Usually, "teddy" crisis involve conservative English cabinet secretaries so the recent events in Sudan have, if nothing else, provided a change of pace.
I have two primary reactions to the curious case of Gillian Gibbons:
1.) I'm astonished that anyone could face 40 lashes and 6 months in prison for giving any name to any thing. So much for "Sticks and stones..."
2.) Why aren't Mohamed El Baradei's parents in trouble? Is the rule that you can name people after Mohammed, but not anything else?
I find it strange that it would be acceptable for, say, a disreputeable cab driver in Lahore to carry the name, but a teddy bear named with earnest intentions by school children causes an international crisis.
Addendum: After the original post, I saw this topic come up in Slate.com's Explainer series. When Can Muslims Use the Name Mohammed?
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