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Sudan: Pure Democracy? Or Pure Savagery?


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A British teacher in a Christian school in Sudan made a faux pas; she allowed her students to name a Teddy Bear "Mohamed". Now mobs of thousands are calling for her death. Is this pure democracy, i.e. direct rule by the people, pure savagery, or the results of Zionism depriving these people of any hope?

Thoughts on article excerpted below (link)?

Web update: Thousands of Sudanese call for teacher's execution

By Mohamed Osman

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, rallied today in a central square and demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

The protesters streamed out of mosques after today's sermons, as pickup trucks with loudspeakers blared messages against Gillian Gibbons, the teacher who was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in prison and deportation. She avoided the more serious punishment of 40 lashes.

They massed in central Martyrs Square outside the presidential palace, where hundreds of riot police were deployed. They did not try to stop the rally, which lasted about an hour.

"Shame, shame on the U.K.," protesters chanted.

They called for Gibbons' execution, saying, "No tolerance: Execution," and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad."

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Gibbons was arrested Sunday after another staff member at the school complained that she had allowed her seven-year-old students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Giving the name of the Muslim prophet to an animal or a toy could be considered insulting.

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