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[zan]

Its an absolute disgrace that this incident has been blown out of all proportion. Mohammed is one of the most popular names and its no surprise that the class chose that as their favourite name. why couldn't they just have had a word with the teacher and explained that it was not appropriate? Maybe, they are using this somewhat trivial incident to deflect the world's eyes and ears away from the terrible attrocities being committed in the rebel regions..........
Tess

I agree Tess. I had a friend who worked out there in the 80's and they were caught red handed with booze in their apartment. He was sent home.

[greek.god]

Let's all agree that "fundamentalists" exist in all religions. You don't see other religions beheading non-believers or sentencing a woman who was gang raped to 200 lashes because she was in a car with a non-male relative. Seems some people are still living if the crusades were ongoing. Take a chill pill

[DINOS SKALIOTIS]

@ DINOS SKALIOTIS

My apologies!! accepted!

Here are the facts: The clash we are witnessing around the world is not a clash of civilizations. It is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality. It is a clash between freedom and oppression, between democracy and dictatorship. It is a clash between human rights, on the one hand, and the violation of these rights, on other hand. It is a clash between those who treat women like beasts, and those who treat them like human beings. What we see today is not a clash of civilizations. Civilizations do not clash, but compete.

I think the belief in what you say is the clash and it is happening here.

[DINOS SKALIOTIS]

Its an absolute disgrace that this incident has been blown out of all proportion. Mohammed is one of the most popular names and its no surprise that the class chose that as their favourite name. why couldn't they just have had a word with the teacher and explained that it was not appropriate? Maybe, they are using this somewhat trivial incident to deflect the world's eyes and ears away from the terrible attrocities being committed in the rebel regions..........
Tess

easy to agree tess, but we are obviously not dealing with sensible people!

[dms007]

The whole point of this charge against the teacher is that the religion states that no likeness of Mohammed is allowed in any shape or form. Bloody stupid but there you are...Ignorance is no excuse against the law.

if they can name people mohammed why can't they name anything else.
when people are named mohammed, they have some shape and form.

[webbo]

The whole point of this charge against the teacher is that the religion states that no likeness of Mohammed is allowed in any shape or form. Bloody stupid but there you are...Ignorance is no excuse against the law.[/quote]


Gonna have to excuse my ignorance here yet again, but if the above is true, how come there are so many boys called Mohammed
They must be of his likeness or am I missing something


BTW, does anyone know what happened at the teacher's trial today
Bubbles x

[T_C]

It IS pathetic!

I don't think shes been sentenced yet...

[DINOS SKALIOTIS]

The whole point of this charge against the teacher is that the religion states that no likeness of Mohammed is allowed in any shape or form. Bloody stupid but there you are...Ignorance is no excuse against the law.

if they can name people mohammed why can't they name anything else.
when people are named mohammed, they have some shape and form.

i was thinking the same thing! as a christian i would find it blasphemous to call my son jesus christ!

[phoenix]

The whole point of this charge against the teacher is that the religion states that no likeness of Mohammed is allowed in any shape or form. Bloody stupid but there you are...Ignorance is no excuse against the law.

if they can name people mohammed why can't they name anything else.
when people are named mohammed, they have some shape and form.

i was thinking the same thing! as a christian i would find it blasphemous to call my son jesus christ!

Well . . . what about the GC name Christos?

[DINOS SKALIOTIS]

The whole point of this charge against the teacher is that the religion states that no likeness of Mohammed is allowed in any shape or form. Bloody stupid but there you are...Ignorance is no excuse against the law.

if they can name people mohammed why can't they name anything else.
when people are named mohammed, they have some shape and form.

i was thinking the same thing! as a christian i would find it blasphemous to call my son jesus christ!

Well . . . what about the GC name Christos?

you may have a point there, but i always thought of christos as chris, and even then i think you would agree that the whole name jesus christ would be blasphemous