In this video, Moussa Kadri repeatedly slashes a knife at a man for burning a Koran. Today, he has been spared jail time.
In the sentencing remarks, the Judge said: "I note however that you are now 59 years old and someone of hitherto exemplary character… You are a loved… pic.twitter.com/pRnJcUXkTi
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In the sentencing remarks, the Judge said: "I note however that you are now 59 years old and someone of hitherto exemplary character… You are a loved husband and father. A hard worker and someone who, those who have written on your behalf cannot praise highly enough. You are relied upon as a carer and much respected in your work with charity.”
The man he slashes a knife at is Hamit Coskun, who was burning a Koran in protest. For this, Hamit was originally charged by the CPS with intent to cause "harassment, alarm or distress" against "the religious institution of Islam". This charge was dropped, and changed to a Public Order Offence: disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
Part of the prosecution’s evidence that Hamit had caused someone harassment, alarm or distress was that Moussa Kadri attacked him with a knife.
Hamit was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of £240. He is also now living in hiding due to credible threats to his life. Moussa Kadri, the man who tries to stab him in this video, is walking free.
The suggestion that Kadri's attack showed that Hamit "had caused someone harassment, alarm or distress" is like saying that a woman's rape showed that she'd caused someone, her rapist, an uncontrollable sexual urge. It was her fault. Lovely to see how Islamic thinking is penetrating our legal system.
From the BBC report:
Lord Young of Acton, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, said after the sentencing that it "sends a green light to any Muslim who wants to enforce an Islamic blasphemy by taking the law into their own hands.
"The court is effectively saying that if you attack a blasphemer with a knife, he will be convicted of causing you harassment, alarm or distress and you won't have to spend a day behind bars."
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