Stuffed with fluff

A teacher will be deported from the Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad. She named an animal, though inanimate and for a child's classroom, after the prophet which landed her in jail and amidst rioters chanting "Execute her!"

Many in the West were mystified by the anger over a teddy bear.

During her trial, a weeping Gibbons said she had intended no harm. Her students, overwhelmingly Muslim, chose the name for the bear, and Muhammad is one of the most common names for men in the Arab world. Muslim scholars generally agree that intent is a key factor in determining if someone has violated Islamic rules against insulting the prophet.

With all the press this has received, is anyone realizing it's about a silly little teddy bear? A woman could have been lashed forty times over Paddington Bear, or Teddy Ruxpin, for crying out loud.

Think about the name, Jesus. While known as the Son of God to Christians, and also recognized as a historical figure by the Jewish people, Jesus' name was like that of John in his day. Very popular, a regular name to most, I assume it would fall amidst the Johns, James, Toms, and Mikes of today. Why do those groups not rise up in anger and riot when we hear the name Jesus applied to other things? A child's toy, a generic movie character? Could it be, we are not a people of hate?

The Muslim people seem to find a reason to hate the British or Americans -Westerners- no matter what their offense.

You take an event like this teacher incident, enlarge it and make a bomb out of it," he told AP. The aim is to show "Muslims in Sudan don't want these people (Westerners) to interfere, we want African troops."

Who's interfering? You've got a selfless teacher teaching young children English amidst other things and acknowledging their own desire to make and name a classroom mascot.

A peaceful religion, this Islam, these Muslims? That is a bunch of teddy bear shit. For whatever reason, the tolerance of peace certainly is missing in Islam.