Both of you are so missing the point. It's about over-reaction to a non-issue, and giving this over-reaction a fair hearing, as it were. I sincerely doubt the same thing would happen in this country if someone named a toy bear Jehovah, Yahweh, Jesus, or whateverthefuckyouwannanameit.
BTW halifax, my family has spent several years in the Middle East as well (Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Egypt, SA, Bahrain, etc.). I know of what I speak.