4 d. ago Man convicted of burning Koran and shouting 'f*** islam' outside Turkish embassy admits he is 'very worried' that he may now end up being killed

Hamit Coskun, 50, was ordered to pay £240 and a statutory £96 surcharge on Monday after screaming 'Koran is burning' and 'Islam is religion of terrorism' while holding a flaming copy the Koran.

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4 d. ago Voices: Bringing back blasphemy laws would only be bad for Muslims

As a protester who set fire to the Quran is found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, Rakib Ehsan says giving Islam special treatment under British law will only harden anti-Muslim prejudices within society

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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 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 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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5 d. ago Man who burned Koran guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence

Hamit Coskun, 50, held the flaming Islamic text aloft in London on February 13.

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5 d. ago Protester who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy in London found guilty

Protester who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy in London found guilty  GB News

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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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1 week ago Burning of Koran outside Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge ‘posed a threat to public order’, trial hears

Hamit Coskun, 50, allegedly shouted ‘f*** Islam’, ‘Islam is religion of terrorism’ and ‘Koran is burning’ as he held the flaming Islamic text aloft

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