Sudan Ecumenical Forum questions Sharia law following teddy row

Christian Today reports the Sudan Ecumenical Forum has been questioning the Sudanese judicial system following the teddy bear row which saw the imprisonment and subsequent release of British teacher Gillian Gibbons in Sudan.

One News Now reports Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch -- a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, says Gibbons should have had the right to offend Islam if she wanted to. "Giving offense is something that is inevitable and if it punished in any way with this kind of violent intimidation then it has the effect of completely destroying the freedom of inquiry because you're [a] protected class that is above all questioning and criticism," he argues.

NY Times coverage is here.