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  • March 2008

    • Teddy Teacher Spurs UK to Kill Own Blasphemy Law

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 6, 08 2:12 PM CST

      Teddy Teacher Spurs UK to Kill Own Blasphemy Law

      (Newser) - Britain's House of Lords voted yesterday to abolish blasphemy laws after an international incident sparked debate over secularism and tradition, the Los Angeles Times reports. With the UK and Sudan at odds in November over the prosecution of a British teacher allowing students to name a teddy bear Mohammad, many pointed out the hypocrisy of having a similar measure on common-law books. More »

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      Great Britain  • Islam  • Sudan  • Christianity  • Jesus Christ  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons  • blasphemy  • hypocrisy

  • December 2007

    • Teddy Bear Teacher Tells Her Own Tale

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 9, 07 10:34 AM CST

      Teddy Bear Teacher Tells Her Own Tale

      (Newser) - "I had no idea at all that I'd done something wrong," Gillian Gibbons tells the Guardian in an interview about her incarceration in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Mohammed. But the teacher's ordeal hasn't soured her on Khartoum, which she calls a "wonderful place," and neither is Gibbons trying to bandy blame. More »

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      Islam  • Sudan  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons

    • 'Terrified' Teddy Bear Teacher Happy to Be Home

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 4, 07 5:15 AM CST

      'Terrified' Teddy Bear Teacher Happy to Be Home

      (Newser) - Safely home after a "terrifying" ordeal in a Sudanese jail for allowing a class Teddy bear to be named Muhammad, teacher Gillian Gibbons was delighted to be back with family today. "I went out there to have a bit of an adventure and I got more than I bargained for," quipped Gibbons, 54, as she landed at Heathrow Airport and thanked the two British Muslim peers who negotiated her pardon. More »

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      Great Britain  • Sudan  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons  • Muhammad

    • Teddy Bear Teacher Goes Free

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 3, 07 11:36 AM CST

      Teddy Bear Teacher Goes Free

      (Newser) - Gillian Gibbons was released today after a week behind Sudanese bars and apologized "if I have caused any distress," the Guardian reports. Though some called for her death, Gibbons wasn’t bearing a grudge. “I have encountered nothing but kindness from the Sudanese people,” she said in a statement. A spokesman for Sudan’s London embassy said protesters represented a fringe element. More »

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      Great Britain  • Sudan  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons  • Muhammad

    • 'Muhammad' Teddy Bear Teacher Wins Pardon

      BBC  |  Dec 3, 07 2:42 AM CST

      'Muhammad' Teddy Bear Teacher Wins Pardon

      (Newser) - A teacher who was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Sudan for allowing a classroom teddy bear to be named Muhammad has won a full pardon and will be freed today, the BBC reports. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir granted the pardon to Gillian Gibbons, 54, after meeting with two British Muslim lords who traveled to Sudan to plead her case. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • Islam  • Sudan  • teacher  • Omar al Bashir  • Gillian Gibbons

  • November 2007

    • Armed Mob Wants British Teacher Dead

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 30, 07 11:24 AM CST

      Armed Mob Wants British Teacher Dead

      (Newser) - An armed mob thousands strong protested in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum today, demanding the execution of the British teacher who allowed her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed." Meanwhile, Britain's first Muslim MP is flying to Sudan to push for the teacher's early release, the London Times reports. More »

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      Islam  • Sudan  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons

    • Sudan Will Jail, Deport Teddy Bear Teacher

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 29, 07 1:08 PM CST

      Sudan Will Jail, Deport Teddy Bear Teacher

      (Newser) - A Sudanese court sentenced British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan for inciting religious hatred by allowing her students to name a class teddy bear Muhammad, the Guardian reports. The sentence represented something of a success for British officials, who had said they would do everything possible to prevent Gibbons from receiving 40 lashes, a possible sentence. More »

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      Great Britain  • Sudan  • Islamic Sharia law  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons

    • UK Works to Free Teacher in Teddy Bear Flap

      CNN  |  Nov 27, 07 1:06 PM CST

      UK Works to Free Teacher in Teddy Bear Flap

      (Newser) - Gordon Brown said today that UK officials are working to free the British citizen being held in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed." Gillian Gibbons was accused of blasphemy and faces prison time or 40 lashes. The British embassy in Khartoum is "giving all appropriate consular assistance to her," the PM said. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • Sudan  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons

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