Briton charged over toy’s name
Sudan charged a British teacher with inciting religious hatred, a crime punishable by 40 lashes, because she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad.
The charges against Gillian Gibbons angered the British government, which summoned the Sudanese ambassador to discuss the case. British and American Muslim groups also criticized the decision.
Gibbons, 54, was arrested Sunday in Khartoum after some parents of her students objected. Muhammad, the name of Islam’s prophet, is common among Muslims, but the parents deemed it an insult to use it for a toy.
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