It is not in the news yet but it looks like it might get there.
An old school friend of dh's is a prison officer, dh bumped into him at the weekend and caught up on a bit of news.
This friend told dh that he might loose his job because of an incident at work, it went like this...
The friend had to do a routine search on a cell of a violent offender who is a muslim. The guard asked the prisoner if he had anything dangerous or illegal in his cell, or anything that the guard could hurt himself on. the prisoner answered no.
The guard then asked the prisoner if there was anything that he did not want him to touch in his room (All questions being protocol).
The prisoner then said he did not want his koran touched.
So the guard asked if the prisoner would hold it by the spine and fan the pages.
At this point the prisoner kicked off and the guard called for assistance as he felt threatened.
The two guards decided that the prisoner should not be in the cell during the search but that he could watch outside through the hatch. The prisoner agreed as the guards promised not to touch the koran.
So with the prisoner outside watching, the guard (dh's friend) went straight to the koran and tipped it up to reveal a hidden mobile phone and charger.
The guard got in serious trouble over this and his fate has not yet been decided.
Just wondered what opinions were on this?
(It might be worth adding that dh's friend is in no way a racist.)