5 d. ago Man fined after burning Qur’an outside Turkish consulate in London

Hamit Coskun, found guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence, was ‘motivated at least in part by a hatred of Muslims’, judge saysA man has been fined after he set fire to a Qur’an outside the Turkish consulate in London, in an act that was deemed “motivated at least in part by a hatred of Muslims” by a judge.Hamit Coskun, 50, who was found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence on Monday, called his prosecution “an assault on free speech”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man convicted of burning Quran outside Turkish consulate in London, Conservative Party calls it ‘wrong’ verdict

Man convicted of burning Quran outside Turkish consulate in London, Conservative Party calls it ‘wrong’ verdict  Mint

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5 d. ago Court convicts man for burning Quran outside London's Turkish consulate

Court convicts man for burning Quran outside London's Turkish consulate  The Jerusalem Post

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5 d. ago Man convicted for burning Quran outside London's Turkish consulate

Man convicted for burning Quran outside London's Turkish consulate  The Jerusalem Post

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5 d. ago Man found guilty of burning Quran outside Turkish consulate in London | Daily Sabah

Man found guilty of burning Quran outside Turkish consulate in London | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

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5 d. ago Man convicted for burning Koran outside London's Turkish consulate

Man convicted for burning Koran outside London's Turkish consulate  Yahoo

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5 d. ago Man found guilty after burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London

Man found guilty after burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London  ITVX

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5 d. ago Man who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy while shouting 'f*** Islam' found guilty of public order offence

A man who set fire to a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

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5 d. ago Man who burned Quran outside Turkish consulate in London guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence

Hamit Coskun, 50, held the flaming Islamic text aloft before being attacked by a passerby

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6 d. ago Man, 50, who set fire to the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London says he never would have come to Britain if he 'knew this country does not have free speech'

A protestor who set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London said he would not have come to Britain had he known free speech was 'under threat here'.

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1 week ago Prosecuting man for burning Qur’an ‘reintroducing blasphemy law’, court told

Hamit Coskun, 50, held burning text outside Turkish consulate London, Westminster magistrates court heardProsecuting a man for burning the Qur’an is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial has heard.Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “fuck Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Qur’an is burning” as he held aloft the burning Islamic text outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on 13 February, Westminster magistrates court heard. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Prosecuting man for burning Qur’an ‘reintroducing blasphemy law’, UK court told

Hamit Coskun, 50, held burning text outside Turkish consulate London, Westminster magistrates court heardProsecuting a man for burning the Qur’an is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial has heard.Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “fuck Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Qur’an is burning” as he held aloft the burning Islamic text outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on 13 February, Westminster magistrates court heard. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Britain risks 'reintroducing a blasphemy law' by prosecuting man, 50, who allegedly shouted 'f*** Islam' as he burned Koran outside Turkish consulate, court hears

The prosecution of a man who allegedly burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London risks 'reintroducing a blasphemy law' in the UK, a court heard today.

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4 w. ago Man, 50, who 'set fire to Koran outside Turkish consulate' has charge of 'harassing' Islam dropped

Hamet Coskun, 50, allegedly set fire to the Muslim holy book in February. Two days later, he was charged with 'racially aggravated harassment' of the Islam.

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