"The Quran says if a Muslim has to take action against a Kaffir or an idol worshipper to get him to the right track, then this abuse or assault will not be considered bad," the accused reportedly told the victim.
Zafarul Islam Khan, the author of the new translation is the same person who has threatened Hindus. In the year 2020, Khan had written a Facebook post in which he had called Hindus bigots and had praised Islamist hate preacher Zakir Naik.
Leader of PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, tore copies of the Quran in front of the embassies of Türkiye, Indonesia and Pakistan in The Hague on Saturday (23 September).
According to the family of the victim, Oscar's mistake provoked the accused teacher to slap him across the face thrice, with the third strike damaging his glasses and, consequently, his eye.
The accused holds an Instagram account with the id identified as @syeds_jagirdar_v18. He has around 9000 followers and has posted more than 100 videos to date. He calls himself a video creator and believes in Islamic practices, further calling to kill the kafirs.