U.S. Should End Aid to Sudan
Christian Teacher sentenced to 15 days in Prison and Deportation from Sudan

Contact: Kevin P. McVicker, Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, 703-739-5920, 800-536-5920, 703-727-9537 cell, kmcvicker@sbpublicaffairs.com 

FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida, Nov. 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- According to Associated Press, a judge found a British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, guilty of inciting religious hatred for letting her elementary age pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad. He sentenced her to "15 days jail and deportation," said Ali Mohammed Hajab, a member of her defense team.

"More than 3 billion dollars in US Aid went to Sudan since 2005. If this kind of injustice and anti-Christian bigotry and hostility does not stop we will urge an end to US Aid," says Rev. Gary Cass, Chairman and CEO of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission.

"In Sudan, a country known for its genocide against Christians, an innocent act by Muslim school children must be result in the punishment of a Christian. Hundreds of thousands of Christians are murdered by Arab militias in the name of Islam across the Sudan, and no one has been punished. A class of children innocently misnames a Teddy Bear and now an example must be made of someone, especially a Christian someone."

"The Judge may think by not flogging Ms. Gibbons with forty lashes, as Sharia law allows, he is being generous, but this act by a Muslim judge has done more to incite religious hatred against Islam than anything this teacher may have done," said Dr. Cass.

The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission is a non-profit organization devoted to protecting the rights of Christians to confidently live their faith. Dr. Gary Cass has degrees from Westminster Theological Seminary. He previously served as Executive Director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ.

To schedule an interview with Dr. Gary Cass, please contact Kevin McVicker with Shirley & Banister Public Affairs at (703) 739-5920 or (800) 536-5920.