'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested

Sonea Fifer · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:04

Aparently she's been granted a full presidential pardon and is now free to go

I cant believe she's "sad to leave Sudan" though :eek:

scorza · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:16

Sonea Fifer said:
I cant believe she's "sad to leave Sudan" though

Why? Looking at those pictures of her before she was arrested she looked like she was having a great time. I'm sure that the Sudan is an amazing place, shame a few nut jobs have to spoilt it for everyone

Trixxy · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:40

scorza said:
Why? Looking at those pictures of her before she was arrested she looked like she was having a great time. I'm sure that the Sudan is an amazing place, shame a few nut jobs have to spoilt it for everyone

Imagine how the rent-a-mob are going to react now though, she'd hardly last any time at all unless she was under constant protection.

I understand that she's enjoyed her time in the country, but staying would be foolish.

inferno · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:55

Pat Condell made a video on this, very good!

@if ®afiq · 3 Dec 2007 at 13:58

inferno said:
Pat Condell

I've listened to one of his rants before - he is nothing more than a xenophobic religion basher.

Adnams Drinker · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:00

Trixxy said:
Imagine how the rent-a-mob are going to react now though, she'd hardly last any time at all unless she was under constant protection.

Exactly what I thought - no doubt there'll be footage on the news tonight of another mob waving machetes, whipped up into a frenzy by their so-called religious leaders ...

badbob · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:02

@if ®afiq said:
I've listened to one of his rants before - he is nothing more than a xenophobic religion basher.

Expected reply from a Muslim.

Random Guy · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:05

badbob said:
Expected reply from a Muslim.

Expected nonsenical statement from someone who does not want to debate.

Sonea Fifer · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:08

@if ®afiq said:
I've listened to one of his rants before - he is nothing more than a xenophobic religion basher.

Thats your opinion which your perfectly entitled to - I tend to agree with the majority of his views, but then i'd consider myself fairly open minded.

scorza · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:08

Random Guy said:
Expected nonsenical statement from someone who does not want to debate.

Indeed. IMO all extremists, whether atheist or religious are best off ignored.

@if ®afiq · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:12

scorza said:
Indeed. IMO all extremists, whether atheist or religious are best off ignored.

Or challenged where possible, although they do seem to have their minds made up.

kitten_caboodle · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:17

Baz said:
Ok, the kids named the teddy bear, but she should have known from living out there for a long time, that it was a bad idea.

...a month isn't that long a time.

strudey · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:47

@if ®afiq said:
I've listened to one of his rants before - he is nothing more than a xenophobic religion basher.

'Religion basher', but he's not xenophobic. Unlike some, he manages to distinguish between 'Muslim' and 'foreigner'.

scorza said:
Indeed. IMO all extremists, whether atheist or religious are best off ignored.

I think that 'supernatural' things don't exist, that religion has a massively negative impact on the world, and that the world would (and will) be a much better without religion. If I saw any actual evidence pointing to the existence of any of the gods or ghosts, I would be willing to change my mind. If Jesus or Mohammed or Zeus floated in their window shaking a tambourine, any atheist would bow down to them. But it doesn't happen. So we don't. Does that make us extremists?

Baz · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:02

kitten_caboodle said:
...a month isn't that long a time.

I read she had been in Sudan for a few months, but had been in other countries in the area for a lot longer, countries that have similar strict religous views.

kitten_caboodle · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:07

I don't think that's right Baz.

Mrs Gibbons, from the Aigburth suburb of Liverpool, moved to Sudan this summer, leaving her post as a deputy headteacher at Dovecot Primary School.

She left following the break-up of her marriage after more than 20 years to Peter Gibbons, a headmaster in Liverpool. The couple have two children, John and Jessica.

and

Mrs Gibbons had spent her career working in primary schools in and around Liverpool as a supply teacher and then as a literacy adviser.

She was deputy head at the Dovecot primary school in the city from 2002 until July this year.

She previously worked at the Garston Church of England school. She arrived in Khartoum in August.

She left in July/August as I understand it - and this happened in September. I think she travelled, but not more than holidays.

Baz · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:14

kitten_caboodle said:
I don't think that's right Baz.

and

She left in July/August as I understand it - and this happened in September. I think she travelled, but not more than holidays.

Aah, my bad, you can't trust everything you read in the Daily Sport

Gilly · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:15

There's words in the Daily Sport?

Baz · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:17

At least two, but they are both lies, it isn't daily (Sunday is a day iirc

and it's not just sport....

To be honest, I thought I read it in the Telegraph the Monday after it broke the news..

izzy eckerslike · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:35

I just heard on the radio that the Teddy has now been arrested & may face a lifetime in jail or at worse face a public beheading

cuppy tea · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:49

izzy eckerslike said:
I just heard on the radio that the Teddy has now been arrested & may face a lifetime in jail or at worse face a public beheading

lol