The Trump administration ispreparing to grantrefugee status to a man who burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London and is now facing further legal proceedings in the UK.
Hamit Coskun, 51, previously had a conviction for a religiously aggravated public order offence overturned after he set fire to a copy of the Koran during a protest in Knightsbridge.
However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is challenging that ruling at a High Court hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
Britain Imposes Islamic Blasphemy Law as Man is Convicted of Burning a Quran
A senior U.S. administration official told The Telegraph that it was “one of several cases the administration has made note of.”
Coskun, who sought asylum in Britain from Turkey, has said he may seek protection in the United States if his acquittal is reversed.
“For me, as the victim of Islamic terrorism, I cannot remain silent. I may be forced to flee the UK and move to the USA, where President Trump has stood for free speech and against Islamic extremism,” he said.
“If I have to do so, then, to me, the UK will have effectively fallen to Islamism and the speech codes that it wishes to impose on the non-Muslim world.”
The Trump administration is considering offering Mr Coskun political asylum in the US should he lose his blasphemy case tomorrow.
Hamit fled persecution in Turkey and sought asylum in the UK. Last February, he set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge in…pic.twitter.com/jlJjw6xaUM
Source: The Gateway Pundit
