ANOTHER EL BACHIR’S VICTIM
Posted by jerrynguwa on January 23, 2008
Many of those interested in the Sudan crisis have diverted their attention from the happenings in the Darfur region to the arrest of Gillian Gibbons. Gillian Gibbons 54 a British national from Liverpool who went to teach natural science to children of an English school in Sudan. Some months back, Gillian asked her pupils to find a name for a teddy bear that every student had to carry home and write a short story about the experience shared with the teddy bear. Having dealt with kids she knows better than anyone in this world that to impose a denomination for something that a kid cherishes is not always the best way to go. That is the reason she asked her class of 23 aged between 6 and 7 years to vote for a name they could adopt. Twenty (23) out of 23 opted Mohammad as their favorite name and it was given to the famous teddy bear. When children started going randomly with the bear home many parents did not like the name given to the teddy bear. That is where everything started.
Omar el Bashir is under pressure from the international community that is asking him to solve problems with the South and allow the hybrid peacekeeping force in the darfur region. He first started by allowing his close ally China to bring in an engineering contingent that is preparing the ground for the rest by building roads, wells etc. His intention was to create a scandal that will delay the deployment because China cannot be the ally of the oppressor and the advocates of the oppressed. His attempt did not receive much attention as planned so he chose to play a game with British who are close ally of the United States of America. Unfortunately Gillian happened to be the victim. The kids chose the name Mohammad for the appreciation they have for the prophet. Why can’t we take it that way?
I have a lot of respect for Muslims and their religion but I think it is tolerable to have teddy bear named Mohammed by innocents kids than a grown up called Mohamed who sniffs glue, masturbate himself, steals and abuses, takes hard drugs etc. Muslims should understand that this is an other El Bashir trick to continue with atrocities in Sudan. If you think I’m wrong why is he calling a Bin Laden close ally to appear as an expert witness?
