I just wanted to see what the feeling was of the British teacher who is in a jail in Sudan for allowing the 6-7 year old children in her class to name him Mohammed. Just the other day on the news I heard that they (Sudan) were not getting any support in comparison to the whole Danish comic strip last year (which was horrendous and caused much distress). This didnt look very good for the Sudanese when people started saying they were overreacting. Then after friday prayer a crowd of over a thousand started chanting that she(Gillian Gibbons) should be beheaded!!!! Does it seem that there is something else at work here apart from outrage (they werent outraged yesterday or even this morning!!!) like maybe trying to save face......No one really seemed to be that bothered.....ok maybe not such a good idea to name anything after any prophet (without double checking with your superiors, especially whilst in another country) but these are children and they revere their prophet so they were asked whats a good name, well there isnt a better name in Islam than Mohammed!!. Surely there was a better way of dealing with it? Is this a valid reason for beheading someone?

Thoughts??

labman

Very good point about not blaming all muslins for this. As a Christian I refuse to accept guilt over shooting abortion doctors, beating homosexuals, the Crusades, etc. I do speak out against the actions of many Christians.

charlotte234s

Yep, it's a few crazies who make it bad for everyone. There's some in every religion, it seems.

kiki_doki

yes defo....It does make it difficult for everyone! My brother got asked in a job interview what religion he was... (i didnt think they were allowed to do that?)people pass judgements on you without even knowing you, this gripes me very much!

charlotte234s

They shouldn't ask you your religion at a job interview, it shouldn't matter what religion you are as long as you can do the job.