Sudan pardons British teacher over teddy bear: The British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammad won a pardon on Monday and was released into British care. Gillian Gibbons, sentenced on Thursday to 15 days in jail followed by deportation for insulting Islam, was pardoned after an appeal by two prominent British Muslims to Sudan's president for her early release.
It is all petty politics set off by one person's grudge.
ReplyDeleteThe school secretary wanted to get rid of the teacher.
She was the one who complained. She succeeded in getting rid of the teacher.
The clerics got their 5 min of fame.
When the facts were explained to the president, he realised that the clerics had distorted the truth about this.
He granted the teacher full pardon.
The president is also smart enough to know that this stupidity almost cost him 215 million dollars worth of aid from Britain for next year.
All this stupidity caused by one person and her selfish petty grudge.
BTW - the children and their parents were not aware there was anything illegal. The parents themselves had been issued a letter about the project - which had been ongoing for a number of months - and they had agreed with it.
It seems to be a law that even the vast majority of Sudanese are not aware of.
And they do sell teddy bears in Sudan.
How many children in Sudan are now renaming their teddies out of fear? Very sad indeed when you consider the impact of it on the children.
anonymous: I will remember to name any teddy bears "bear bear". Safe name to use. :)
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