40 Lashes for Naming a Teddy Bear “Mohammed”

November 27, 2007 · Filed Under World and Politics · 6 Comments 

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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