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  Sudan arrests teacher over 'Mohammed' bear; Briton allowed her class of 7-year-olds to choose teddy bear's name
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News DateMonday, November 26, 2007 03:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionKHARTOUM, Sudan - A British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan, accused of insulting Islam's Prophet by letting her class of 7-year-olds name a teddy bear Mohammed, her school said on Monday.

Colleagues of Gillian Gibbons, aged 54 from Liverpool, told Reuters they feared for her safety after receiving reports that young men had already started gathering outside the Khartoum police station where she was being held.

Teachers at Unity High School in central Khartoum said Gibbons made an innocent mistake and simply let her pupils choose their favorite name for the toy as part of a school project.
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