Four teenage boys were suspended from a school in Wakefield after they dropped a translation of the Qur’an owned by one of the boys and caused minor damage to the book. Incredibly, local Muslim councillors got involved in the supposed incident, with one saying that “their actions did not treat the Qur’an with the respect it should have, so those involved have been suspended.”

Is this Wakefield school – and council – simply introducing a de facto blasphemy law? Can Islam and free speech coexist?

Tim Dieppe and Carys Moseley are joined by lecturer, author and honorary research fellow at the University of Buckingham, Adrian Hilton, to discuss the impact this school suspension might have on wider society.

You can read more from Adrian on his Twitter thread, which initially shone light on the incident: https://twitter.com/Adrian_Hilton/status/1629546651730706433

Find out more on our website: https://christianconcern.com/comment/wakefield-quran-desecration-claim-will-test-the-government/

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