Backdoor Blasphemy law?

Hamit Coskun, aged 50 from Derby, set light to the Quran outside the Turkish Consulate on 13 February.

He has been charged with religiously motivated harassment.

Many, including Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick, believe the case should be dropped immediately.

That view is that burning a holy book is rude and can be offensive, but should not be remotely illegal in a free society.

We have the right to be offensive.

Rodney Hylton-Potts
February 2025