Britain's humiliating capitulation under Keir Starmer has turned the United Kingdom into a place where a genuine victim of Islamist terror, having sought asylum there for freedom of speech, now faces persecution for protesting radical Islam — proving once again that President Trump and America care more about defending British liberties than your Labour Government ever will, as the state surrenders to the intolerant, violent, bigoted mob and actively brings about the nation's destruction.
Hamit Coskun fled Turkey after Islamic terrorists destroyed his family and imprisoned him for years because he dared speak against political Islam.
He came to Britain seeking sanctuary in a nation that once proudly defended free expression. Last February, he stood outside the Turkish consulate in London, set a Koran alight, and shouted: Islam is a religion of terrorism.
A passer-by attacked him with what appeared to be a blade and kicked him as he fell. The attacker received a suspended sentence. Coskun was prosecuted.
The Crown Prosecution Service charged him with a religiously aggravated public order offence. Prosecutors claimed it was not about burning the book.
They insisted it was disorderly behaviour. A jury at Southwark Crown Court saw through the fiction. In October, the conviction was overturned.
Mr Justice Bennathan ruled clearly: freedom of expression includes the right to say things that offend, shock, or disturb. Burning a Koran may upset many Muslims. That does not make it criminal. Blasphemy was abolished in Britain long ago.
Now the CPS appeals to the High Court. The hearing begins on Tuesday. If the appeal succeeds, the state will have reinstated a de facto blasphemy law. Violence against the speaker will determine what speech is allowed.
The Free Speech Union calls it a stabber's veto. The National Secular Society warns of extremists being handed the power to police expression. Coskun, living in a safe house for his protection, has said plainly: if he loses, he will flee to the United States.
Well done, the USA, Trump’s USA — my country. Sanctuary from the lunacy. America may welcome this man with refugee status. President Trump has already welcomed white South Africans fleeing racial persecution.
Senior officials are closely monitoring Coskun's case. They prepare to offer him political asylum if Britain forces him out.
Once again, we see that President Trump cares more about UK freedom and the alarming toll of immigration under Starmer’s catastrophic government.
Donald Trump offering sanctuary from Islamist Britain is a stain on Keir Starmer's reign - Lee Cohen
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The Labour regime has surrendered to the intolerant, violent mob. The Prime Minister delays publication of any definition of anti-Muslim hostility until after the sensitive by-elections.
Ministers fear Muslim fallout more than they fear the erosion of free speech. The Online Safety Act hands massive fines to platforms that fail to remove "harmful" content. American tech companies bear the brunt.
The law censors more than it protects. Human Rights Watch documents Labour's use of surveillance, repressive anti-protest laws, and anti-terror legislation to shrink expression, assembly, and association.
Coskun came to Britain because he believed the country remained different from Turkey. He expected to speak freely against the dangers of radical Islam.
Instead, he finds a creeping imposition of speech codes. He accuses Starmer of a political calculation: secure the Muslim vote at any cost. The evidence mounts. The state inverts justice.
The victim of violence faces ruin while his assailant escapes serious punishment. Prosecutors argue that only the "right-minded" feel distress at the Koran burning. The criminal law cannot enforce religious orthodoxy.
In Turkey, Coskun was jailed for protesting the Islamist government. In Britain, he expected liberty. He received prosecution.
In America, Trump defends Western civilisation against extremism. JD Vance declared at Munich that free speech retreats in Europe.
The Vice President questioned whether Britain still shares American values. The facts confirm his charge. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, addressing the same conference this weekend, reinforced it plainly: mass migration “is and continues to be a crisis which is transforming and destabilizing societies all across the West”, border control is a “fundamental act of national sovereignty” rather than xenophobia, and the West must act decisively to build a renewed “Western century” grounded in our shared civilizational heritage.
Britain, birthplace of so much Enlightenment thought, now expels a dissident while the United States prepares to welcome him.
The UK's destruction is underway. Labour politicians bring it to fruition. They appease the mob instead of confronting it. They prioritise electoral arithmetic over ancient liberties.
They allow fear to dictate what citizens may say. Coskun's potential flight stands as a damning symbol. A man who escaped Islamist terror in one country may escape state-enforced silence in another.
He will carry his protest to America if necessary. He will burn Korans there to expose the Islamification he sees spreading. Tomorrow the High Court decides. If it overturns the acquittal, Britain confirms its decline.