It seems the Sudanese law enforcement authorities are determined to re-emphasise the ‘mentalist’ element of Islamic fundamentalist.
Hot on the heels of Muslim world becoming outraged at a Danish cartoon of the prophet Muhammed, it seems the next religious outrage has occurred in the Sudan.
An English teacher, Gillian Gibbons, has asked her class to vote on a name for the class teddy bear. The children then decided on the name Muhammed.
And the insensitive bitch allowed it. Quite rightly she has ben arrested, and faces six months in jail, or forty lashes (I am assuming this is not some lengthy beauty treatment).
I do think it is a bit unfair not to punish the children though. It was their idea after all. I am sure that forty lashes would ensure that any six or seven year-old would never take the prophet’s name in vain, ever again.
I am glad that the Sudanese have taken such a firm stance on this. It would be very easy for a country like that to focus on other aspects of its society like increasing the very low per capita output, reducing child mortality, or even providing food and clean water to it’s 39 million people, rather than the names of teddy bears.
Just to be on the safe side though, I have created a special hiding place in the loft for Jesus the stuffed Lion, Brahman the Golliwog and Buddha the Tank Engine.
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Oli · November 28, 2007 at 9:38 am
Does your Mami Wata Real Life Sex Doll have pride of place up there?
Lin · November 28, 2007 at 9:55 am
You need to find another 19 places up there for the others to make a proper religious zoo or are these your 3 favourites?
Glammer · November 28, 2007 at 9:59 am
It’s not a subject to be made fun of. Those are the suicide bombers of the future and I would not be trying to piss them off. Let the teacher take her punishment – c’mon, she probably deserves it for something, no smoke without fire and all that – and let’s get back to our normal relations with Sudan: us complaining about Darfur genocide and them ignoring us.
azur · November 28, 2007 at 11:10 am
Isn’t it time they put the FUN back into fundamentalism?
Jo · November 28, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Blame the kids, they voted. Should have gone with her first suggestion, ‘Georgey B’.
The Inky Thinker · November 28, 2007 at 1:06 pm
you could have just stumbled across next years best seller.
Jesus the Stuffed lion – now with special walking on water inflatable shoe attachments.
Also avaialble with lion size cross*
*over 8’s only, fake lion blood not included.
Glammer · November 28, 2007 at 2:30 pm
I wonder what the Daily Mail would make of the Sudanese holding her for “up to 90 days’ detention.”
Equine Pimp · November 28, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Glammer – two comments without a correction.
Your going soft
(bet you can’t resist)
Mr Farty · November 28, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Maybe she’ll think twice before giving the kids detention again.
TJ · November 28, 2007 at 5:25 pm
40 lashes with a whip – for some that’s an incentive not a punishment……
gnarlyswine · November 28, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Just as well its not Muhammad the Golliwog, or youd be getting 40 from the fun-mentalists and 40 from the PC-mentalists.
Ben · November 30, 2007 at 9:39 am
I want to know what proof they had? who ratted the teacher out to begin with? Did Muhammad the bear reveal himself? has muhammad the bear been taken into custody as evidence or has it also been taken in with charges?
those are the hard hitting questions the journalists forgot to ask.