Seriously, shouldn't it be the _children_ who get stoned?

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A British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan, accused of insulting Islam's Prophet by letting her class of 7-year-olds name a teddy bear Mohammed, her school said on Monday.

This is hardly fair, it was the kids that did the blaspheming. :-P

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[anysia.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, don't make the mistake of thinking that all Muslims have the same theology or mores (or concerns about idols, which is actually a big deal in Sudanese religious politics), or that there aren't additional cultural implications when we're talking about a foreign white teacher from a former colonial power who is specifically there to spread Christian values.

I didn't. I was just pointing out just how asinine the entire "YOU INSULTED ISLAM!" bullshit is. If I well and truly wanted to insult Islam, all I would have to do is quote a bit of history about their beloved prophet.

[nanimo.livejournal.com]

Ok, but my point is that she did, in fact, insult Islam--if by "Islam" one means not, say, my beliefs, but the specific subset of beliefs that the local Muslims refer to as "Islam." I'm not defending persecuting her, but I also think it might be benificial to attack this action for why it's actually stupid rather than taking easy and vaguely offensive potshots.