I would bet the real reason is that a white non-believing woman did _anything_.
Why wasn't the boy who named the bear, or the parents of the boy, also prosecuted? (Need a hint?) On Nov 30, 2007 3:19 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes but note this it is not taking place. Out of curiosity though, can > > anyone explain to me what is wrong with naming a teddy bear Mohammed? is it > > thought to be a graven image or something? Plenty of Muslim males are named > > Mohammed after all. > > It considered an offense against Islam to name a *toy* after the Prophet. > > According to the AP: "Gibbons was arrested Sunday after she asked her > class to name the stuffed animal as part of a school project, the > Foreign Office said. She had faced charges under Article 125 of > Sudan's constitution, the law relating to insulting religion and > inciting hatred." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
