A man who burned a copy of the Quran and shouted “Islam is religion of terrorism” outside the Turkish consulate in London has been convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offense and fined

A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in Rutland Gardens in Knightsbridge on 13 February.

The accused, identified as 50-year-old Hamit Coskun, shouted ‘Islam is religion of terrorism’ and ‘Koran is burning’ as he set the religious book on fire.