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British teacher lets students name bear Muhammad, incures wrath
Homer
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Basically the story is, a British teacher of young students allowed them to vote on a name for a teddy bear she used in lessons. They decided on the name Muhammad, and she allowed it. Now she's in prison and faces big fines, deportation and up to 40 lashes. But those offended are calling for her execution. Are these people completely insane or what? Where is the respect for life? What kind of awful religion is this? (I never should have typed that last line. It was reactionary and inflammatory. Generalizations are bad. I'm sorry for being a 'tool'.)
My local link: http://www.kcci.com/news/14735351/detail.html#
A more national link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article2971369.ece
My local link: http://www.kcci.com/news/14735351/detail.html#
A more national link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article2971369.ece
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She was a teacher.
I'd expect more of someone who is supposed to be intelligent. She's just lucky she didn't get lashes, stupid bitch.
on that note
i will never drive a mazda
clever
for a filthy zoroastrian
U S A
Steam
Is Christianity the same as Islam?
No.
Stop being a dick.
What exactly do you guys need to demonstrate? She already went to jail for it, so...
Have fun, Homer.
Holy christ.
What are you, 14?
THE DISEASE IS INSIDE OF YOU
Steam
The only analogy I can think of off the top of my head would be naming a teddy bear Napoleon in Algeria. But at least there'd be halfway decent justification behind an Algerian person's offense at that.
Haha, you have to imagine that in the XTREMEst way possible.
Thread weirdos? What the hell is a thread weirdo?
Are those the people who come into a thread and ask about a certain video game character's theoretical real life dating habits?
We do not enjoy thread weirdos, sir. Not one bit.
edit - Oh, terribly sorry. I noticed you were talking about Thread Wierdos, not the same thing I'm thinking about.
I would like to know more.
Of course, I tend to see religion as a whole as a bad thing, so it's not like I'm being selective.
I was picturing him wearing those stupid heelies/wheelies rolling down for communion. "Outta ma way, suckas, i need christ inside me"
I have to say, good post.
I am laughing so hard right now.
I wish it was like that, I just went in to see a friend and yea that kinda didn't work out.
I was living with my aunt at the time and she is a huge christian crazy. She tried to tell me I couldn't have goosbump books because it brought the devil into your home.
Steam
She didn't break the law of the country she was in. The law - Islamic law - says it is illegal to worship Mohamed, because he is a prophet and not God. You're only allowed to worship God (Allah). Now, there's nothing wrong with calling things Mohamed - as noted, it's a very popular name for Islamic males. It's only wrong to worship Mohamed, which includes worshiping images or representations of Mohamed. You're obviously encouraged to following the teachings of Mohamed, because that's what the religion is based on, but that's different from worshiping him. Furthermore, you aren't allowed to worship any false idols, just like Christianity - so you can no more worship Mohamed the prophet than Mohamed the stuffed teddy bear.
So unless she had Mohamed the bear sat on an alter while the kids prayed to it three times a day then she didn't break any laws.
and then he decides to go and be a crap guy
See, now, I wouldn't allow a kid goosebump books but that's because they're the most poorly written pieces of shit.
And yet you'd let them have all the Harry Potter they want.
Yes because HP is still better written by a factor of about 10.
Shit, I mean, they are about ten zillion times worse than Enid Blyton books.
At least Enid Blyton and J K Rowling have written interesting stories.