Man denies religious aggravation charge after burning of Quran

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1. Good. It needs to go to trial. Burning books, flags or whatever as long as you own them shouldn’t be a crime. Maybe a fine for littering, or having a fire in a public place, if that’s a thing.

2. Religious aggravation seems like a slippery slope

   Are words aggravation? What about drawings?

3. How can a supposed modern liberal democracy support this sort of legislation and prosecution. Ridiculous

4. Probably shouldn’t say this out loud but I once accidentally burnt a Qur’an. Mum gave me loads of books to put on a bonfire as a kid for bonfire night and there was a Qur’an in it. Sent that fucker up like it owed me money. Neither of us have really spoken about it since. Oh and neither of us are Muslim (my dad was Persian but did not practise Islam). Probably going to the seventh layer of hell or whatevs.

5. Odd that people here don’t seem to understand what intent means. Yes be free to do what you like, but if you intend to cause others distress don’t expect an easy ride.

6. what about the fella that tried to kill him with the knife ? is that not more important ?

7. Waiting for all the victim mentality about Two Tier to come.

8. I mean… Is this the UK or Pakistan? Maybe we could try stoning him as a punishment to really fit in.

9. I am stunned that the charge reads ‘…against the religious institution of Islam…’!

10. I really do think we should adopt an american style free speach law/right to avoid silly things like this happening.

11. This should go all the way to trail and then we can all see the truth that we have had defacto blasphemy laws imposed on us via the backdoor.

    All to appease barbaric religions.

12. We are all rooting for him. Let’s not make blasphemy (religious aggravation – doublespeak) a thing.

13. The idea of superstitions being given legal protection belongs in the dark ages. You can’t help your sexuality, age, race, gender, disability but religion is something personal that you make a conscious choice about (assuming you haven’t been brainwashed as a child). What next, the Harry Potter fan club getting vocal about people dissing Hagrid?

14. No matter what the court decides, he will be murdered by a Muslim eventually because religion demands it blah blah, what’s new here.

15. >intent to cause against religious institution of Islam, harassment, alarm or distress

    Are we living in Saudi Arabia? This is worded like we do.

16. “Religious aggravation”. Why can’t they be honest and just call it blasphemy?

17. Oh so the prosecution is actually trying to suggest that book burning is illegal?

18. Pathetic laws being used as veiled blasphemy laws to protect little ol islam

19. Aye yes, here comes the deform crew, right on schedule.

20. JD Vance looking prophetic right about now. As opportunistic or scummy he is, there’s something in the water in Europe, the Deliveroo driver putting in a few kicks was icing on the cake (chef’s kiss).

21. “Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Coskun spoke through an interpreter as he entered not guilty pleas.

    He wore a grey tracksuit top and had a bandage on his left hand.

    He was released on conditional bail and will appear before the same court for trial on May 28.

    Moussa Kadri, 59, from Kensington and Chelsea, has also been charged with causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.

    He was bailed and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.”

    As I feel like the facts of the matter at hand have been purposefully obfuscated, I think this piece of context from the article is important. Both individuals were bailed, and the man who attempted to stab the burner is in court Monday, the burner is also on bail, and is due to go to court in May…as you would expect, the much more serious offence (the stabbing) is taken seriously

22. Suppose someone followed you around all day saying “cunt” in your face. Whenever you go outside, they’re waiting. Look out the windows they’re standing there mouthing the word. They have free speech, so this absolutely fine, right?

23. Why is it we are expected to have agency for pretty much everything. Yet we are allowed to get people arrested over aggravating us with words or a relatively harmless action?

    Surely, any Muslim (or anyone for that matter) frothing at the mouth over this should be told to just grow up and that this is part and parcel of a multicultural society.

    It was only around 6 months ago people were being condemned for being angry over kids being stabbed to death.

    I’m all for people believing whatever they want to believe, but society is fucked if it stays a societal issue rather than the belief just being a personal and private thing.

24. Would this have even got to court if a person had burnt the bible?

25. Honestly it feels like a modern day blasphemy law.

    The world we live in when books on LGBT people are being removed from libraries and schools, or even burned in places like America, but god forbid someone torches a book about a fake deity.

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