What's in a Name

I believe strongly in respecting all religions, and to avoid any act which may upset others or amount to blasphemy for them.

But really... I couldn't believe it when I first heard of this hoo-haa..

Look.. if the kid was the one who named the teddy, then arrest the kid! See the logic?

It has been a while since I had a teddy bear, but last I recall, a kid's teddy is his/her most loved possession. Thus it's not as if a hated item is named as such. It will be calling the teddy with love and tenderness.

Plus... how come ordinary beings can be named, can be called with the very same name with Prophet Muhammad? and not all are pious, so shouldn't some of them be charged with blasphemy if they're called Muhammad and yet they indulge in the forbidden???

It is but the most famous, most used name in the world.


Sudan pardons British teacher, to be freed in hour
KHARTOUM - SUDANESE President Omar al-Beshir on Monday pardoned a British woman teacher jailed for 15 days for insulting religion and she will be released in an hour, a presidential advisor told AFP.
'She was pardoned thanks to the mediation of Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi. She will be released in about an hour,' Mr Mahjoub Fadl Badri told AFP.

A Sudanese court on Thursday jailed Gillian Gibbons to 15 days in prison for insulting religion by naming a teddy bear after the Prophet Mohammed at the exclusive English school where she taught in Khartoum.

Two British Muslim peers, Lord Nazir Ahmed and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, from the upper house of parliament, were on Monday meeting Beshir at the Republican Palace after flying to Khartoum in order to secure a pardon.

The arrest and jail sentence of the 54-year-old mother of two sparked outrage in Britain and a diplomatic crisis between London and Khartoum, further straining relations already frayed over nearly five years of war in Darfur. -- AFP


source- straits times

I bet I'll get flak for this! maybe again, that's why this discussion never went to malaysiakini!