December 03, 2007
Crisis Averted: Mohammed Teddy Bear Blasphemer Pardoned
See, Islam really is a Religion of Tolerance. Pay no attention to laws that forbid blasphemy or the insulting of the Muslim prophet Muhammed.
Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has pardoned a British teacher jailed for 15 days for insulting religion, according to a presidential adviser.The pardoning Gillian Gibbons by Sudan's dictator should stand as proof that under sharia law, no one's rights will be violated.
Mahjoub Fadl Badri said Gillian Gibbons, who was convicted for allowing her students to name a toy bear Mohammed, was set to be freed later on Monday.
The pardon came after al-Bashir met two leading British Muslim politicians, Lord Nazir Ahmed and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, in Khartoum earlier on Monday....Hundreds took to the streets of the capital on Friday, many waving swords and Islamic flags, calling for her death.
But, just for kicks, let's click on over to al Jazeera's Arabic version of the same story. Oddly, the reader comments for this post seem to have been deactivated.
You'll remember that when al Jazeera ran the latest "bin Laden" speech, reader after reader sent words of encouragement to the "Shiekh" in the comments.
Bryan and Michelle have related thoughts.
UPDATE:Comments now open at al Jazeera. Let the nutiness begin! I wonder if they have to employ someone full time to delete these or if they just get some intern to do it?
