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[Adventurer]

[bucheon bum]

Some other perspectives from the BBC website.

[thepeel]

And we can contrast that with:

[thepeel]

Also, it needs to be said that the genocide going on in their country nor the deadly civil war in the south brought those clowns into the street but a non-muslim allowing a muslim kid to name a plush animal after himself does. The values are an absolute mess and their religion is the #1 cause.

Time for the platitudes to end.

[Big_Bird]

And then contrast it again with some of this:

I've been a student at the Unity High School for the last seven years. I am really worried about Miss Gillian. I don't know her because she teaches the younger schoolchildren, but I always see her playing with the kids and making them feel happy. She seems to be a wonderful teacher. I am a Muslim but I am not offended by what she did. She had no idea that it is forbidden. She should be freed.
Razan, Khartoum, Sudan

I believe this was a misunderstanding and the authorities are sensitive in light of the recent cartoon fiasco in Europe. I think it will be resolved and Miss Gibbons will eventually be cleared and allowed to go home. But it highlights how sensitive and defensive people have become. I pray it is all resolved soon and Ms Gibbions is allowed home.
Sultanah, Khartoum, Sudan

To feel offended by what the teacher did is impossible. She should not be punished for something like that. I believe that the teacher is in her right mind and is aware that she is in an Islamic country. I am sure she knows what can create religious tension and she wouldn't have done such a thing on purpose. The poor lady is being accused of a sin she did not commit. I hope and pray that the UK government will take this seriously and intervene with vigour before things get out of hand. Why aren't Muslim brothers taking more kindly to such things? Sanity my people!
Salma Aki, Khartoum Sudan

I was at the Unity High School when the event took place. I am a student there. I think it was a misunderstanding. I feel sorry for the teacher, sadly she lacked common sense. I am supporting Miss Gillian and I hope she can be free soon.
Mohamed Ahmed Osman, Khartoum, Sudan

I'm a Muslim and I find it ridiculous that such a harmless incident could incite such hatred. Where is the common sense? There are people called Muhammad who behave worse than animals and yet we have to imprison a teacher for choosing this name for a teddy bear. Simply outrageous.
Faruq, Singapore

From BBCArabic.com: Muhammad is a very common name for Muslims. If we are to punish this teacher for calling a teddy bear Mohammad, then we should punish criminals for being called Mohammad. The truth is that these failed regimes want to keep people busy with these trivial matters. Sudan has enough problems already. How would Sudan feel if European countries deported Sudanese citizens as a response to this action?
Samer Hassan

I am a Muslim, and I must say that the interpretation of the rules has gone too far. I can only expect that the teacher wanted to respect the children's honour of the Prophet by naming the teddy bear after him. It is a popular name. Every other boy in Malaysia has Muhammad as part of his name. I don't think that she intentionally tried to offend the Prophet. Children have a tendency to name favourite objects with their favourite names and, if anything, parents should feel rather proud that their children find the name Muhammad so dear to them. This ridiculous interpretation of Islamic rules should be stopped.
Syazwina Saw, Malaysia

From BBCArabic.com: My name is Mohammed. Should my parents be tried for insulting Islam?
Mohammed

There are a lot of muslims who feel this way, but they don't make the news. Your mob of angry third world illiterate peasants are far more sexy.

[Big_Bird]

[thepeel]

More sexy and more representative of the world's muslims, most of whom are mobs of illiterate third world peasants. And they are illiterate third world peasants because their civilization is a failure.

Added to their total failure, their religion has as a central concept superiority to other religions (religion 3.0, as Tom Friedman says) which in the face of their abject failure to accomplish anything of substance leads to incidents such as the OP. This is just going to continue on and on and on and on until something gives. Pretending like a larger pattern doesn't exist is just plain dumb.

[thepeel]

[Big_Bird]

[Big_Bird]

[thepeel]

You have your head in the sand if you do not see the larger picture of "insulting islam" causing violence around the world.

The koran is hate literature and it is absolutely impossible for any other interpretation to be made. At least 50% of all passages contain calls to violence or satisfaction about violence against non-believers. If a nation of kids read that crap don't be surprised when the act in the way their book directly commands. Also don't be surprised when they bathe in their violent ignorance. Pretending that their religion has nothing to do with their religious problems will never help this situation.

[Big_Bird]

[thepeel]

Who says anything about the apocalypse? I think they will likely kill each other off long before they threaten the West. Though, some Western European states will likely submit in my lifetime. We need failures to point to as examples of what not to do, so it is ok. But, the right-wing backlash to them is brewing in Europe and Oz. That isn't going to be pretty.

Mostly, I'd like the multiculties to admit a few things about the nature of islam. Canada and the United States will be fine.

[On the other hand]

Kuros:

Thanks for the detalied reply. I'm pretty tired tonight after a long weekend of correcting papers, but I would like to address a couple of points quickly...

[Kuros]