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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Man fined for burning Qur’an in London wins appeal against conviction

Hamit Coskun outside court
Hamit Coskun outside Southwark crown court on Friday. Photograph: James Manning/PA

A man who was fined for setting fire to a Qur’an outside the Turkish consulate in London has won an appeal against his conviction after a judge backed his “right to offend”.

Hamit Coskun was found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence in June after shouting “fuck Islam” and “Islam is religion of terrorism” while burning the holy book in February.

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