OH MY ALLAH

The other day I noticed a blurb in the paper about a teacher in the Sudan who named a teddy bear Muhammad. She, a teacher from England, apparently got into some trouble because naming an inanimate object is against the Islamic religion. It's perfectly ok to give the name Muhammad to every third child born in the world....but name one stuffed animal and you are in deep trouble.

I didn't think much about it because they said officials were meeting to determine her fate and I just assumed that once the issue was addressed by officials that everything would sort itself out.

WRONG!

This morning I wake up and read that she has been sentenced to 15 days in jail and when released she will be deported.

Then I come into my office to write a short article about Teddy Bears and Allah and I see the following story on-line.

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, rallied Friday in a central square and demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad."

In response to the demonstration, teacher Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women's prison near Khartoum to a secret location for her safety, her lawyer said.
The protesters streamed out of mosques after Friday sermons, as pickup trucks with loudspeakers blared messages against Gibbons, who was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in prison and deportation. She avoided the more serious punishment of 40 lashes.
They massed in central Martyrs Square outside the presidential palace, where hundreds of riot police were deployed. They did not try to stop the rally, which lasted about an hour.

The fact that she is being deported might be the greatest single thing that has ever happened to her in her life. Now if she can just avoid the lynch mob for the next 15 days.

I think people in certain parts of the world have too much free time on their hands. Having the ability to deal with free time takes a certain type of talent....and it's a talent that might have not been learned in a country where thousands of people riot in the streets over a teddy bear being named Muhammad.

The f--ked up part of this story is that there will be some people who read this article and side with the protesters

and within that group of people there could actually be one or two wacko's who decided that I no longer deserve to live because of my smart mouth.

That's the part about the Islamic faith that really makes me think that perhaps there is no reasonable solution to their desire to convert the entire planet to Islam.

I realize that the Catholic Church once had this quest and yet it seems that reasonable solutions were reached and an attitude was adopted that stated...

"win a few....lose a few." (Which in the quest for religious converts should be the only logo allowed)

Islam needs to adopt that type of attitude....or....there is going to be a very large confrontation between people who don't care what you name anything and people who seem to think differently about what can be named.

Simple sides can be drawn for that confrontation.

Do you give a flying f..k what someone names their teddy bear?

or

Do you think that executing someone is the proper behavior for naming a teddy bear "Muhammad?"

THAT'S THE QUESTION

SO LET'S DIVIDE THE WORLD UP WITH THOSE TWO SIDES AND THEN SETTLE THIS BULLS--T ONCE AND FOR ALL.

Oh...it just occurred to me that maybe W and the Dick are already doing that...

The world stage is really heating up and to think that a Teddy Bear named Muhammad could be the straw that broke the camel's back.......wow.

And I was always sure it would be the issue of oil or water that pushed the final botton.....but a Teddy Bear???????

Don't those people over there know that there's a very important football game tomorrow?

They must not have cable.

There sure as hell don't have any commen sense....

so Gillian Gibbons needs to count her blessings and get the hell out of Dodge. I will say a few prayers that she survives the next 15 days and the car ride to the airport.

I wonder if they will let her take "Muhammad" home to England?

Praise be to Allah......

and I sure hope they don't find out about my Teddy Bear named....

GODISLOVE but don't call me Muhammad.

Michael Timothy McAlevey