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Man denies religious aggravation charge after burning of Koran

A 50-year-old man named Hamit Coskun has denied charges of religiously motivated harassment after a Koran was burned outside the Turkish consulate in London.
Coskun is charged with intent to cause harassment, alarm, or distress against the religious institution of Islam.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, speaking through an interpreter and entering a not guilty plea.
Moussa Kadri, 59, has also been charged with causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.

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Spectator UK

Should burning the Quran be against the law?

Whether Quran-burners are actually guilty of a religiously-aggravated public order offence is, to say the least, open to some doubt.

4 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Free Speech Union

FSU attempts to contact Koran burning suspect amid fears of ‘blasphemy law by the back door’

The Free Speech Union (FSU) is attempting to establish contact with Hamit Coskun, a 50-year-old man charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence after he burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London. The case has sparked fears that England and Wales are on the brink of reviving blasphemy laws by stealth, despite having formally abolished them in 2008.Mr Coskun was arrested and charged on Saturday after footage circulated …

4 days ago

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Frontpage Mag

UK Arrests Man Who Burned Koran, Frees Muslim Who Stabbed Him

"charged with intent to cause against the religious institution of Islam," The post UK Arrests Man Who Burned Koran, Frees Muslim Who Stabbed Him appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

5 days ago

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PJ Media

UK Quran Burner in Jail as His Stabber Is Released on Bail

Great Britain, within living memory one of the most powerful Western Christian nations, seems set on becoming an Islamic terror state. When a UK man burned the Quran he was quickly arrested and remanded in custody. But do you know who was released on bail? His apparent attempted murderer, who violently attacked the Quran burner... The post UK Quran Burner in Jail as His Stabber Is Released on Bail appeared first on Daily Truth Report • DailyTrut…

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ITV

Man denies religious aggravation charge after burning of Quran

5 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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5Pillars

Quran burning: Man charged with harassment, another with ABH

A man has denied religiously motivated harassment after a Quran was burned outside the Turkish consulate in central London on Thursday. Hamit Coskun, 50, from Derby, was charged following the incident near the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge, London, on Thursday. In a video of the incident, the Qur’an burner can be heard calling Muslims “terrorists” while […] The post Quran burning: Man charged with harassment, another with ABH appeared first…

6 days ago

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