Category - muhammad

Khartoum death calls for British 'teddy' teacher condemned

staff writers — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:07:57 +0000

Several thousand people marched in Sudan's capital Khartoum yesterday, calling for a tougher sentence for a British teacher imprisoned for insulting religion. But many other Muslims have called for her immediate release.

British Muslims join protests at Sudan 'teddy' conviction

staff writers — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:51:33 +0000

As schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons' lawyers prepare an appeal against a 15-day jail sentence imposed in Sudan over the naming of a teddy bear, Muslims in Britain have joined in condemning the decision and calling for clemency.