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Don Rizzle:
Shoot UK teacher, say protesters
Thousands of people have marched in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to call for UK teacher Gillian Gibbons to be shot.
Mrs Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was jailed by a court on Thursday after children in her class named a teddy bear Muhammad.

She was sentenced to 15 days for insulting religion, and she will then be deported.

The Foreign Office was in contact with Sudan's government overnight and is due to repeat demands for her release.

The marchers took to the streets after Friday prayers to denounce the leniency of the sentence.

'No tolerance'

The protesters gathered in Martyrs Square, outside the presidential palace in the capital, many of them carrying knives and sticks.

Marchers chanted "Shame, shame on the UK", "No tolerance - execution" and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad".

Hundreds of riot police were deployed but they did not break up the demonstration.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been in touch with Mrs Gibbons' family for a second time, speaking to a close relative of the teacher.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has expressed "in the strongest terms" the UK's concern at her detention.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7121025.stm

Published: 2007/11/30 13:21:19 GMT

7even:
what degenerated people

Mozdogg:
You judge Islam by looking at these Muslims who play it in a immoderate manner!!

I am French I play religion according to the Koran and also according to my ideas and those of clairvoyants. Stop judging according to facts made by human beings who represent Islam under no circumstances.

K.Dub:
That is just pathetic

King Tech Quadafi:
example 43254 of when a good thread gets ruined by a stupid title

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