Criminalising Koran burning would be reintroducing blasphemy law, court told

Hamit Coskun appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

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 terrorism” and “Koran is burning” as he held the flaming Islamic text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on February 13, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.