'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Random Guy said:
EDIT: In response to [TW]Fox above, have you ever been to Sudan? There are cultural norms there which must be respected,
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I'm sure there are, but I consider culutural norms where it is the done thing to whip somebody for calling a teddybear a certain name as uncivilised. I'm sure its normal, just as drowning people we thought were witches used to be normal.

Doesn't stop it being uncivilised.
 
Are you not going to comment on the article yourself Virdi? Or are you just posting it to see how many people start posting about how much they hate Islam etc. Bit of a hatemungering thread to be honest :p

ANYWAY, to my comments. As it is the children who named the teddy bear, in a way which im sure is not meant to be offensive, I really fail to understand how the teacher can be prosecuted. After all it's only a name, are there not people who happily walk around with the name Muhammad?
 
[TW]Fox;10564249 said:
Would you rather we celebrated the excellent justice in this story instead?
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I'd hope people might entertain the idea that just because it was written doesn't mean it is fact or that it is the whole story.
 
Another shining example of Muslims feeling they are under threat and must at every opportunity strike back at the west. Savages.
 
Random Guy's reply seems a much more reasonable assessment of the situation

The way I see it - the situation is ridiculous with her being arrested. However, the story may be sensationalist in that someone may have misinformed the authorities about what she did exactly and they reacted according to that misinformation. She will be released without hassle and the Sudanese will have to save face. Also, the antagonism between Sudan and the West will be fueling this. I sincerely hope that she is released quickly rather than being detained and turned into some sort of political football.
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RockLobster said:
This is the reason why they are still leaving in mudhuts because they are so damn stupid.
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I hope this is an attempt at irony. Pure ignorance, otherwise.

No, the people of Sudan live in poor accommodation due to being impoverished. They are impoverished mostly due to power-crazy and corrupted governments. It's the same in many African nations. This is why cutting the debt to these nations doesn't really help - the gov just goes "Woohoo, more cars, bigger mansions!" and nothing filters down to the people. Which is why you get Christian missionaries and aid workers bypassing the system and going straight into the communities to help - it's a tiny impact on such a large problem but it's more helpful than trying to go via the economic system...

We'd live in equally rubbish housing if we were collectively as poor as these people.
 
I love the way how the Rightous members of this forums talk about civility and in the same brush stroke call on an entire race (Sudanese) and an entire religion (2 billion+ people) savages and calling for them to be wiped out (reminds me of our current Hitleresque villain)...although I would not expect less from these forums.
 
scorza said:
Ever hear of Darfur?
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Why yes, yes I have.

The Darfur conflict is a crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was primarily about the Arab and Muslim north versus the black African Christian and Animist south, the current lines of conflict are seen to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious.
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I imagine life in Khartoum goes on quite as normal even with the ongoing conflict.
 
@if ®afiq said:
I love the way how the Rightous members of this forums talk about civility and in the same brush stroke call on an entire race (Sudanese) and an entire religion (2 billion+ people) savages and calling for them to be wiped out (reminds me of our current Hitleresque villain)...although I would not expect less from these forums.
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Please do not use the plural of the word member - only one person was ridiculous enough to call for the race to be wiped out.
 
Don't let it get to you @if-Rafiq (sry don't know which key is for that fancy 'R'!), I would say that the 'us' and 'them' mentality is actually the main reason the British woman was arrested in the first place. Here you are witnessing the flip-side of it (not for all commenters thankfully, just a few who want to stir the hatred up) - ignorant comments and behaviour follow a pattern after all.
 
There must be more to this story. Muhammad is one of the most common names in the world, and I'm assuming it's quite a common name in Sudan. If calling a teddy bear Muhammad is an insult to Islam, then surely every person called Muhammad is also an insult. As long as the bear wasn't actually called the Prophet Muhammad then that by itself can't be illegal, even in Sudan.
 
Nullvoid said:
Why yes, yes I have.

I imagine life in Khartoum goes on quite as normal even with the ongoing conflict.
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Sure, but you are aware of course, that the Sudanese government has been backing the janjaweed militias against the native Africans, including the use of jet aircraft. Why are we allowing Sudan to benefit from initiatives like this school while they are committing genocide?
 
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