UK Mother Is Forced To Grovel And Apologize In Front Of Muslim Community Because Her 14-Year-Old Autistic Son Scuffed A Page In The Koran

Four pupils have been suspended from a high school in England after a Qur’an they purchased was said to have sustained a small tear and a smudged page.

Four children around 14 years of age have been suspended from Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School in England after a Qur’an purchased by one of the boys, described as “highly autistic”, sustained minor damage, including a small tear to 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 showed the extremely limited extent of the damage, which appeared to consist of a very small tear to its cover, slight smudging of the corner of one page, and small indentations to the rear of the book.

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 was keen to emphasise to Muslim locals that their attendance was required at a meeting between the Muslim community and the parents of one of the boys involved, as well as police officials and the principal of the school.

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

“The slightest bit of disrespect is not accepted, and it is not going to be tolerated at any point, in any city, in any country by any Muslim, and that’s the fact of the matter,” 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.

Describing both herself and her son as being very remorseful, the mother claimed that her son has received multiple death threats as a result of the Qur’an’s damaging — threats which the police are not investigating, according to conservative academic and commentator Adrian Hilton.