Not all of Sudan is bonkers

by Eric, 28 November 2007

The BBC gather a variety of views about the Sudan Teddy Bear crisis. The majority of openly Sudanese and/or Muslim comments are not bonkers, although one or two are either attempting humour or out of their brains:

Speaking as a father I do not feel this was a well thought out plan by the teacher. However, I feel that she has done nothing wrong. The children themselves should be punished for having chosen the name of our great Prophet for a lowly bear. The teacher was misguided, whereas the children were malicious. They must be brought to answer for their blasphemy.
Abdullah Al-Zawawi, Sudan

Top marks for Mohammed:

My name is Mohammed. Should my parents be tried for insulting Islam?
Mohammed

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An apidistra yesterday. It’s owner narrowly avoided prison by naming it Reginald, although Sudanese authorities warned him that it did have the same number of letters as the name Mohammed and he should take care in future.

Comments

  1. John in Cincinnati

    Here in the States, we worry that the kids will have guns, or that their single-mother parent will have sent a devil to school.

  2. Shuggy

    40 lashes? Getting off lightly, in my view.

  3. Will

    http://counago-and-spaves.blogspot.com/2007/11/blasphemy.html