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Original Post Date: 2007-12-03 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Lone Wolf
Good news coming from the Islamo-Nazi government of Sudan of all places in the world. This time the Islamo-Nazi government has released the jailed teacher due to international pressure:
Sudan releases British ‘teddy’ teacher
6 hours ago
KHARTOUM (AFP) (151) A British woman jailed in Sudan for insulting religion was released on Monday after being granted a presidential pardon for insulting religion by giving a teddy bear the same name as Prophet Mohammed.
A British embassy spokesman said that Gillian Gibbons was in their custody following the pardon from Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir but refused to give any further details on her precise location.
“We can confirm now she’s in British embassy custody and our officials are with her,” Omar Daair told AFP by telephone.
Beshir signed her pardon earlier on Monday after meeting two British Muslim peers who flew to Khartoum on a mercy mission to petition for Gibbons’s early release.
The mother-of-two was arrested eight days ago and sentenced to 15 days in prison on Thursday for insulting religion by allowing children at an English school to name a teddy bear Mohammed.
Gibbons is to leave for Britain as soon as possible. The embassy refused to comment on her travel plans, but Lord Nizar Ahmed told reporters that he hoped her departure would be “very soon”.
Britain welcomed her amnesty as a victory for “common sense” after what it said had been an “innocent misunderstanding”, as her children in Liverpool, northwest England, prepared to welcome her home.
Gibbons, 54, issued a statement voicing her great respect for Islam, apologies for any distress and regrets for not being able to stay in Sudan.
“She was pardoned thanks to the mediation of Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi,” presidential advisor Mahjoub Fadl Badri told AFP earlier as Beshir met the Muslim peers at the Republican Palace.
Gibbons had spent eight days in detention after parents at the exclusive Christian-run English school where she taught complained that she allowed young children to name the bear Mohammed.
Sudan enforces Islamic Sharia law in Khartoum, where alcohol is banned and most women dress modestly. For devout Muslims, any physical depiction of Mohammed is blasphemous and strictly forbidden.
“I have been in Sudan only four months but I have enjoyed myself immensely. I have encountered nothing but kindness and generosity from the Sudanese people,” said Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, reading out the statement from Gibbons.
“I want to express my thanks to all who have worked so hard while I’m in prison. Thank you also for your messages of support.”
The peers, from Britain’s upper house of parliament, thanked Sudan and all those working behind the scenes for the pardon and expressed hope that it would not worsen relations between the two countries.
“It seems like we have been in Sudan for an eternity, it is in fact just over 48 hours. It is because of the tremendous goodwill shown on all sides that Gillian’s ordeal has now come to an end,” said Warsi.
A crowd of around 40 gathered in front of the British embassy, protesting the pardon and waving a banner reading “God give victory and glory to Prophet Mohammed.” The demonstration dispersed after handing over a petition.
Her arrest and jail sentence sparked outrage in Britain and a diplomatic crisis between London and Khartoum, further straining relations already frayed over nearly five years of war in Darfur.
British Prime Minister Gordon said he was “delighted and relieved” at the news of the teacher’s release and paid tribute to the work of the two Muslim peers.
The Muslim Council of Britain said: “It will be wonderful to see her back in the UK. I am sure she will be welcomed by both Muslims and non-Muslims after her quite terrible ordeal at the hands of the Sudanese authorities.”
Gibbons’s 25-year-old son John said from Liverpool: “It’s been a strange old week, very stressful and particularly bad for the family but now she’s coming home, fingers crossed.”
Thousands of people demonstrated on Friday after the main weekly Muslim prayers in Khartoum, the conservative capital of the former British colony, against what they considered Gibbons’s lenient sentence, with some calling for her death.
Being found guilty of insulting religion and inciting hatred in Sudan is punishable by up to six months in prison, 40 lashes and a fine.
Before the presidential pardon, Sudan’s Committee of Muslim Scholars had been critical of any early release for Gibbons given that she had been handed what they regarded as a very light sentence.
Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5bGeMqQlFGaijOa0ycFfA7mDMaQ