Teddy Bear Teacher Escapes Sharia Justice
Charles Johnson
Mon Dec 3, 2007 at 12:07 pm PST • Views: 380
Gillian Gibbons has made the proper obeisances and received a pardon for her heinous teddy bear blasphemy, and is on her way home to Britain: British Teacher Jailed for ‘Muhammad’ Teddy Bear Leaves Sudan.
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A British teacher jailed for insulting Islam after she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad flew home Monday after Sudan’s president pardoned her, a British embassy spokesman said.
Gillian Gibbons’ conviction under Sudan’s Islamic Sharia law shocked Britons and many Muslims worldwide. Hard-line Muslim clerics in Sudan accused her of intentionally seeking to insult Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, and the case angered some Sudanese, sparking a protest where demonstrators called for her execution.
Her release came after two British Muslim politicians from the House of Lords met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir early Monday to plead for her freedom.
Gibbons also sent a written statement to al-Bashir that she did not intend to offend anyone and had great respect for Islam.
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