The mother of the 14-year-old autistic boy told a news conference in a local mosque that she knew what her son did was “incredibly disrespectful” but insisted he did not have any “malicious intent”….In the video, which has received more than 1.5 million views on Twitter, she went on to say her son did not understand “how sacred” the Quran is and that “he is utterly mortified”….“He has received death threats, he has received threats that he will be beaten up if he goes back to school. He is absolutely terrified.”

This morning, we met with our local Muslim community leaders, local councillors and police to share all the information we currently know, the action taken and the immediate steps we have taken to reinforce the values and behaviour we expect from every member of this school community to ensure that all religions are respected

If a Bible had been taken to school and suffered “a slight tear to the cover and smears of dirt on some of the pages,” would the students involved have been suspended despite having no malicious intent, and given lessons in the respect they should give to the book? Would the cops have been called in?