Especially at a school. This sounds like an excellent teaching opportunity, not a call for punishment of the teacher.
"Kids, you know how we named the teddy bear Muhammed last week? Well I have found out that Muslims, like many of your neighbors, say that it hurts their feelings to name things (but not people) after the most important person in their religion. Now we would not want to hurt their feelings, would we? No, of course not. So what should his new name be? .... No, not Jesus. .... No, not Moses. .... No, not Joseph Smith. .... No, not Budda. .... No, not Ahura Mazda. ................"
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Date: 2007-11-30 03:13 pm (UTC)"Kids, you know how we named the teddy bear Muhammed last week? Well I have found out that Muslims, like many of your neighbors, say that it hurts their feelings to name things (but not people) after the most important person in their religion. Now we would not want to hurt their feelings, would we? No, of course not. So what should his new name be? .... No, not Jesus. .... No, not Moses. .... No, not Joseph Smith. .... No, not Budda. .... No, not Ahura Mazda. ................"