Friday, November 30, 2007

The behavior exhibited by the Islamic people demanding the execution of the teacher who named a teddy bear "Muhammad" should send chills down the spines of people around the world. (click here to read article)

If this behavior is not seen as fanatical, what behavior would cross the line?

The teacher, Gillian Gibbons, was found guilty of "insulting religion" and is now in the eye of a fire storm.

Imagine if Christians demanded the execution of people who insulted Christ or Christianity. Perhaps if the teddy bear had been placed in a jar of urine and put on exhibit at a major museum with the label "Piss Muhammad" well then maybe one might understand the upset.

Wait- when Christians expressed anger towards the "Piss Christ" photograph, that won an award in a visual arts competition supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, they were labeled zealots and chastised for wanting to limit free speech.

But of course there is no Freedom of Speech in Sudan-unless the purpose of the speech is to denounce Christians, the United States or to demand the execution of a 50 year old woman who left a life of comfort in England to try to help some poor Muslim children get an education.

We should all be afraid. Very, very afraid.

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