Then police began investigating and recorded a 'hate' incident. Muslims are taught that the holy book must be treated with care and respect Slight scuff marks on the 'desecrated' Koran. When the incident came to light, the school examined CCTV footage and conducted more than 30 one-on-one interviews before deciding to suspend the 14-year-old and three others for a week. In the process, the book became slightly damaged - although not by the boy himself. Mr Anwar was instrumental in managing community outrage after a Koran was 'scuffed' at a West Yorkshire school.Īs a forfeit for losing a video game, a 14-year-old autistic boy was asked by his friends to buy a copy of the Koran and bring it to his school, Kettlethorpe High. He allegedly said that music is 'toxic', another religiously conservative belief.ĭr Paul Scott, head of security and extremism at the Policy Exchange said that his comments were not 'the first time' someone who has demanded tolerance has struggled to show it themselves. Mr Anwar also made derogatory remarks about LGBT+ people, The Telegraph reports, and said the 'rise of homosexuality' was 'barbaric'. He criticised more liberal followers of Islam and said: 'If you conform to them you are becoming part of them'. The cleric previously warned worshippers at the West Yorkshire mosque not to partake in traditional Christmas-time rituals, saying that to do so would be to 'conform'. A 14-yuear-old autistic boy, who had bought in the Koran as a 'forfeit', received death threats after it was scuffed
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