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Copy cat Quran desecration incident in California college

WASHINGTON: A college student in California has said that he discovered a copy of the Quran in a toilet last week.

According to a newspaper report, the San Joaquin Delta College student discovered the holy book in a library toilet on Wednesday evening, an incident similar to the one described in a now-retracted Newsweek report that sparked Muslim protests worldwide last week. “We have respect for all other religions. We can only hope to get that same respect,” said Ramsey Abboushi, the 19-year-old Muslim student who found the book in the toilet.

Sean Khan, 19, another Muslim who is said not to “seriously practise the religion,” commenting on the incident, said that he would have felt offended even if the desecration had involved a religion other than Islam. He called such acts a result of “ignorance.”

Wade Heath, an 18-year-old Christian student, said Delta College is a culturally diverse campus and the incident had surprised him. “If it was the Bible flushed down the toilet, I’d be angry. It’s a total disrespect to somebody’s beliefs.”

Another Muslim student, Ahmed Falol, 19, said he thought it was probably a copycat of the Newsweek incident. If the person responsible is found, the police would be likely to proceed against him for committing a hate crime.

The copy of the desecrated Quran came form the college library and is being held by the authorities as evidence. The remaining copies of the holy book have been placed behind the library desk to prevent any recurrence of the incident. There are 20,000 students on the campus and the culprit is not likely to be found, one student said. khalid hasan

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