This little news story caught my eye about a British primary school teacher in Sudan who has been arrested for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammad.
Now my first and only reaction is that this is a genuine mistake not worthy of the punishment that is being called for, imprisonment, a fine or 40 lashes.
After that, my reaction has to be the children. If Islam and the Prophet Mohammad that important to the primary school children, then they have willing to name a teddy bear after their religion. But if it is against their religion to name anything after Mohammad, or in his name, then surely it must be the blame of the parents of these children for teaching them the wrong meanings of Islam.
If, as we are told, that religion is part of their daily life, then great, but make sure you teach the right parts to your kids first.
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