VANDALISM AND THEFT OF THE QUR’AN

VANDALISM AND THEFT OF THE QUR’AN

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August 12, 2022

After vandals wreaked havoc on the Muslim Student Association suite last week, Imam Talal Eid, Brandeis University’s Muslim chaplain, said the theft of his Quran “is what keeps me upset.” “I use it for my sermon, and it had my notes in it – it’s the work of two years,” said Eid, his voice shaking slightly. Last Friday, just four weeks after $80,000 worth of renovations were completed, the Muslim Student Association’s suite was vandalized, Eid said. Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, said CAIR, the country’s largest Islamic civil liberties group, is monitoring the case. He said the council is relying on Talal Eid’s judgment about whether the vandalism is a hate crime, and noted the theft of his Quran “adds evidence to a possible bias motive.”