Topic: Gillian Gibbons

In an article by Agence France-Presse, a British teacher in Khartoum, Sudan has faced the wrath of the Muslim nation for " " She is accused of "insulting the Muslim prophet" by her actions and was arrested on Sunday (11/24/2007). A Muslim ...

Humor: Daily news (11/30/07)

President Bush chastised Congress for not appropriating $200 billion in emergency funding to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before breaking for Christmas vacation. Bush has threatened to veto the bill saying, "We will not compromise our ethics in the ...

Sudans gift to the Islamophobes

In this article the author discusses issues surrounding the 2007 prosecution of Gillian Gibbons, a British schoolteacher arrested and detained in the Sudan for defaming Islam. He suggests that the Sudanese government of president Omar el-Bashir has no moral purchase in condemning ...

Newsdesk notes for Wednesday November 28

Political editor Patrick Wintour assesses the difficulties for Gordon Brown as senior Labour officials face questions over Labour's secret donor. #8226; The Newsdesk podcast feed URLOur Middle East editor Ian Black reports from Annapolis, Maryland, on the Israeli-Arab summit, where Israeli ...
The teacher jailed for naming a teddy bear Mohammed has said she feared she would be raped by her Sudanese captors. Gillian Gibbons claimed she was "scared witless" after behind locked up on charges of insulting Islam. Gillian Gibbons feared being raped ...
In the event, Labour's Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi defied the Foreign Office and flew to Sudan at their own expense to win the release of Mrs Gibbons who was imprisoned for allowing Sudanese schoolchildren to name a teddy bear Mohammed ...
Teacher Back in Britain After Being Pardoned in Islam Insult Case Involving Teddy BearA British teacher returned to her northern English hometown Tuesday after being pardoned in Sudan for insulting Islam by allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad.Gillian ...
British Teacher Arrives Home From Sudan After Being Pardoned in Teddy Bear CaseA British teacher jailed for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a writing project arrived home Tuesday after being pardoned — ending a case that set ...
Exhausted but relieved, Gillian Gibbons arrived home after her Sudan jail ordeal yesterday.. After a reunion with her children John and Jessica at Heathrow, the 54-year-old teacher spoke of her shock and terror after being arrested and accused of insulting Islam for ...
Exhausted but relieved, Gillian Gibbons arrived home after her Sudan jail ordeal yesterday.. After a reunion with her children John and Jessica at Heathrow, the 54-year-old teacher spoke of her shock and terror after being arrested and accused of insulting Islam for ...