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Teddy Bear Tyranny Ends
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyThe British teacher sentenced to jail for allowing her elementary school students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad" has been pardoned by the Sudanese president. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was delighted by the news and commented: "Common sense has prevailed." There seems to be an ever lowering standard of common sense as applied to the Muslim world. Yes, the court decided not to sentence the British teacher to 40 lashes, six months in prison and a fine, as Sudan's laws permit for the crime of "insulting Islam." Yes, the police force resisted calls by thousands of Sudanese ...
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By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyA British teacher in Sudan was been arrested tried and sentenced to 15 days in prison for allowing the students in her classroom to name a teddy bear "Mohammed.' The charge she was convicted on was "insulting religion" and she was not convicted on two additional charges: "inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs."And heh, she was lucky. She might have faced up to a year in prison and 40 lashes. Yes, lashes.You know what they say about Eskimos having 27 different words for snow? What do you make of a place that has separate legal concepts for "insulting religion" and "showing ...
Is Islam Evil?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyCertainly, since 9/11, this is a question that many in the western world have been struggling to answer. Our own president continually takes pains to separate the acts of extreme elements within Muslim world from the tenor of the religion as a whole, describing Islam as a religion of peace. Yet, many people in the United States firmly believe just the opposite. Consider but a sampling of the comments left on Matt Singer's recent Political Machine article about Mitt Romney declaring that he would not appoint a Muslim to a cabinet level position in his administration.A reader named Robert ...
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