It's no wonder that we in the West can't stand the Muslim religion:
U.K. Officials Visit Teacher in Sudan Jail as Protests Erupt
2007-11-30 08:41 (New York)
By Karl Maier
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. embassy officials today visited
the British teacher convicted by a Sudanese court of insulting
Islam as protesters took to the streets of Khartoum calling for
her death, an embassy spokesman said.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, was sentenced yesterday to serve 15
days from the day of her arrest on Nov. 25 and then she will be
expelled. British officials are still negotiating with the
Sudanese government to seek her release, embassy spokesman Omar
Daair said in a telephone interview from Khartoum.
``Deputy Ambassador Hugh Evans visited her and she was
fine,'' Daair said, refraining from specifying where she is being
held. ``We understand there were about 600 people involved in the
demonstration.''
Gibbons allowed her class of 6- and 7-year-old children to
name a teddy bear used in a school project in September.
Muhammad, the name of Islam's prophet, was the most popular
choice. The pupils were studying animals and their habitats.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband held a 45-minute
meeting with the Sudanese ambassador to London, Omer Siddiq,
after the verdict was announced, the U.K. Foreign and
Commonwealth Office said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.
Miliband earlier called for the teacher's release, saying
the incident was an ``innocent misunderstanding.''
--With reporting Robin Stringer in London. Editors: Peter Torday,
John Deane |
