Salam,
Please see below Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s and Imam Zaid Shakir’s take on the ‘Teddy Bear’ saga:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2007/12/the_real_teddy_bear_tragedy.html
http://www.newislamicdirections.com/nid/notes/the_teddy_bear_crisis/
Was Salam
Jashim