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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

Man who burned Koran outside Turkish consulate in London wins appeal

Hamit Coskun - (PA)

A man who burned a Koran in London has won an appeal against a conviction which campaigners had criticised as an attempt to bring back blasphemy law.

Hamit Coskun was found guilty earlier this year of a religiously aggravated public order offence, having shouted “f*** Islam” while holding the flaming religious text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in England’s capital city in February.

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