Of flushing Qur’ans and hate crime

Published: July 29, 2007, 3:32 pm

via Pharyngula Recently, a man was arrested for flushing two Qur’ans in the public restrooms at Pace University for hate crimes. Apparently, after the first Qur’an was found in the toilet on October 13 last year, Pace University officials called it vandalism, but after pressure from Muslim student groups referred it the NYPD hate crimes unit, which made the recent arrest. Personally, I think that University officials were correct to call the incident vandalism, because that’s what it is. Media reports have not directly stated whether or not the Qur’ans were his property or whether they belonged to someone else, though from this report: He was busted after cops discovered a surveillance camera that filmed him leaving the meditation room where the Korans had been kept before the vandalism. It does seem like the books were stolen. If that is indeed the case, the student, Stanislav Shmulevich, should be held responsible for stealing, destruction of property, and

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