by Sean Reilly | Dec 3, 2007
Teacher Gillian Gibbons is to be released from prison in Sudan after she was jailed for allowing children in her class to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Mrs Gibbons was jailed for 15 days by a court in Sudan. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir pardoned her after a...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 1, 2007
Several thousand Muslims marched in Sudan’s capital Khartoum yesterday, calling for a tougher sentence for a British teacher imprisoned for insulting religion by allowing a six-year old to name his teddy bear Muhammad. Ms Gillian Gibbons, aged 54, from...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 30, 2007
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. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)...