who perversely insist upon surviving in the face of institutional international anti-Semitism. Human rights for murderers, rapists, misogynist thugs but none for actual human beings. And where’s Rosie O’Donnell right now, aside from cowering in terror of those scary Christians?

      Oh, how I hate cowards and liars. At least Ms. Gibbons might have learned the futility of trying to help the willfully, stupidly barbaric. And maybe her erstwhile students may have learned something valuable too.