An Egyptian professor at Kuwait University’s College of Literature was arrested Sunday afternoon after being accused of tearing, desecrating and staining the pages of the Holy Quran with his stool. The professor has been identified as Al-Husaini Omar Mohammed. Case papers reveal, the Bangladeshi caretaker of the Farwaniya building, where Al-Husaini resides, saw him burning something near the back wall of the building. The caretaker later found torn and stained pages of the Holy Quran thrown in the yard of the building underneath the window of the apartment belonging to the professor. The guard reported the incident to Omariya Police Station. Lt Colonel Sultan Al-Jadei arrested the professor, who was brought to the police station where he confessed to his crime, saying he is possessed by a demon and has been suffering from severe psychological pressure since the theft of all the money he had saved while working in Kuwait.
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A reliable source at Kuwait University said, "Professor Al-Husaini called up the administration at the College of Literature asking for assistance but was told to face the consequences of desecrating the Holy Quran by himself."
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Another Kuwait University source said the University had suspended the professor until completion of investigations. The same source said Mohammed Al-Tabtabaei, Dean of the Sharia Faculty at Kuwait University, had condemned the incident and said the suspect was ’an infidel.’
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