British teacher held over prophet 'insult'
Agence France-Presse
November 27, 2007

KHARTOUM, Sudan — A British teacher in Sudan yesterday faced lashes and deportation as she languished in police custody, accused of insulting the Muslim prophet for allowing young children to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Sudanese police arrested Gillian Gibbons in Khartoum on Sunday after parents complained that she allowed 6-year-old boys and girls at an expensive English school to name the bear, and so "insult" the prophet Muhammad. the rest

Royal couple visit Islamic shrine
Monday, 26 November 2007

The royal couple visited the shrine of Mevlana Jalal al-Din al-RumiThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited the shrine of one of Islam's leading poets and philosophers.

The royal couple toured the shrine of Mevlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi before watching the dance of the Whirling Dervishes in the Turkish city of Konya.

In an address, the prince called for a "rebalance of the East and West in ourselves" and urged people to look closely at the modern world's values. the rest