https://www.texastribune.org/2017/04/13/qurans-found-ut-dallas-toilet/
Authorities launched an investigation Thursday after two copies of the Koran were found inside a toilet bowl at a Texas college.
Two students at the University of Texas at Dallas found the copies of the Muslim holy book in the men’s bathroom on March 28 and alerted authorities, according to the school’s student newspaper.
What exactly did they alert them about and why are the police involved?
UT-Dallas Police Chief Larry Zacharias told The Texas Tribune on Thursday that investigators "don't have too many leads” but are conducting video reviews with help from university staff. He said his team may have narrowed the timeframe for the incident down to about a 30-minute period.
“It’s not something we want to blast out on campus because we don’t want people to go, ‘Oh, you’re a suspect in the Quran thing,’” Zacharias said.
Zacharias emphasized the diversity of the student body and said, “There's not much divisiveness on this campus at all.”
During the November elections, when tensions were high, he said he made a point to ask students on campus, particularly Muslim women, if they felt safe. The answer was always yes, he said.
Zacharias said he agrees with comments he’s heard from students, who he said view what happened as a “one-time, stupid incident.”
The president of UT-Dallas' Muslim Students Association condemned the incident in an interview with The Mercury.
“Given the current political climate and how Muslims are portrayed in the media, it makes certain individuals act in this hateful way,” said Mohammad Syed.
You have to be fucking kidding.
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"You lie!" The Prophet Joe Wilson
Authorities launched an investigation Thursday after two copies of the Koran were found inside a toilet bowl at a Texas college.
Two students at the University of Texas at Dallas found the copies of the Muslim holy book in the men’s bathroom on March 28 and alerted authorities, according to the school’s student newspaper.
What exactly did they alert them about and why are the police involved?
UT-Dallas Police Chief Larry Zacharias told The Texas Tribune on Thursday that investigators "don't have too many leads” but are conducting video reviews with help from university staff. He said his team may have narrowed the timeframe for the incident down to about a 30-minute period.
“It’s not something we want to blast out on campus because we don’t want people to go, ‘Oh, you’re a suspect in the Quran thing,’” Zacharias said.
Zacharias emphasized the diversity of the student body and said, “There's not much divisiveness on this campus at all.”
During the November elections, when tensions were high, he said he made a point to ask students on campus, particularly Muslim women, if they felt safe. The answer was always yes, he said.
Zacharias said he agrees with comments he’s heard from students, who he said view what happened as a “one-time, stupid incident.”
The president of UT-Dallas' Muslim Students Association condemned the incident in an interview with The Mercury.
“Given the current political climate and how Muslims are portrayed in the media, it makes certain individuals act in this hateful way,” said Mohammad Syed.
You have to be fucking kidding.
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"You lie!" The Prophet Joe Wilson