Controversial Teddy Bear?

A Sudanese court convicted a British teacher of insulting Islam and was sentenced to 15 days in prison for letting her student name a class teddy bear Muhammed. She dodged the more serious sentence of forty lashes. Maybe it is just me, but it seems like Sudanese government was a little too touchy regarding this situation. A teddy bear? Come on, honestly, I don't think that if they named the bear "Jesus" or "Bhudda" she would have gotten time in prison. This whole thing just seems a little over the top to me considering it was children naming a stuffed animal, not a slap in the face of Islam. It must be slow times for the Islamic religion if this case a top priority.