The decision to prosecute a man for burning the Quran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Britain, a court has been told.
Hamit Coskun, 50, a former political prisoner, allegedly shouted “f*** Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Quran is burning” as he held the flaming Islamic text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge in February, Westminster magistrates’ court heard on Wednesday.
