Muslim Community Outrage: English students SUSPENDED after Quran sustains ‘very small tear’

Students were suspended from an English high school after a Qur’an they purchased was said to have a small tear and a smudged page.

Four 14-year-old boys were suspended from Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School in England after a Qur’an purchased by one of the boys, who was described as “highly autistic,” sustained minor damage, including a small tear in its cover.

The incident is said to have sparked multiple investigations, including one by the West Yorkshire Police, which is investigating the matter as a “hate incident”.

The book is said to have been damaged at the school after it was knocked out of a pupil’s hands and then put into a schoolbag, with it being unknown whether or not further things happened to the copy of the Islamic holy book.

Images posted online by local Muslim councillor Akef Akbar revealed the extremely minor extent of the damage, which appeared to consist of a very small tear in the book’s cover, slight smudging of one page’s corner, and small indentations to the back of the book.

Actual photo of the Qu’ran

The councillor, a former member of Britain’s governing’s Conservative Party before leaving over the actions of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, emphasised that circulating descriptions of the Qur’an being burned were not true — although he had himself initially spread rumours on social media that it had been “disintegrated”.

According to a report by the BBC, despite the damage of the book being said to have not been “malicious” in nature, it appears to have greatly angered the Muslim community, with a number of meetings being held with senior clerics in the area over the actions of the pupils.

One imam emphasised to Muslim residents the importance of attending a meeting between the Muslim community, the parents of one of the boys involved, police officials, and the principal of the school.

“This is not a small matter for us,” the imam said. “This is Allah’s word, Allah’s divine book, which requires each and every one of you to attend, and ensure your presence today at 5pm inshallah.”

This same imam later confirmed at the meeting that at least 30 students had been interviewed in relation to the incident, and that CCTV footage was being examined by authorities in order to determine what exactly happened to the book.

“The slightest bit of disrespect is not accepted, and it will not be tolerated at any point, in any city, in any country by any Muslim,” the imam said during the livestreamed meeting.

The event was punctuated by a number of chants of “Allahu Akbar” during the event. This included just before the mother of the autistic boy said to be involved in the incident spoke to the congregation in order to apologise.

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