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To: lorne who wrote (10964)	11/29/2007 6:55:57 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

British Teacher Found Guilty in Sudan The New York Times ^ \| November 30, 2007 \| JEFFREY GETTLEMAN nytimes.com NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 29 — The British teacher in Sudan who let her 7-year-old pupils name a class teddy bear Muhammad was found guilty on Thursday of insulting Islam and sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation. Under Sudanese law, the teacher, Gillian Gibbons, could have spent months in jail and been lashed 40 times. “She got a very light punishment,” said Rabie A. Atti, a government spokesman. “Actually, it’s not much of a punishment at all. It should be considered a warning that such acts should not be repeated.” Mr. Daair said her sentence will include time served, which means she will spend 10 more days behind bars before being sent back to Britain. The case started in September when Ms. Gibbons, who taught at one of Sudan’s most exclusive private schools, began a project on animals and asked her class to come up with a name for a teddy bear. The class voted resoundingly for Muhammad, one of the most common names in the Muslim world and the name of Islam’s holy prophet. As part of the exercise, Ms. Gibbons told her students to take the bear home, photograph it and write a diary about it. The entries were collected in a book called “My name is Muhammad.” Most of her students were Muslim children from wealthy Sudanese families. The government said that when some parents saw the book, they complained to the authorities. In Islam, insulting the Prophet Muhammad is a grave offense, and in northern Sudan, where Khartoum lies, it is a crime. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ....