zimbat

[Endymion]

The question is:
a person trying to help islamic children is arrested for calling a teddy bear Mohammed
The teddy bear is imperfect so should not be called Mohammed
ALL human beings are imperfect#Therefore any person with the name Mohammed is an insult to Mohammed
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Hi Zimbat and welcome back to planet Earth.Guess you were on planet Miranda for the last 5 years for bringing back a really old topic.

Plz stop messing up the story.The teacher should know that making fun of the Prophet's name is unacceptable in Islam and the law of Sudan says the same where she was teaching the kids.Its not that bear is perfect or imperfect,its about naming a toy on the name of a very respectable Prophet.When European governments can ban a small piece of cloth,Muslim governments can also ban naming toys on the name of their very beloved and respectable Prophet.Simple as that.

This topic has been done in several forums and answered in a very good manner.You can search if you like and if you have anything new to discuss,you are welcome.

 

[marwen]

a person trying to help islamic children is arrested for calling a teddy bear Mohammed
The teddy bear is imperfect so should not be called Mohammed
ALL human beings are imperfect#Therefore any person with the name Mohammed is an insult to Mohammed

There is a difference between 2 cases :
- case 1 : giving a [person/object/bear] a name similar to the name of a prophet (Mohammad, Moses, David, Jesus, etc).
- case 2 : presenting an object/person/picture/bear and by giving it the name of the prophet you intend to represent the Prophet by this object, like saying : "this object is Prophet Muhammed, or represents the Prophet, or IS the image of the Prophet ".

The first case is ok, because unlike the names of Allah, the names of persons are not exclusive. That means another person/object can have the name of a/the Prophet if you clearly assimilate that the 2 persons are different, though having similar names.

The second case is forbidden, because it represents or depicts the Prophet with imperfect objects or personage.

Last comment is : please stop picturing Muslims as a stupid community blindly attached to their persuasions, or overreacting without thinking. Try to understand the reasons behind why Muslims do not accept some actions, before you develop your arguments. That in case you are interested in learning about Islam.

Welcome to the forums.

 

[Predator]

Welcome to the forum ,bro , Hope you enjoy your stay here

 

[Signor]

Can you kindly explain what you want to know or us to answer?

Teddy bear Incident or Using Mohammed as Name