40 Lashes for Naming a Teddy Bear “Mohammed”

November 27, 2007 · Filed Under World and Politics 
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Gillian Gibbons teddy bear

Here we go again, a British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her class of 7-year olds name a teddy bear ‘Mohammed’. Gillian Gibbons, a British citizen had since been charged with “blasphemy,” an offence he said was punishable with up to three months in prison and a fine.

The name ‘Mohammed’ is sacred to Islamic philosophy, the name Mohammed is associated with ‘Nabi Mohammed’, the founder or massager of Islam.

Based on my understanding, it was the children that named the teddy bear ‘Mohammed’, not Gillian Gibbons. Anyway, what is wrong with naming a teddy bear ‘Mohammed’? We’ve seen westerners naming their children ‘Christ’, some goes to the extend of burning a bible, same thing happens in Asia, what is wrong with that? Religion should be a separate entity from the state, if the church wants to sue them for burning a bible, by all means go ahead, if the Islam scholars wants to sue Gillian Gibbons, by all means go ahead, but the government should not get involved.

Source: Skynews

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Comments


  1. nord

    December 1st, 2007
    1

    hi i want to make comment about your post.islam is diffrent with christian.We cannot name the thing with mohhamad.Even the mohamaad name is refer to the child name ini the class, but the name is still cannot name to the bear.What about if i call the pig or dog with your name.Are u okay? every time when i see pig i call with your name.Muhammad is mighty gif from allah.Whe live in the world should be respect with other religious.We never disturb or bother you all.I the the teacher is stuppid.Why don’t she use other name like Mimi.And if u said cannot what about if i call the pis is jesus christ.Are you oky.I don’t think so.

    The other thing in our live we cannot spread from religious.Anything we do should be ashamed our religious.I dont know your relegious.I think you should learn how to think be a good pearson thank you


  2. Muhammed Mahmoud

    May 16th, 2008
    2

    dear weirdo , since you brought that up , the teacher Gillian Gibbons have bought that teddy and named him her self , she came to the school the second day and showed everyone her cute teddy with the name muhammed as this is my muhammed , how would you think if i came to your school and showed everyone a teddy bear with the name of jess es i be like hey everyone this is my jesses , if that what you wanna hear the story of a sarcasms girl not a teacher i guess ,


  3. GeckoFly

    May 17th, 2008
    3

    I guess there is a misunderstanding when it comes to the name Muhammed. Muhammed is a common name, just like Mary (Virgin Mary) and not to mention Madonna.

    If somebody named their toy Mary or Madonna, no one is going to shout ‘Lash him/her’

    Unless Muhammed is a unique name and only Nabi Muhammad uses the name alone, say, nobody named their child jesus, so, is it just how common the name is. I believe Gillian Gibbon has no ill intention.


  4. Sonia

    August 8th, 2008
    4

    It’s possible that a combination of factors have led to the offensiveness of the bear’s name. First, the woman is not part of the muslim faith and second intention is irrelevant. Madonna and Jesus are not comparable in this case as names. However, the comparison to “jesus piss” is also not correct. If anything, it is simply seen as a trivialization of something important by naming a simple bear after someone so important…
    I think lashes are ridiculous. LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!!


  5. norris

    August 8th, 2008
    5

    Look, you can’t compare the separation of church and state in christian/secular countries to islamic ones. That’s the way they work things out and we don’t have the right to complain. It’s like visiting someone in their home, FOLLOW THE HOUSE RULES.


  6. Logic

    August 10th, 2008
    6

    First and foremost, it’s f’ing ridiculous that a government would ever consider getting involved in something as insignificant as this, secondly; to be frank, this is why you Islamofascist f*cks are always putting yourselves in our crosshairs! Everything is a threat to islam, all non-believers are infidels, are you all trying to go the way of the dodo? Please keep it up, I guarantee you it won’t last much longer.


  7. Reasoning

    September 8th, 2008
    7

    Dear all of you,
    The teacher did not name the bear the kids did, the guy who talks about pigs named after people is obviously from islam or some other country because we OFTEN name animals after people, the bear wasnt real and the woman was there HELPING THE COUNTRY she also didnt know that islamic people dont name inatimate objects after mohammed, I do some what agree with logic in the fact that america does take offense to such massive resentment towards people who are “Infidels” and the fact that we are “ignorant” towards their god, so its not unrealistic to say that if they keep up acts like that we will start looking at people of arabic culture as a scary/cruel people.

    P.S.-America likes to bomb things they think are scary/cruel


  8. kail

    September 20th, 2008
    8

    for nord you could name a pig kail i would not mind my name spelled differant is a cabbage (cale) & im canadian so luckily we dont bomb you 4 being scary and logic i wont garruntee they will go extinct and dont start going all hitler & Muhammed Mahmoud i do9nt understand a word ur saying so f**k u


  9. ian ivory

    January 10th, 2009
    9

    i would call my dog muhammed . what you gonna do , stone me to death , in between claiming welfare in my country .muslims . if they want to call a bear muhammed , why he hell shouldnt they . it doesnt mean they are calling it after your god , and even if they were , so what . its harmless . that woman is teaching your kids , because you probably dont have the trained teachers to do the job .


  10. tahoeed isiaka

    March 10th, 2009
    10

    I am a muslim by force,i got to know from my parent that islam all the way has proved itself as a religion in conflict embeded in violence.In all sincerity,arabian were fools to have accepted Mohammed to fool them into believing that allah truly sent him thereby spreading the teaching by sword.we all know what happened to mohammed in his later year,he died a shameful death.
    Let forge ahead islam and give in to another religion that will make the whole world safe.
    Death to the Islam
    From Osun state,Nigeria


  11. define

    April 14th, 2009
    11

    It is all ridiciolus and fool. If i call that woman with a animal she will be disturbed. Why she cant think this.


  12. tnu3

    August 12th, 2009
    12

    I dont understand why a teddy bear called Mohammed can be a blasphemy.


  13. Thank Goodness

    September 12th, 2009
    13

    This article is a perfect example why I am proud to be an American. This also reminds me just how free I am, and will never understand some laws or religions in other country’s. I don’t even want to image what my life would be like in a country like that!!

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