A joke from a friend

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Last week I bought a teddy bear for a tenner, and named it Mohammed.
At the weekend, I sold it for £20. I think this means I made a prophet.
To quote Basil Brush, Boom! Boom!
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BBC: Teddy Bear Teacher “pardoned”

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

The BBC has just reported that the British teacher at the centre of the Mohammed-named-teddy stupidity, Gillian Gibbons, has been pardoned by the Sudanese president al-Bashir after a meeting with two British muslim peers.
While I’m sure this will be seen in some circles (e.g. those of an islamic and/or political bent) as the Sudanese government [...]

Taking the Infidel Challenge

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Thrawn has a challenge for us infidels: create a horribly drawn image of Islam’s prophet Mohammad, and display it in a public area. Yes, the Internet counts.
Here’s my entry:

It makes more sense than demon-haunted pigs…
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Teacher found guilty in Sudan

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

BBC News 24 has just reported that Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the centre of the Sudanese Mohammed Teddy stupidity, has been found guilty of “insulting religion”, and sentenced to 15 days in prison and is then to be deported, hopefully, for her sake, to a country not run by those who cling to their [...]

Guardian: Woman arrested for naming teddy-bear “Mohammed”

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Yeah, you read that right…
I really have no comment to make on this story, apart from a great big
What The Fuck?
A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for letting her children name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of insulting Islam’s prophet.
The [...]

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