Hamit Coskun, who was convicted under the Public Order Act for burning a copy of the Quran, has won his appeal against the conviction at Southwark Crown Court. Robert Jenrick joined Coskun at the Crown Court this morning to show his support, while the Free Speech Union posted on X:
“Had the verdict been allowed to stand, it would have sent a message to religious fundamentalists up and down the country that all they need to do to enforce their blasphemy codes is to violently attack the blasphemer, thereby making him or her guilty of having caused public disorder. Instead, the Crown Court has sent the opposite message – that anti-religious protests, however offensive to true believers, must be tolerated.”
A win for free speech and against blasphemy law…
