《宋氏快譯》英漢對照（37）：辱回罪？飛來橫禍也

《宋氏快譯》英漢對照（37）：辱回罪？飛來橫禍也


Briton Guilty of Insulting Islam

英國人犯有侮辱回教罪

By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU

美聯社記者
阿爾弗雷德-德-蒙特斯奎歐 文

宋德利 譯


KHARTOUM, Sudan — A British teacher in Sudan was convicted Thursday of the less-serious charge of insulting Islam for letting her pupils name a teddy bear "Muhammad," and was sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation to Britain, one of her lawyers said.

蘇丹喀土穆 - 一名英國教師周四在蘇丹因被輕度指控汙辱伊斯蘭教而被定罪，罪名是她讓其學生將一隻玩具熊命名為“穆罕默德”，她也因此被判處1 5天監禁並遭驅逐出境返回英國，她的一名律師說。


Gillian Gibbons could have received 40 lashes and six months in prison in the case if found guilty of the more serious charge of inciting religious hatred and given the maximum penalty.

如果此案被發現的罪行被嚴厲地指控為煽動宗教仇恨，並因此而遭到最高懲罰，吉蓮-吉本斯本來就會遭到40下鞭笞和6個月的監禁。


In London, the Foreign Office said it was "extremely disappointed with the sentence," adding that Foreign Secretary David Miliband summoned the Sudanese ambassador to explain the verdict.

在倫敦，英國外交部表示“對此判決極度失望” ，並稱外交秘書大衛-米利班德已召見蘇丹大使對此判決做出解釋。


Gibbons, 54, was arrested Sunday after complaints to the Education Ministry that she had insulted Prophet Muhammad, the most revered figure in Islam, by applying his name to a teddy bear.

現年54歲的吉本斯周日遭逮捕，此前有人向教育部投訴，說她曾以為玩具熊命名穆罕默德的手段侮辱伊斯蘭教最崇敬的人物先知穆罕默德。


She was found guilty of "insulting the faith of Muslims in Sudan" under Article 125 of the Sudanese criminal code, a less-serious charge than the original count of inciting religious hatred, said Ali Mohammed Ajab, a member of her defense team.

她被認定犯有蘇丹刑法第125條項下的“侮辱蘇丹穆斯林的信仰”罪，這一罪名比原先法院指控的煽動宗教仇恨罪要輕，她的辯護團隊中一名成員阿裏。穆罕默德-阿賈比說。


The charge later was confirmed by a judge who was leaving the closed court session.

這一指控被後來一名休庭後離開的法官所證實。


"I feel this is very serious and very unfair," Ajab told The Associated Press outside court. Ajab, who also works for the Khartoum Center for Human Rights, said the issue was raised by "hard-liners who are always trying to make some noise," in an apparent reference to religious conservatives.

“我覺得這是非常嚴重和非常不公平的， ”阿賈比在法庭外告訴美聯社記者。也為喀土穆人權中心工作的阿賈比說，這個問題是被那些“總要千方百計製造噪音的強硬派所挑起的”，他顯然是指那些宗教保守派。


Ajab said his center would appeal the verdict.

阿賈比說，他的人權中心將這對這一判決提出上訴。


Gibbons' employer, Robert Boulos of the Unity High School, called it "a very fair verdict."

吉本斯的雇主，聯合高中的羅伯特-保羅斯稱這是“一個非常公正的裁決”。


"She could have had six months and lashes and a fine, and she only got 15 days and deportation," Boulos said. He noted that she would only spend 10 days in prison, having already served five.

“她本來可能受到6個月監禁、鞭刑及罰款的，但她隻被監禁15天，並被驅逐出境，”保羅斯說。 他還特別提到，其實她在獄中被關押的時間也將隻有10天，而現在她也已經被關了5天。


Gibbons is expected to serve her sentence in the Omdurman women's prison near Khartoum.

預計比本斯將在蘇丹首都喀土穆附近的恩圖曼女子監獄服刑。


Religious conservatives in Sudan were outraged by the naming of the teddy bear, and defense lawyers reported receiving death threats.

蘇丹的宗教保守派對玩具熊命名一案表示非常憤怒，據報道，被告辯護律師已收到死亡恐嚇。


"I am threatened, that's why I'm carrying a gun in court," defense lawyer Abdel Khalig Abdallah said, opening his coat to reveal a revolver during a break in the trial. "

“我遭到了恐嚇，那就是我為什麽要帶槍出庭，”辯護律師阿卜杜勒-哈利格-阿卜杜拉，在審訊間歇時一邊說著，還一邊撩開外衣，露出一支左輪手槍。



事件簡介：

英國女教師吉本斯今年8月才開始在蘇丹首都喀土穆聯合高中任教。引起風波的是一隻玩具熊。她依照英國教學慣常做法，用玩具教學生認識動物。她今年9月讓一名女孩把一隻玩具熊帶到學校，再讓全班23名學生為小熊起名。學生提出“阿卜杜拉”、“哈辛”和“穆罕默德”等8個名字。她讓大家投票表決。結果20名學生投票讚成“穆罕默德”，吉本斯根據少數服從多數的原則，最後為小熊定名為“穆哈默默德”。每逢周末，學生輪流把小熊帶回家。雖然“穆罕默德”這個名字在伊斯蘭世界非常普遍，但由於這是伊斯蘭先知的名字，結果吉本斯的教學法觸怒了部分家長，因為伊斯蘭向來禁止將先知形象化。校長稱，他上周接到家長投訴後，曾跟吉本斯談過話。吉本斯一臉無奈地說，穆罕默德的名字是學生們自己選擇呀！吉本斯的不幸遭遇向我們提出了寶貴的警示：宗教無小事！望大家千萬不可掉以輕心，一言一行，須謹之再謹，慎之再慎！隻有如此，方能確保平安，萬事無虞。祝大家萬事如意！