British Teacher Charged in "Teddy Bear Jihad" Case
Erick Stakelbeck
Much like in the case of the gang rape victim recently sentenced to by a Saudi court to 200 lashes and six months in prison (and yes, you read that right: she was the victim, not one of the perpetrators), this case out of Sudan defies description. Ah, the joys of Sharia law. From Fox News:
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan on Wednesday charged a British teacher with insulting religion and inciting hatred, a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes, six months in prison or a fine, after she named a class teddy bear "Muhammad."
The charges come a day after a 7-year-old Sudanese boy said Gilliam Gibbons, 54, asked him as part of a school assignment what he wanted to call the stuffed animal and he said, 'Muhammad,' after his name.
A spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation "is definintely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.
But she added that the U.S.-based organization is "not putting out a statement or taking a position."
Radio personality Tammy Bruce, former president of the Los Angles chapter of the National Organization for Women and past member of their board of directors, criticized the organization for not taking a stand.
“We have a duty to make a difference for women around the world,” Bruce told FOX News. “The supposed feminist establishment is refusing to take a position in this regard because they have no sensibility of what is right anymore. They're afraid of offending people. They are bound by political correctness.”
“The American feminist movement has not taken one stand to support the women of Iraq, the women of Afghanistan, the women of Iran,” she said. “It is the United States Marines who have been doing the feminist work by liberating women and children around the world.”
Amen. Let's face it: Feminists won't criticize Muslim behavior towards women because Muslims themselves are, in the feminists' eyes, an oppressed minority (and many are non-white, making them even more immune to criticism from politically correct liberals). Let's hope the growing international uproar over this case will result in an outcome similar to that in the notorious Abdul Rahman case in Afghanistan in 2006.
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