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Judge convicts man who burned Koran in London

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A Turkish-born man who burned a Koran in London was on Monday found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, in a case taken up by free-speech campaigners.

Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted "Islam is religion of terrorism" and "Koran is burning" as he set the book alight outside the Turkish consulate in London last February 13.

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