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Sudan protesters: Execute teacher

It saddens me to think that other countries freedom of speech is shunned and people can be put to death for speaking their mind, or at times be executed for nothing they did wrong at all. In Khartoum, Sudan, Gillian Gibbons an elementary school teacher was sent to a woman's jail where she has been detained for more than 10 days for having her seven year old students name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Leaflets distributed by Muslim groups condemned Gibbons as an "infidel" and accused her of "the pollution of children's mentality" by her actions. Gibbons asked the children to pick their favorite name for the new class mascot, which she was using to aid lessons about animals and their habitats. After reading the article it seemed extremely ridiculous that Gibbons was sent to jail, or even thought of being executed. The children where the ones who named the mascot. The people of Sudan were very offended but I believe that it is ridiculous to send someone to jail for a thing like that. one thing is for sure that when one travels to another country one should be careful of what they say or do.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/30/sudan.bears/index.html#cnnSTCText