“The teacher asked me what I wanted to call the teddy,” the boy said shyly, his voice barely rising above a whisper. “I said Mohammad. I named it after my name,” he added.
Sitting in his garden wearing shorts, his family, who did not want their full names used, urged him to describe what had happened.
He said he was not thinking of Islam’s Prophet when asked to suggest a name, adding most of the class agreed with his choice.
The teacher, Gillian Gibbons, faces forty lashes and six months in prison, or a fine. All in the name of the Religion of PeaceTM:
Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi told Reuters formal charges would be leveled once investigations had been completed.
“(The charges) are under the Sudanese penal code … insulting religion and provoking the feelings of Muslims,” he said.
Thank God for our freedoms in America. Here’s hoping this woman is freed without any further punishment.
