Shafaqna English– A man has been found guilty of burning the Quran outside Turkish Consulate in London.
Hamit Coskun, 50, was accused of chanting Islamophobic slogans as he held up a burning copy of the Islamic holy text in Knightsbridge, west London, in February 2025.
District Judge John McGarva ruled on Monday (02 June 2025) that the defendant’s actions were “motivated at least in part by hostility towards Muslims” and that his conduct “was not a reasonable exercise” of his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Delivering the verdict, McGarva said: “Your actions in burning the Quran where you did were highly provocative, and your actions were accompanied by abusive language in some cases directed toward the religion and were motivated at least in part by hatred of followers of the religion.”
In his verdict, Judge McGarva found the defendant’s actions on the day in question to be deliberately provocative.
Source: TRT Global