The teacher asked the children what the Bear should be called and they chose the name Mohammad, naming the bear after a child in the class. She then mentioned this in some school letter to the parents, then someone complained.
Firstly anyone who decides to live in such countries who have middle ages type laws, must know that it can go pear shaped. Especially for a foreigner who cannot have a feeling for the attitude, traditions and ways of that country no matter how much they read up on it.
Hopefully sheŽll get let of with a warning and be sent o educational lessons of some sort so she knows the score, after all no on was hurt.
What I donŽt understand is, is why people ie children can be named Mohammad and other things cannot. Surely this is also slur on the "prophet" as well, comparing in a way someone to him.
No she wouldn't be. She'd just have to say ''well children, that would be insulting the founder of Islam'', then they could call it Freddy and move on.
If a Muslim child went home and complained about not being able to call a teddy Muhammad, their parents are not likely to kick off and try to get the teacher in shit. More likely, the kid would be in trouble for wanting to call it Muhammad.
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They named the bear in September, they had moved on.
Muhammad is a common name there if she said no to the name Muhammad she would still be denying their culture. That leads to parents being upset about the teacher denying their culture, some would see it as an attempt to put down their religion and back to the 40 lashes.
As soon as the name Muhammad was mentioned she was screwed, it was only a matter of time before somebody picked up on it and did something.
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'No she wouldn't be. She'd just have to say ''well children, that would be insulting the founder of Islam'', then they could call it Freddy and move on'
The thing is it's hypocritical in a sense because they can all name their kids Mohammed and the Koran an inanimate object is know as the book of Mohammed so when does naming something a name that is used on other inanimate and animate objects freely get the line drawed on it being offensive?
It seems like alot of Imans of the Islamic faith make the rules up as they go along.
Well, as Muhammad was an actual person, it seems natural that a person should be able to bare that name. Whereas, if you call a teddy bear, or a water melon, or some other inanimate object Muhammad, you're effectively trivialising the deeds of the prophet.
I assume that's the thinking behind it.
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Indeed but to be honest and i'll probably come under flak for this but it's my own opinion the deeds of a genocidal mercernary such as Old Mo who at 52 had a 9 year old bride and also 'drank the milk from the goats bladder' 'great' deeds leave a lot to be desired but a fanatical muslim would kill me where i stood for daring to question such actions or logic of a dead man.
Re: British woman arrested in Sudan for naming teddy bear Mohammed
Countries that have such rediculous laws should be scorched. It's a ****ing name, it's not like the name "Mohammed" wasn't around until the so called "one prophet" Mohammed came to be.
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