BBC: UK teacher jailed over teddy row

This was what happened in Sudan while I was gone:

A British teacher has been found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison and will
then be deported.

She escaped conviction for inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs, and will now appeal.

(Source: BBC, 30 December 2007)

That's right. This was in Sudan, by the way. Quite thankfully, though:

A British teacher who was jailed in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Muhammad has begun her journey home after being freed.

(Source: BBC, 3 December 2007)

Like... seriously?