Writer renames Mohammed the Mole

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 12-03-2007, 08:50 AM

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A BRITISH children's author who called one of his characters Mohammed the Mole to promote multiculturalism has renamed him Morgan so as not to offend Muslims.

Kes Gray said the case of British teacher Gillian Gibbons, who has been jailed in Sudan for allowing her class of primary school children to name a teddy bear Mohammed, had prompted him to postpone a reprint of his book, Who's Poorly Too, and change the name.

“I had no idea at all of the sensitivities of the name Mohammed until seeing this case in Sudan,” Gray told The Sunday Times.

“As soon as I saw the news I thought, 'Oh gosh, I've got a mole called Mohammed - this is not good'.”

Gray's book, which has sold 40,000 copies in Britain and overseas, also featured the characters Dipak Dalmatian and Pedro Penguin in an effort to be “inclusive”.

Radical Islam has injected fear into thought so bad that people are losing their right to express themselves how they wish...

This was not done out of respect...this was done out of fear...

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saltwn · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2007, 04:37 AM

While I think this whole teddy bear thing is stupid, I guess it would be kind of weird of a teacher or author to name an animal Jesus.

cnredd · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-2007, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

While I think this whole teddy bear thing is stupid, I guess it would be kind of weird of a teacher or author to name an animal Jesus.

But Mohammed is one of the most common names in the world...

And Hispanic people have used "Jesus" just as commonly...

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 12-06-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

But Mohammed is one of the most common names in the world...

And Hispanic people have used "Jesus" just as commonly...

True, but really how many children's book characters have ever been named Jesus?

cnredd · #5 (**permalink**) 12-06-2007, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

True, but really how many children's book characters have ever been named Jesus?

The name "Jesus" WAS a common name, but you're only looking at recent times where the name fell just as names like Bertha, Ethel, and Roland...

That's a cultural issue and not a religious one...

"Mohammed" never went through that...

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