Apparently 40 lashes, 6 months in jail, or a fine.
We learned last year that cartoons portraying a certain religious figure can trigger worldwide riots that can be blamed on western imperialism and insensitivity.
It seems that naming a teddy bear can be nearly as disastrous. A teacher in the Sudan made the mistake of allowing her students to pick their favorite name for the class teddy bear. The name chosen happened to be one shared with a certain religious leader who was the very popular with the children. Now, the teacher is at risk for allowing her Islamic students choose a popular Islamic name for their class bear.
My limited understanding is that you can't have a representation of said leader, like a picture, statue, etc. But, there are countless people who share the name. I guess I am just an ignorant infidel if I ask how the choice of the Islamic children can be an insult to Islam.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7112929.stm
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I think you're on to something here. Along those lines we need to market the war on terror as the "green" thing to do. Kill a terrorist, reduce carbon emissions. Heck, I'd even be willing to start a company to sell carbon offsets for the bullets. Also, some of "Mr. Clark's" personal touches don't require any firearms at all - just knives and piano wire. Resourceful chaps like this would be a double win for the environment. This sounds crazy, but it isn't really. These people have said global warming is a bigger threat than terrorism.
Now, as you point out, these Wahhabi guys are pretty strong eco warriors themselves. If they prevail, we'll be back in the stone ages, carbon emissions from humans will be next to nothing (never mind that it is now compared to what nature gives off), and we won't even have one square of TP to use in our luxurious cave bathrooms. So the "war on terror is green" thing is gonna be a tough sell for the likes of Sheryl Crow, Laurie David and Heather Mills. This Wahhabi vision is, after all, what they want for the rest of us. We'll have to take the additional step of convincing Sheryl, Laurie and Heather that they won't have their private jets, mansions, or pool boys in this brave new world. And by the way gals, good luck "speaking truth to power" under this regime.
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