In February a gentleman named Hamit Coskun (pictured, left) burned a Quran, as a protest, outside the Turkish embassy.  He also uttered a profanity against Islam.  As a result, he was convicted of causing a religiously aggravated public order offence.  Last month, on appeal, his conviction was quashed: according to the judge, he had the right to free expression. Now the Crown Prosecution Service Service (CPS) has appealed to the High Court about whether the decision was made correctly.

The CPS has admitted that "There is no law to prosecute people for blasphemy, and burning a religious text on its own is not a criminal act".  However, the CPS claims that Mr Coskun's actions amounted to disorderly behaviour and demonstrated hostility to a religious or racial group.

We suggest that the CPS is trying to bring in blasphemy laws by the back door.  This is a further attempt, by another national organisation, to erode British values.  We ask you to write to your MPs and local/national newspapers to complain about the actions of the CPS.