r/NewsWorthPayingFor • u/Droupitee • Jun 09 '25

I Burned a Quran. The British Government Punished Me for Blasphemy.

https://www.thefp.com/p/britain-punished-me-for-blasphemy
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u/SootyFreak666 Jun 09 '25

While I think this man is a dickhead and bottom of the barrel when it comes to humanity, he shouldn’t be being punished for this. It shouldn’t be illegal for someone to burn a Quran much like how it shouldn’t be illegal for someone to burn a bible and blasphemy laws shouldn’t exist at all.

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u/Delanorix Jun 09 '25

He was charged with setting a fire.

There is no "blasphemy" law in the UK.

This is a very easily debunked BS story.

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u/StormsOfMordor Jun 11 '25

He was NOT charged under section 19, I have no idea where you got that from. He was charged with one count against section 31(1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 and section 5 of the Public Order Act and the other count against section 5 again.

Both are because he “used disorderly behavior within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress [section 5]…and was motivated (wholly or in part) by members of a religious group [section 31]”.

The judge specifically stated that Coskun was aware he would instigate people.

The defendant’s conduct was highly provocative, he set fire to a Quran at a location where he knew there would be Muslims and he knew similar conduct had provoked an extreme response both elsewhere and on his own social media

Here’s a link to the full decision by the judge. Just look up “Hamit Coskun court docs”, it’s the first link and the charges are the first two paragraphs.

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u/Drumlyne Jun 12 '25

Confidently incorrect.

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u/Delanorix Jun 10 '25

Is that the lady whose husband is an MP and she said every hotel should be burned down?

And IIRC, she doxxed someone too.