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This poor lady was, in my opinion, being a very good teacher. The teddy bear idea is similar to one that my granddaughter's school has. Each class has a soft toy and children are chosen on merit (not just work, behaviour as well) to take it home and write about what they did with it. It encourages them to plan activities and helps their essay writing skills, plus of course they do their best to be the one who gets to take it home.

So this woman let the children decide what to call their teddy and Mohammed was their favourite name. How, in the name of Allah, is that offensive to the Prophet? It sounds as though some idiot got the notion - hey, the infidel is insulting Mohammed - and the rest have followed like sheep. Isn't that how jihad gets off the ground?

It's 20 years since I was in Saudi Arabia but that was the most racist place I've ever been to. Perhaps racist isn't the correct word, shall I say religionist? They would not tolerate the practising of any religion other than Islam and the Lebanese we lived among (my husband was working for a Lebanese company), who were mostly devout Christians, had to have an "underground" priest, an engineer in his day job, who held mass in people's homes. If he had been discovered he would, at the very least, have been thrown out of the country. They allowed Christmas cards to be sold but they couldn't have the word Christmas on them - they said Happy Holiday - and they couldn't depict the nativity.

If this country treated a Muslim from Sudan the way this lady has been treated there would be uproar and international repercussions. Why isn't the British Government going in with guns blazing? Oh yes, I forgot, we are so tolerant, aren't we?

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mohammed is a very popular name... just like jesus is popular in spain... i can honestly say, as a catholic, that i wouldnt be bothered if she called it jesus.

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:rofl38: Hilarious .. come home Gillian where you belong. How anybody can threaten people with jail for naming a stuffed toy after a 'non-existent god' such as Mohammed is beyond my belief. There again, I am an atheist, and always find these type of issues very, very sad and misguided.

Mmmm . have a little stuffed toy somewhere in the house .. think I will christen him Jesus !! Can I expect the Christian mafia at my door in the morning .. :eek:

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yes katex..... we will be there at 7:p

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Well, may your god be with you .. I prefer Humans ... x

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If it's insulting to call a teddy bear Mohammed, why isn't it insulting to give your son that name?

Incidentally, the name Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name Joshua so every little boy named Joshua is really a Jesus.

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good job your address isnt up... you would have jehovahs witnesses round!

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Ah well, gotta' admire a tryer ..nowt wrong with that. :D

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The thing that puzzles me is this happened in September, has it taken nearly three months for the parents to get offended? In another reprt it said a colleague had complained which sounds more likely to me.

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Funnily enough we had them round on Saturday. There were 6 very young girls (no more than 16 years old), in pairs, going up and down our road in the pouring rain, looking thoroughly miserable and soaked to the skin. They were accompanied by 2 middle aged women and I felt like yelling at them to get the kids home before they got pneumonia.

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Their god before their kids I guess.. :mad:

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Did you do the Christian thing and invite them in to dry off and have a nice hot cuppa?