KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- A British teacher arrested in Sudan after allowing her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has been charged by authorities with offending religion, British officials say. An undated amateur photo of Gillian Gibbons. Gillian Gibbons, 54, is being held by police in the capital Khartoum after she asked her class of seven-year-olds to come up with a name for the toy as part of a school project, Robert Boulos, the head of Unity High School told CNN. It is expected that she will appear in court Thursday, Sudan state media reported. A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said Gibbons had been charged under Article 125 of Sudan's constitution, the law relating to insulting religion and inciting hatred.
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NEW: British teacher in Sudan charged with insulting religion and inciting hatred
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Gillian Gibbons, 54, arrested after her class named teddy bear "Mohammed"
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Blasphemy punishable in Sudan by 40 lashes, prison or fine, reports say
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