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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Anger has erupted after a woman was filmed retrieving torn pages of the Quran from a busy Erbil street, with authorities vowing to arrest the perpetrators.
Bnar Sreshmaey published a video to Facebook early on Friday, showing her weaving through traffic to pick up torn pages of the Quran on Erbil’s 100-meter road.
“Tonight, a copy of the Quran was torn and thrown onto the 100 meter road in front of Jawdat Assadi Mosque. I spotted it while driving. I stopped the car and began picking them up,” she said in the post, adding that she was filmed by family member.
When Rudaw’s Kurdish service shared the video to Facebook, several people expressed their anger at the disrespectful act in the comments section, with some calling on the police to find the perpetrators.
“Where are the police and government? Why aren’t they arresting him [the perpetrator], Erbil is full of CCTV cameras?” asked user Zerevan Abdullaziz Bazi.
This incident is particularly sensitive given that the holy month of Ramadan is currently underway.
“We strongly condemn these sorts of acts. Such a cowardly act during the holy month of Ramadan is definitely the work of low-lives,” the Kurdistan Islamic Scholars Union said in a statement late Friday, calling on the security forces to find and punish the perpetrators.
Ano Abdoka, a Christian minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), shared the union’s statement on Facebook, condemning the disrespectful act.
Erbil Governor Omer Khoshnaw also condemned the act.
“We ensure the people of Kurdistan Region, and the people of the capital city of Erbil in particular, that the security forces and relevant authorities have been tasked find the perpetrators of the crime as soon as possible.”
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