From UK counterterrorism student questioned for reading textbook
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA counterterrorism graduate student in England was questioned by a complaints officer after he was spotted reading “Terrorism Studies,” a textbook, at the Staffordshire University library, the Guardian reports.
“I could not believe it. I was reading an academic textbook and minding my own business. At first I thought I’d just laugh it off as a joke,” says Mohammed Umar Farooq of the incident.
The university later apologized.
“The implications if I did not challenge this could be serious for me. I could go on a police list, I could be investigated without my knowledge. This could happen to any young Muslim lad. I had to fight back,” he says.
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