‘Victim blaming': Man convicted by UK court for protesting against Islam
Spiked Online Editor Tom Slater discusses an asylum seeker in the UK burning a Quran.
50-year-old asylum seeker Hamit Coskun was convicted by a UK court of a racially aggravated public order offence after burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate.
Mr Slater told Sky News Australia that the judge in the case was 'victim blaming' against Hamit Coskun.
Mr Coskun is now in hiding after Metropolitan Police warned of a terrorist threat against him.
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