Hamit Coskun在伦敦土耳其领事馆外焚烧伊斯兰教经文，引发关于言论自由的外交紧张局势
作者：Emma Bussey
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月15日 美国东部时间晚上8:00
据报道，随着英国检察官寻求恢复一名被推翻定罪的抗议者的处罚，特朗普政府正在考虑介入一名因在伦敦土耳其领事馆外焚烧《古兰经》而被罚款的抗议者案件。
有消息称，官员们正在讨论，如果英国皇家检察署（CPS）赢得上诉，将给予51岁的Hamit Coskun难民身份。一位美国高级政府官员告诉《每日电讯报》，此案是”政府已注意到的几个案件之一”。
Coskun拥有亚美尼亚-库尔德血统，最初从土耳其在英国寻求庇护。他表示，在土耳其，伊斯兰极端分子”摧毁”了他的家庭生活，他还因抗议伊斯兰主义治理而被监禁。
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Hamit Coskun曾表示，如果英国皇家检察署在高等法院的上诉中胜诉，他可能会”逃往”美国。（Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images）
2025年2月13日，他前往伦敦土耳其领事馆，焚烧了一本《古兰经》，同时高喊”伊斯兰教是恐怖主义宗教”和”去他妈的伊斯兰教”等口号。
在那里，他遭到路人Moussa Kadri的袭击，Kadri持刀追赶他、踢他并朝他吐口水。
Kadri后来因袭击罪和在公共场所携带刀具罪被判处缓刑。
Coskun最初被指控”骚扰伊斯兰教宗教机构”，他的案件得到了世俗社会全国协会和言论自由联盟的干预。他们认为检察官实际上是在恢复2008年已废除的亵渎法。
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2025年6月，Coskun因宗教加剧的公共秩序犯罪被定罪并罚款。
同年10月，一名法官裁定，虽然焚烧《古兰经》令许多穆斯林”极为不安和冒犯”，但言论自由”必须包括表达冒犯、震惊或扰乱他人的观点的权利”，因此推翻了他的定罪。
英国皇家检察署目前正在伦敦高等法院寻求推翻这一决定。Coskun告诉《每日电讯报》，如果上诉对他不利，他可能被迫”逃离”该国。
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2025年慕尼黑安全会议上，副总统JD·万斯表示：”我担心，在英国和整个欧洲，言论自由正在倒退。”（Matthias Schrader/AP Photo）
“对我来说，作为伊斯兰恐怖主义的受害者，我不能保持沉默。我可能被迫逃离英国，前往美国，在那里特朗普总统一直支持言论自由并反对伊斯兰极端主义，”他告诉该媒体。
“如果我必须这样做，那么对我来说，英国实际上已经落入了伊斯兰主义和它希望强加给非穆斯林世界的言论规范的掌控中，”他补充道。
唐纳德·特朗普总统和美国政府已经批评英国和欧洲各国政府加强了对言论表达的限制。
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2025年，特朗普抨击英国的在线言论法律，称”那里正在发生奇怪的事情”，并且”这不是一件好事”。
2025年慕尼黑安全会议上，副总统JD·万斯也表示：”我担心，在英国和整个欧洲，言论自由正在倒退。”
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Man who burned Quran in London may get US asylum as case draws Trump administration attention
Hamit Coskun burned Islamic text outside Turkish Consulate in London, sparking diplomatic tension over free speech
By Emma Bussey
Fox News
Published February 15, 2026 8:00pm EST
The Trump administration is weighing involvement in the case of a protester who was fined for burning a Quran outside the Turkish Consulate in London, as U.K. prosecutors look to reinstate his overturned conviction, according to reports.
Officials are said to be discussing granting 51-year-old Hamit Coskun refugee status if the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) wins its appeal, with a senior U.S. administration official telling The Telegraph the case is one of several “the administration has made note of.”
Coskun, of Armenian-Kurdish descent, had initially sought asylum in the U.K. from Turkey, where he says Islamic extremists “destroyed” his family’s life and where he was jailed for protesting Islamist governance.
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Hamit Coskun has said he may “flee” to America if the Crown Prosecution Service succeeds in its High Court challenge.(Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)
On Feb. 13, 2025, he traveled to the Turkish Consulate in London and set fire to a copy of the Quran while shouting slogans including “Islam is [the] religion of terrorism” and “f— Islam.”
There he was attacked by Moussa Kadri, a passerby who chased him with a knife, kicked him and spat on him.
Kadri later received a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of assault and having a bladed article in a public place.
Initially charged with harassing the “religious institution of Islam,” Coskun’s case drew intervention from the National Secular Society and the Free Speech Union, who argued prosecutors were effectively reviving blasphemy laws already abolished in 2008.
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Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offense and fined in June 2025.
That October, Coskun’s conviction was overturned when a judge ruled that while burning a Quran was “desperately upsetting and offensive” to many Muslims, the right to free expression “must include the right to express views that offend, shock or disturb.”
The CPS is now seeking to reverse that decision at London’s High Court, with Coskun telling The Telegraph that if the appeal goes against him, he may be forced “to flee” the country.
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At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance said “in Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat.”(Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)
“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 told the outlet.
“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,” he added.
President Donald Trump and the U.S. administration have already criticized the U.K. and European governments over increased restrictions on expression.
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In 2025, Trump slammed the U.K.’s laws around online speech, saying “strange things are happening” there and that it was “not a good thing.”
At the Munich Security Conference in 2025, Vice President JD Vance also said, “In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of State for comment.
Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.
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