First question: Who owned the book?
Second: Was there lasting damage to the plumbing?
None of that makes it a “hate” crime. If this holds then the case can be made that islam is a hate crime.
If they were removed from the prayer area, this should only be ‘theft.’ Otherwise, where does it stop? Oh I know, shari’a law. I think this man should go to the Supreme Court with this, with some group’s help. And I think we should all agree on a moment in time and flush Korans across the country.
They can arrest us ALL.
Those are valid questions but I don’t know the answer to them. My concern is that this is being charged as a hate crime and being driven by an Islamic student association.