Article: In Sudan, a blasphemous teddy bear.(WORLD)(Gillian Gibbons' case)

Byline: Rob Crilly Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Khartoum, Sudan -- The faded brick buildings of Unity High School, one of Khartoum's exclusive British seats of learning, must have seemed like a paradise to Gillian Gibbons as she arrived in Sudan.

After a career teaching in the rough schools of northern England she was embarking on a new phase, educating the children of Sudan's elite. But Wednesday, Ms. Gibbons was charged with inciting hatred, insulting religion, and showing contempt of religious beliefs - a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes.

At issue: she allowed her primary-school students to name a class teddy bear ...

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