Tuesday, December 4, 2007

My name is Muhammad.

It isn’t very often that I have sympathy for anyone but myself or close friends and family, but upon hearing the news that a British teacher in the Sudan is in hot water over the name of a teddy bear, puts a tear in my eye.

If you are not a worldly person and pay little attention to the outside world, which most of you are, I will briefly explain the situation.

A newly arrived teacher from England, still settling into life in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, asked her class of six- and seven-year-olds to dress up and name a teddy bear, and keep a diary of his outings. She hoped it would provide material for projects for the rest of the year. And it might have, except for the name the children chose for their bear: Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons, 54, is spending her second night in a Sudanese prison, accused of insulting Islam's Prophet. She faces a public lashing or up to six months in prison if found guilty on charges of blasphemy. Unity High School — one of a number of exclusive British-run schools in the Sudanese capital — has been closed as staff fear reprisals from Islamic extremists.

This situation causes me to become outraged. The anger inside me is insurmountable.

I think that we should refuse and return all Sudanese-Canadians back to their miserable country. If you have read my previous rants you will recall that I am not a fan of immigrants dictating our social customs. I think the above situation helps to explain why I fear immigrants. I do not want, nor should you, want people of this sort in Canada. Fundamentalist of this sort should not be allowed near any “free” country. If Sudanese immigrants come to Canada and use the persecuted immigrant card we might not be able to name out teddy bears Mohammad.

I think we should be thankful that we live in Canada. Keep in mind as I have mentioned in my previous rants the slow erosion of our Canadian customs. This slow erosion is happening so slowly that you the masses, Lemmings, are failing to notice. If you doubt me then think back to when Merry Christmas became Happy Holidays. If this change can happen then I have little doubt that naming anything Mohammad will very shortly become politically incorrect. Personally this PC BS needs to be tossed out the window with all the Sudanese immigrants.

If the above situation is allowed to happen in Sudan then why can we not have the freedom to say towel heads cannot become RCMPs? Or why can’t we arrest Native Americans when they block roads, or say Merry Christmas. Why should we allow children with religious daggers to go to a school? Most of this PC BS should not even be discussed due to its frivolousness. Personally I don’t care if I offend minorities. They are minorities, I am the majority. Majorities rule and dictate what happens in a country, not the other way around. If we are not careful Canada might become something like Sudan.

I'm sick of religious fanatics. I don't care what their denomination is, I'm sick of them all, wherever they're from. Isn't worshipping a God supposed to be about peace, love and humanity? Yet religion has been at the heart of some of the direst cruelties wrought by the human race. Whether we're talking Islamic fundamentalists, or Jehovah's Witnesses allowing their kids to die for want of a blood transfusion, I wish they'd all join us in 21st century.

I am really losing patience with the whole Islamic thing. The more I see of Muslims, the less I am convinced that “Islam is a religion of peace.” If it’s so peaceful, why do so many of them turn out to call for death over nonsensical issues? We’re not talking about demonstrations with a few dozen or a couple of hundred people. We’re talking about gatherings of thousands, they happen every time someone decides that someone they don’t like insulted Muhammad or Islam.

My beliefs as a Christian are mocked all the time. Have you seen some of the cartoons and comics depicting Jesus and Christians that run rampant in the media? While it does not make it right for me or anyone else to mock another religion, it does put things into perspective. However when in a foreign country we must obey their laws, no matter how backasswards, as we expect other to obey ours. This does not explain why we are constantly changing our laws and social customs to favor immigrants who come to our country.

I think millions of people throughout the world should send monogrammed teddy bears to all Muslim countries with the name Muhammad. We should have planes dropping little stuffed animal Muhammad bombs all over their country.

Don’t let the terrorists win. Name your teddy bear, cat, dog, parrot, ferret, hamster, or any other furry little creature Mohammad.

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