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I was going to post this article, but I'm having a hard time formulating coherently how poorly I understand what's happened.
The worst this could possibly be construed as being is a cultural misunderstanding. There was no suggestion that they were treating the bear as any sort of idol. There was no suggestion that it meant or was supposed to refer to the prophet in any way besides sharing a name. Why is it ok to name your snot-nosed brat Mohammed but not a teddy bear? If the name is sacred and can't be used, why can people name their kids after him without recourse?
I didn't understand the degree of uproar over the cartoon whenever that happened, but I can appreciate why people would be offended by a cartoon mocking someone or something they believe is sacred. This uproar is simply outside any remote boundary of what should be considered a human thought process. It's utter insanity and beyond terrifying that people could reach this level of frenzy from something so totally insignificant.
I know relatively little about the Muslim faith, but if everything in that faith is 100% true, I'm sure these people would be pretty surprised what the afterlife would hold for them if they killed her for her "sin."
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