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Originally Posted by redforever
The teacher should have been astute enough to know this would not fly in a mainly Muslim country. I mean, did we not just recently have the whole outrage of the cartoons printed in a Dutch paper? We might not understand the religion or the logic of the people practising that religion but we should at least have the smarts to be sensitive to the religion, especially in their own country.
This woman is in their country, working in their country, she should have used common sense. And the first thing she should have done when she accepted a teaching position in that country was educate herself about the various religions in that country and the culture of that country.
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Who's to say she didn't educate herself on the various religions of Sudan? I'm sure if she read something that stated do not give inanimate objects names of prophets, she would have obliged. Like the article says, its not a law more of a faux pas. I think its a little unreasonable to expect someone to be aware of every single faux pas in a foreign culture or religion. It's not like she was reading the Satanic Verses to the class here. I, personally, lived in a Muslim country for over four years and never knew this was offensive.
Futher, none of the children or parents complained about the name. If it was so gravely offensive, you think this could have been stopped in its tracks before it got out of hand.
Oh and the cartoons were in a Danish paper btw, not Dutch.