I am writing to you as a representative of the Muslim Community of Oxfordshire and proprietor of Iqra Islamic Secondary School in Oxford.

I feel it is necessary to point out that the majority of Muslims in the UK feel that Gillian Gibbons, the teacher jailed in Sudan after her class named a teddy Mohammed, was treated wrongly, in a way far from the teachings of Islam.

Due to the fact she was pardoned, rather than proclaimed innocent, I am worried that her safety may be in jeopardy.

Some people may interpret her pardon as thinking she was actually guilty of blasphemy and was excused rather than found innocent. They may therefore try to take action against her.

There was no case of blasphemy or any offence towards Islam in Mrs Gibbons's actions.

In my opinion, and the opinion of many other scholars, Mrs Gibbons should never have been imprisoned and therefore did not need to be pardoned.

A pardon is for those who have committed a considerable crime, which Mrs Gibbons did not do. She should be given an apology from the government of Sudan which wrongly imprisoned her.

I believe if she took her case to a European Islamic court, she would win her case as she would be able to rely on the support of Islamic Shari'ah law.

I would be happy, if she so wished, to guide her through this process to protest her innocence as I am fully in support of her.

HOJJAT RAMZY (Dr) Oxford