British Teacher in Sudan sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation for allowing her seven-year-old students to name a teddy bear Muhammad
November 29, 2007 5:23 pm Sudan, Islamism beyond the ShibbolethsBritish Teacher Found Guilty in Sudan - New York Times, November 29, 2007
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 29 — The British teacher in Sudan who let her 7-year-old pupils name a class teddy bear Muhammad was found guilty on Thursday of insulting Islam and sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation.
Under Sudanese law, the teacher, Gillian Gibbons, could have spent months in jail and been lashed 40 times.