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Briton Pardoned in Sudan Islam Insult
Peoplepc online/Associated Press ^ | Monday, December 3, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 12/03/2007 6:57:15 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A British teacher jailed for insulting Islam after allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad was released Monday when Sudan's president pardoned her, a British Embassy spokesman said.

The conviction of Gillian Gibbons under Sudan's Islamic Sharia law shocked Britons and many Muslims worldwide. It also inflamed passions among many Sudanese, some of whom called for her execution.

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The conviction shocked many Britons, but the case was caught up in the ideology that al-Bashir's Islamic regime has long instilled in Sudan, a mix of anti-colonialism, religious fundamentalism and a sense that the West is besieging Islam.

Paranoid religion -- nothing can be more dangerous.

1 posted on 12/03/2007 6:57:15 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20
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To: Turret Gunner A20

And note that our valiant media, in the headline, ratified this event as an insult to Islam. Disgusting!


2 posted on 12/03/2007 6:59:40 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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Hopefully Gillian is safely on her way back home.

Can't think of anyone less threatening than a first grade teacher and her innocent 6 year old students.

3 posted on 12/03/2007 7:02:36 AM PST by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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Actually, the shocking thing is that most people weren't shocked at all. Insanity is expected of these fanatics.

The conviction of Gillian Gibbons under Sudan's Islamic Sharia law shocked Britons

4 posted on 12/03/2007 7:03:44 AM PST by DManA
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To: Turret Gunner A20

There was no insult.

Islam is deranged.


5 posted on 12/03/2007 7:05:41 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: DManA
"Insanity is expected of these fanatics."

Islam is a mental illness. Don't expect anything other than irrationality from these people.

Thank God (the real God) that she is free. May she have a safe trip home.

6 posted on 12/03/2007 7:07:10 AM PST by davisfh
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To: Turret Gunner A20

You see, Islam IS a ROP. They are just misunderstood. I do not want to read any more nasty comments from you guys and gals.


7 posted on 12/03/2007 7:10:36 AM PST by 353FMG (Hillary - Al Qaeda's Dream Woman)
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To: xtinct

I’ve wondered about the safety of those little kids who actually proposed and voted on the name. I would guess they are scared; it would be traumatizing. I’m glad hey don’t have to witness their teacher being stoned to death.


8 posted on 12/03/2007 7:14:01 AM PST by GOPPachyderm
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To: davisfh
Islam is a mental illness.

The West continues to believe they can negotiate with this group.

I believe I have heard many dumbocrates declare; "If we can just sit down and talk to them, they will really understand that we are good people."

9 posted on 12/03/2007 7:14:29 AM PST by WesternPacific
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Deranged, and in this instance stupid as well. I trust the British Muslims who intervened on her behalf pointed out that in English-speaking countries, naming a teddy bear after someone is a sign of affection for the person, not an insinuation that the person is ursine.


10 posted on 12/03/2007 7:14:35 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Folks, never forget this is the country George Clooney wants us to invade on behalf of a province known as ‘Darfur’.

Only airheads from Hollywood can come up with hating Bush for fighting Islamofacism, and at the same time demand we invade a Islamofacist regime....(eyes rolling)


11 posted on 12/03/2007 7:16:59 AM PST by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

“The case also sparked criticism from many Muslims in the West” — well, I wouldn’t go THAT far. I did read one statement from one person. It is Religion as Usual for Islam.


12 posted on 12/03/2007 7:17:15 AM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Islam is an insult to humanity.


13 posted on 12/03/2007 7:20:54 AM PST by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: davisfh

The “believers” in Sudan act no differently than the “Denied “ minorities, kool aid drinkers of the MSM, Daily Communards and “Truthers 9/11”.
Now excuse me, I have to go out in the yard and pickup the “Mark Cubans” my dog left in the grass.


14 posted on 12/03/2007 7:23:44 AM PST by redstateconfidential (If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
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To: xtinct

Those six year olds weren’t innocent. They named a teddy bear Mohammed.

(Seriously, with all we know of Islam, this shouldn’t surprise us, but I found myself more incensed and outraged over this one than any recent incident. Thanks be to God she’s headed for home.)


15 posted on 12/03/2007 7:24:14 AM PST by agrace
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To: agrace
Agree ....

Gillian must have been terrified.

Happy she's going home.

16 posted on 12/03/2007 7:26:19 AM PST by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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From the article: ""It will be wonderful to see her back in the U.K. I am sure she will be welcomed by both Muslims and non-Muslims after her quite terrible ordeal at the hands of the Sudanese authorities," Bunglawala said"

Are we to assume from this statement that all of those screaming-weapon carrying idiots in the streets screaming for the teachers death were representatives of the Sudanese government? B.S.!

17 posted on 12/03/2007 7:26:39 AM PST by fuzzthatwuz
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To: Turret Gunner A20

The MOST ludicrous thing about Muslim anger over the naming of that innocent inanimate and harmless Teddy Bear “Mohammad” as insulting the “Prophet” and Islam — is the name Mohammad being given to all the ignorant and murderous assholes throughout the world of Islam!

Do NOT those murderous bastards insult the “Prophet”, or are they following the path of the “Prophet”????

Which is it people?
Is Islam a religion of peace, or a “religion” of murder, mayhem and ignorance???

The evidence supports the latter.


18 posted on 12/03/2007 7:26:54 AM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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The conviction of Gillian Gibbons under Sudan's Islamic Sharia law shocked Britons

As long as folks remain in denial about Islam these incidents will continue to shock.

19 posted on 12/03/2007 7:27:02 AM PST by Mr. Mojo (“Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.")
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To: Turret Gunner A20
AP opens with: " A British teacher jailed for insulting Islam ..."

See anything wrong with that wording?

Shouldn't it be: "A Bristish teacher accused of insulting

..."

She did not insult Islam - the accusations of barbaric jihardists does not make a thing true...

Or: "A British teacher who allegedly insulted..." (The famous "allegedly" prefaces every one accused of of the least of crimes until the time they are convicted - it's journalistic 'law' to keep from being sued. Maybe this poor, beleaguered lady should sue AP for slander - she'll likely need funds to go into hiding for some years.

20 posted on 12/03/2007 7:27:36 AM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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