Four School Children in England Suspended for "Disrespecting the Qur'an"
In February of this year, four students at Wakefield's Kettlethorpe High School in England were suspended for school for allegedly "disrespecting the Qur'an." According to the the BBC, one student brought the Qur'an to school after losing a bet with his friends when he lost a game of "Call of Duty." While at the school, the Qur'an suffered a slight tear to the the cover and had some dirt on a few of the pages. Islamic community leader Akef Akbar stated that this happened because the Qur'an was kicked around on school premises, a claim denied by both the students and school who stated that there was no malicious intent involved in the incident. For this seemingly harmless bet, four students at the school were suspended for not showing the Qur'an "the respect that it deserves." Personally, I don't respect a book that calls Christians and Jews "The Worst of Creatures" (Surah 98:6), that endorses sex slavery "Fo...