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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-29-07 01:39 PM
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
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Source: BBC

A British teacher has been found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison after a day-long court hearing.

Mrs Gibbons had been accused on three counts of insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs.

She will be deported after serving her sentence in Sudan's capital Khartoum.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7119399.stm


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