Britain could have "Muslim blasphemy laws" by Tuesday, the founder of the Free Speech Union has warned, ahead of a major High Court ruling.
Hamit Coskun, who burned a Koran outside a Turkish consulate in London, won an appeal against his religiously aggravated public order conviction in October.
He now has to live in a safe house - but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is now attempting to reverse the decision, and will have its case heard at the High Court this Tuesday.
Now, Tory peer Lord Young has told GB News a successful appeal would lead to Muslim blasphemy laws in Britain. The FSU chief, who will back Mr Coskun against the CPS, issued a series of warnings last night of what could happen if he loses.
"If the court overturns his acquittal and upholds the conviction, that will effectively create a a Muslim blasphemy law by the back door," he said. "It will send a message to Muslim fanatics up and down the country that if they want to enforce Islamic blasphemy codes, all they have to do is violently attack the blasphemer, and the blasphemer will then be charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence.
"It's a recipe for chaos. It will be the death knell for free speech in Britain. It will cause a huge rise in community tensions."
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