A man who set fire to a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

A man who burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London has branded his prosecution “an assault on free speech” as campaigners argued the ruling “signals a concerning capitulation to Islamic ...

The burning of a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London by a 50-year-old Derby man amounted to a religiously aggravated public order offence, a judge has found. Hamit Coskun shouted “f ...

Criminalising Koran burning would be reintroducing blasphemy law, court told Hamit Coskun is on trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

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 ...

Charges against man who burnt Koran ‘incorrectly worded’ Suspect no longer accused of harassing “religious institution of Islam” after blasphemy offence backlash ...

A man has admitted to setting fire to the Islamic holy book the Koran which was live-streamed on social media. Martin Frost, 47 was filmed holding a flag of Israel before tearing out pages of the ...

A man who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported Thursday as police confirmed a man died in a shooting the day before.

Salwan Momika, who sparked unrest in Stockholm in 2023 when he burned the Koran outside a mosque, has been shot dead in Sweden. He was facing four counts of agitating an ethnic group and a trial ...