Man Charged After Pages Torn From Koran At Birmingham City FC Match

BigAndy9 wrote:8th February 2014

A man has been charged after pages were allegedly torn from the Koran and thrown during a football match.

Police said the incident happened on 7 December at a game between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough at St Andrews.

Mark Stephenson, 25, from Napoleon Drive, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, has been charged with causing racial or religiously-aggravated harassment.

He will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on 28 February.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-26100883

BigAndy9 wrote:No.

edit: unless a black African said they were offended by it.

In Britain, of course.  In Africa they'd be told to eff off.

PhilDidge wrote:People can get charged with many things if the intent is hate, for example:



Yeovil man Joshua Bonehill-Paine due in court tomorrow charged with posting offensive Facebook message about UKIP leader Nigel Farage

Read more: http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Yeovil-man-Joshua-Bonehill-Paine-court-tomorrow/story-20574871-detail/story.html#ixzz2skX7k56f

Puriel wrote:

Charged with Hatred of Fiction ?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

PhilDidge wrote:People can get charged with many things if the intent is hate, for example:



Yeovil man Joshua Bonehill-Paine due in court tomorrow charged with posting offensive Facebook message about UKIP leader Nigel Farage

Read more: http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Yeovil-man-Joshua-Bonehill-Paine-court-tomorrow/story-20574871-detail/story.html#ixzz2skX7k56f

Wow, that shut them up right quick! :D

Fact of the matter is, Christianity doesn't have the tradition of avoidance of damage to the Bible that Islam has ... that Mark Stephenson knew exactly what he was doing.

PhilDidge wrote:

Puriel wrote:

Charged with Hatred of Fiction ?

Hmmm using a previos ID of mine only ever used by me on one forum, how odd.


I agree it is absurd, but the reason behind ripping up the pages was hate, that of Islam, whether that should be an offense is agreed silly