Suella Braverman will draw up new guidance to deal with blasphemy in schools, after a pupil in West Yorkshire received death threats last month for scuffing a copy of the Quran
The 14-year-old boy, who is understood to be autistic, brought the Islamic text to school on 23 February, reportedly as a forfeit for losing against friends on the video gameThe student is understood to have dropped the copy of the Quran, which caused some damage and scuffing to the pages.
Ms Braverman said the incident, which resulted in the suspension of four pupils and caused police to intervene over death threats, was “totally unacceptable”. “There is no right not to be offended. There is no legal obligation to be reverent towards any religion. The lodestar of our democracy is freedom of speech,” she said on Saturday.
Ms Braverman added that she was “not happy” with the way non-criminal hate incidents are recorded, and announced that she would soon be issuing new guidance for police.
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