Koran burning case: CPS tried to create a ‘backdoor blasphemy law’ | David Shipley
About this episode
David Shipley discusses the implications of the overturned conviction of Hamit Coskun for burning a Quran and the attempts by the CPS to create a blasphemy law in Britain.
This week, Sir Joel Bennathan KC overturned the conviction of Hamit Coskun — a Turkish ex-Muslim prosecuted for burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate. The judge reminded the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of a fundamental principle: there is no offence of blasphemy in English law. The CPS had attempted to use public order legislation to punish Coskun for “offending religious feelings” — a move journalist David Shipley describes as an attempt to create a “backdoor blasphemy law.” Shipley joins Josh Howie to discuss why this case is a pivotal moment for free speech in Britain, how CPS lawyers effectively invented a charge, and why this issue won’t end here unless politicians hold the CPS to account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Josh Howie
Guest: David Shipley
Topics covered
- free speech
- blasphemy law
- public order legislation
- religious feelings
- legal case
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Turkey
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Crown Prosecution Service, GB News
Places: Turkey, British
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