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Can the law survive migration?

Secular law vs sacred duty

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Tom Jones
Jun 27, 2025
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British courts have faced criticism for allegedly reintroducing blasphemy laws after a man who burned a copy of the Koran was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

During a protest on February 13, the Kurdish-Armenian atheist Hamit Coskun protested President Erdogan by shouting “fuck Islam” and “Islam is a religion of terrorism” whi…

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