Egyptian police have arrested two Christian children, 10 year old Nabil Rizk 9 year old Mina al-Farag after a Muslim man accused the two of desecrating the Qur’an in a small village in the Nile Delta region
The children face charges for allegedly urinating on the Quran and then putting it next to a mosque, al-Shorouk newspaper reported.
Nabil’s father said that his child cannot read or write and had been looking in the trash “for something useful” when he found a small bag with pages from the Qur’an so he took them and placed it next to a mosque as he did not know what to do with it.
According to Copts United, a Christian news organization and website, the families of the two boys are urging rights groups and organizations to help them free the children and to “have mercy” on them.
