The driver asked the man to leave the 105 service to Heathrow (Picture: Creative Commons)

A London bus driver was branded ‘racist’ by a passenger listening to the Koran after he asked him to leave the vehicle.

In a clip taken by another passenger, the driver can be heard explaining that the man’s ‘loud music’ was distracting him from the road.

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He added that he could not drive with his phone playing, and asked the man to leave the 105 service to Heathrow.

Despite not mentioning the Koran himself, the driver was accused of being ‘racist’ by the man who said ‘all I did was play the Koran’.


He later left the bus at Southall.



According to MailOnline, a woman – who recorded the clash – said: ‘The bus driver asked the passenger to turn it off and he turned it off without questioning him.

‘The passenger said “why do I need to get off the bus when I’ve paid for my fair, you asked me to turn off the Koran and I did as you said”.’

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‘Then the bus driver repeated himself and said “get off the bus or I’m going to call the police” and the passenger said “call the police I have my rights you’re being racist because all I did was play the Koran”.’

In the clip, other passengers get noticeably annoyed with the driver.

One adds that the man has ‘turned off the Koran’, and questions why he has to leave.

The woman who recorded the clip added that the police were called but it was said to be up to the driver as to whether or not the man left.

Metropolitan Police said it had no record of a report to the force about the incident.

Metro.co.uk has contacted TfL for comment.