Sudan Sentences Teacher to 15 Days + Deportation

[almaty 19]

i think it is bizarre and a stupid sentence for a non crime

It's a crime by every definition of the word. US and Europe do NOT govern the entire world.

lol...are you Muslim?

I am ..and i think it is not a crime..as it was not done with malicious intent towards the prophet (pbuh)

[Peikko 1,575]

Should the teacher have known that naming a bear "Mohammad" in a Sudanese classroom might evoke a defensive/negative response from the parents? Probably. Did she do it to promote religious hatred? Highly unlikely. Do the Sudanese have the right to arrest and jail her for this infraction? Probably. Should they do so in the light of the further negative impact this will have of the Sudan around the world? Probably not.

It was a group of parents who raised this from an in school incident to a 'hate crime' incident. If this was the last in a long line of incidents that displayed the teacher's negativity to their religion, then they might have a point. However, if this is as it appears, a genuine 'mistake' (if naming a teddy bear Mohammad can ever be seen as a sign of disrespect and hate) these parents are displaying some very paranoid behaviors and it does seem somewhat odd that the judicial system in the Sudan would play along to it.

[Fandango 1,439]

However, the teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesperson for the Sudanese embassy in London said.

"I am pretty certain that this minute incident will be clarified very quickly and this teacher who has been helping us with the teaching of children will be safe and will be cleared," Khalid al-Mubarak told BBC radio.

"Our relationship with Britain is so good that we wouldn't like such a minute event to be overblown.''

Sudan's Foreign Ministry yesterday played down the significance of the case, calling it "isolated."

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So much for that then!

15 days in jail is 15 days in jail. I pray for that woman's safety whilst in jail.

This is crazy, unevolved, gross and abnormal, etc.........

unevolved?

If I said that, Mags would ban me

Heh, but in this case, it fits.

I don't even think it's a real word, but still.....

I hope every expat living in Sudan now thinks twice about staying.

[Ban Hammer 13,364]

Should the teacher have known that naming a bear "Mohammad" in a Sudanese classroom might evoke a defensive/negative response from the parents? Probably. Did she do it to promote religious hatred? Highly unlikely. Do the Sudanese have the right to arrest and jail her for this infraction? Probably. Should they do so in the light of the further negative impact this will have of the Sudan around the world? Probably not.

It was a group of parents who raised this from an in school incident to a 'hate crime' incident. If this was the last in a long line of incidents that displayed the teacher's negativity to their religion, then they might have a point. However, if this is as it appears, a genuine 'mistake' (if naming a teddy bear Mohammad can ever be seen as a sign of disrespect and hate) these parents are displaying some very paranoid behaviors and it does seem somewhat odd that the judicial system in the Sudan would play along to it.

she didn't name the bear......the kids did.

[Mags 112]

However, the teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesperson for the Sudanese embassy in London said.

"I am pretty certain that this minute incident will be clarified very quickly and this teacher who has been helping us with the teaching of children will be safe and will be cleared," Khalid al-Mubarak told BBC radio.

"Our relationship with Britain is so good that we wouldn't like such a minute event to be overblown.''

Sudan's Foreign Ministry yesterday played down the significance of the case, calling it "isolated."

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=98143&hl=

So much for that then!

15 days in jail is 15 days in jail. I pray for that woman's safety whilst in jail.

This is crazy, unevolved, gross and abnormal, etc.........

unevolved?

If I said that, Mags would ban me

How about I just hit you over the head?

[Peikko 1,575]

charlesandnessa post Today, 11:38 AM

she didn't name the bear......the kids did.

It was her decision, it was the kid's suggestion. Now that we've cleared the small stuff...

[Ban Hammer 13,364]

How about I just hit you over the head?

if you are wearing a fishnet body suit and spike heels, i'm in

[mawilson 2,133]

How is naming a teddy bear Mohammed "inciting hatred"?

Even if we assume that she compared the prophet to a cute fluffy stuffed toy, where's the hatred in that?

Who hates teddy bears?

[Peikko 1,575]

Maybe they are a symbol of Western/American decadence? Who knows what's up with teddy bears...

[Ban Hammer 13,364]

Maybe they are a symbol of Western/American decadence? Who knows what's up with teddy bears...

maybe it's all a missprint and it was really a teddy bare.........

[Scott & Lai 12]

Well, those are the laws of the Sudan. And last time I checked, it's a sovereign nation, isn't it? Not my place to ponder or judge about their fairness.

Really? Ok, in that case, let's not have anymore judging of American domestic policies by any other nation.

[Jenn! 918]

However, the teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesperson for the Sudanese embassy in London said.

"I am pretty certain that this minute incident will be clarified very quickly and this teacher who has been helping us with the teaching of children will be safe and will be cleared," Khalid al-Mubarak told BBC radio.

"Our relationship with Britain is so good that we wouldn't like such a minute event to be overblown.''

Sudan's Foreign Ministry yesterday played down the significance of the case, calling it "isolated."

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=98143&hl=

So much for that then!

15 days in jail is 15 days in jail. I pray for that woman's safety whilst in jail.

This is crazy, unevolved, gross and abnormal, etc.........

unevolved?

If I said that, Mags would ban me

How about I just hit you over the head?

Still not funny.

[Fandango 1,439]

Still not funny.

fwiw, I didn't say it to be funny....I think it's a travesty.

[mawilson 2,133]

Still not funny.

You can dress it up in political correctness and quasi-humanist rhetoric all you like,

but some of us know the truth.

[JODO 2]

Is this really a priority of the Sudanese gov't? These people have no clue. I can see the teachers lining up to teach there after this fiasco