Prosecuting a man for burning the Koran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial heard. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “f*** Islam”, “Islam is religion of ...

The burning of a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London went beyond a protest and posed a “threat to public order”, a trial heard. Hamit Coskun, 50, allegedly shouted “f*** Islam ...

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. Hamit Coskun, 50, allegedly ...

Hamit Coskun appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Ben Whitley/PA) Prosecuting a man for burning the Koran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in the UK, a trial heard.

Hamit Coskun arrives at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, central London, where he is charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence after a Koran was burnt outside the Turkish ...