From the Associated Press: “A Sudanese court convicted a British teacher Thursday of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced her to 15 days in prison, avoiding a heavier punishment of 40 lashes. The teacher wept in court, insisting she never meant to offend.” http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sudan_british_teacher

In a class of seven year olds in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, the children take turns taking the bear home and then recording what he did. The children decided to name him Muhammad. But some parents were offended and the teacher was hauled into court and speedily convicted of insulting Islam. She’ll be deported after her 15 days in prison.

Why is it that Islam is so easily insulted? A teddy bear? Muhammad is a very common name in Muslim countries, I believe second only to Osama in popularity.  

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