On Sudan, school teachers and teddy bears named Muhammad

December 3rd, 2007

I had refrained from commenting on the issue of the ignorant Christian teacher who encouraged her students to call a teddy bear by the name of “Muhammad” (an obvious reference to You-Know-Who) and the Sudanese Muslim reaction to it. In the circumstances, I certainly cannot fault them for being offended, although I disagree with some of the more extreme elements within the community calling for an execution.

A fine for the insult and expulsion from the country is just punishment in my opinion. For a more detailed legal exposition, see Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam by Syed Mumtaz Ali.

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