CPS ‘bringing back blasphemy’ by prosecuting man for burning Qaran

CPS ‘bringing back blasphemy’ by prosecuting man for burning Qaran

Prosecutors have been accused of resurrecting the offence of blasphemy through “the back door” after charging a man for burning a copy of the Quran. The Times has the story.Hamit Coskun, 50, has denied religiously motivated harassment after setting alight a copy of the Muslim holy text outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge, central London, in February. He is due to go on trial at Westminster magistrates’ court next month ­accused of “in…