21 October 2010

Activist angry at ‘defiled’ Koran

An Islamic activist has been sent pages of the Koran with graffiti scrawled on them. Mohammed Salim, of Letchworth Avenue, Rochdale, received three pages of the Muslim holy book graffitied with the words ‘c**p’, ‘paper’ and ‘toilet’.

The abusive mail was posted anonymously from Canada, addressed to ‘Allah Hoo Hoo Salim’ and arrived at Mr Salim’s family home on Monday. The father of 11 said: "I am absolutely furious. Unfortunately, this just seems to be the world we live in now.

"People have no respect for anything any more. "Obviously, whoever has sent this simply wants to upset me and it is extremely disrespectful to defile the Holy Koran in this way. It is just sickening. [Rochdale Observer] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]