Gillian Gibbons

[wildwood]

How much longer are we going to sit back and put up with this religious islamic rubbish? The woman was there to help the Sunanic children for goodness sake!

[brionon]

Insult to Teddy Bears ?

[naomi24]

I don't suppose she even considered saying 'no' to the children, since one child's name was Mohammed, and she had asked the children to name the bear. She was naive, but I can't imagine for a moment it occurred to her it would be an insult to Islam. To be honest, with Mohammed being sauch a popular name, I can't say I wouldn't have been just as naive in the circumstances. Having said that though, I wouldn't have gone to teach in such a country in the first place.

[chakka35]

"Jesus" is irrelevant in this context. the name Jesus was (and, for all Iknow, still is) a very common Jewish name, equivalent to Joshua, and not particularly special to the chap associated with Christianity.

In any case I gather he got his name because, on entering the stable, one of the Wise Men bashed his head on a low beam and exclaimed "Jesus Christ!", to which Mary said "That's a good idea. We were going to call him Sid."

(Just a joke. There was no stable and the Wise Men visited the baby at home.)

[naomi24]

Haaaaaaaaaaa! Oops, sorry, I meant to say I found that highly offensive!

[Octavius]

Mohammed and Jesus are common names of old and new in various parts of the world. Jesus (Hey Zeus!) is very common in Spain. You don�t see any kids on the estate called Buddha, but I am sure it is only a matter of time. Perhaps when the Joshua�s and Jacobs have grown up to at least 12 years old and had children of their own.

I was called Buddha once, but that was my fat phase, which has been for the last 8 years. And I WAS offended!

[David H]

I can't add any more than certain people have already said, but Buddha is a state of being where one realises their own enlightenment, it was never a name. Buddha was called Siddartha Gautama and you never see Buddhists picking fights with their attackers as pointed out elsewhere. There's a lot we could all learn from them.