The infamous “teddy bear” incident accelerates:

A powerful Sudanese newspaper urged authorities to call a hardline Islamist leader linked to Osama bin Laden to give evidence at her trial, to stress how offensive the case was to Muslims.

Extreme Islamic groups said Mrs Gibbons “must die” and urged Muslims to hold street protests after prayers tomorrow.

Meanwhile, a kid in her class says, “Blame me.” This kind of embarrassment to hardline Islamist regimes is a good thing. The world is watching. Even some Muslim groups that have kept their traps zipped over terrorism seem to be trying to distance themselves from Islamist crazies:

The Muslim Council of Britain said it was “appalled” at the decision by Sudan.