{"id":932,"date":"2007-11-30T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T14:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/30\/the-latest-in-the-islamofascist-teddy-bear-saga\/"},"modified":"2007-11-30T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T14:24:10","slug":"the-latest-in-the-islamofascist-teddy-bear-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"The latest in the Islamofascist ‘Teddy Bear’ saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0More from the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctolerant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpeaceful religion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of Islam:<\/h3>\n
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KHARTOUM, Sudan \u00e2\u20ac\u201dBritish teacher Gillian Gibbons was convicted of insulting Islam for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan<\/strong>, one of her defense lawyers said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Ali Mohammed Ajab, of Gibbons\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 defense team, said she was found guilty of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153insulting the faith of Muslims in Sudan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d under Article 125 of the Sudanese criminal code, a lighter conviction than the original charge of inciting religious hatred. A charge later confirmed by a judge leaving the closed court session.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All this stemmed from a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBritish National Curriculum course designed to teach young pupils about animals and their habitats\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, which was in this case, the bear.Ms. Gibbons asked one of her students to bring in her teddy bear, then asked the children to name the toy.<\/p>\n

Among the choices were: Abdullah, Hassan and Muhammad. The children would then put the names to a vote.<\/p>\n

Twenty out of the 23 children chose Muhammad.<\/strong> Each child was allowed to take the bear home for weekends and asked to keep a diary about what they did with the toy. Each entry was collected in a book with a picture of the bear on the cover, next to the message \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My name is Muhammad.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,312895,00.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s alright to name yourself or your children Mohammad<\/strong>, but not a frickin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Teddy Bear.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel this is very serious and very unfair,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he told The Associated Press outside the courtroom. Ajab, who also works for the Khartoum Center for Human Rights, said the issue was raised by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hard-liners who are always trying to make some noise,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in an apparent reference to religious conservatives.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Religious conservatives in Sudan have been outraged by the naming of Gibbons\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 class teddy bear \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Muhammad\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in an apparently insulting reference to Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most revered prophet and defense lawyers reported receiving death threats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the perpetually outraged muslim zealots tend to foam at the mouth when their precious Mo-Ham-Ass is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153insulted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

The maximum penalty for the original charge, which has attracted world wide attention, was 40 lashes, a fine and six months in prison.<\/p>\n

Gibbons is expected to serve out her sentence in the Omdurman women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prison near Khartoum. It was not immediately clear if following the verdict in the closed hearing, she went immediately to prison.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,313690,00.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153perpetually outraged\u00e2\u20ac\u009d National Organization for Women is mum on this, as they usually are with regard to any one who represents America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s enemies.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., a spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation is definitely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.<\/p>\n

But she added that the U.S.-based organization is not putting out a statement or taking a position.<\/p>\n

Radio personality Tammy Bruce, former president of the Los Angles chapter of the National Organization for Women and past member of their board of directors, criticized the organization for not taking a stand.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a duty to make a difference for women around the world,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Bruce told FOX News. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The supposed feminist establishment is refusing to take a position in this regard because they have no sensibility of what is right anymore. <\/strong>They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re afraid of offending people. They are bound by political correctness.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The American feminist movement has not taken one stand to support the women of Iraq, the women of Afghanistan, the women of Iran,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,313426,00.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But let \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem get a whiff of any \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchuman rights abuses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 by Americans or those we support, and the squalling banshees can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shut up.<\/p>\n

Being a strong, independent female, who believes in and practices equal rights and responsibilities, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had it up to my mammary glands with women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s groups who won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spread their disdain for discrimination across the board.<\/p>\n

Ms. Gibbons is a nice, idealistic teacher who mistakenly believed that she could bring some goodness and civility into the lives of young muslim children.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, she learned a valuable lesson about trying to cast pearls before swine.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0More from the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctolerant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpeaceful religion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of Islam: KHARTOUM, Sudan \u00e2\u20ac\u201dBritish teacher Gillian Gibbons was convicted … The latest in the Islamofascist ‘Teddy Bear’ saga<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}