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{ 2007 11 28 }

the irregular quote of the day

Mike Power on the arrest and charging of a Sudan-based British teacher, Gillian Gibbons [BBC], who allowed her charge to name a teddy bear - that’s right, a teddy bear - Mohammed.

Apart from anything else, this is a gift to bigots, which is, no doubt, why the Muslim Council were quick to condemn the actions of the Sudanese government. Having said that we musn’t allow fear of being labelled a bigot prevent us from calling this what it is - intolerant, stupid, religiously-justified persecution of a decent and good woman.

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Posted by tyger on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at 11:09 pm, and filed under politics, religion, uk, world. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

{ 3 } Comments

  1. Elvie | November 30, 2007 at 2:12 pm | Permalink

    Yes, another news item that got me really angry
    (I must stop listening to the news).

    Mike Power is spot on.

  2. tyger | November 30, 2007 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    He usually is.

  3. anticant | December 1, 2007 at 6:02 am | Permalink

    Why be afraid of being labelled a bigot for attacking bigotry? Does it really matter WHAT other people call you? Don’t be so PC!