AhlulBayt News Agency: A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in central London on Thursday has been released on bail.
Hamit Coskun, 50, from Derby, has denied religiously motivated harassment.
He was charged following the incident near the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge, London, on Thursday.
In a video of the incident, the Quran burner can be heard calling Muslims “terrorists” while a man yielding a knife can be seen kicking and spitting on him.
He also lashed out at him several times with a knife but it’s not clear if any connection was made.
A delivery driver on a bicycle can also be seen kicking the Quran burner.
At Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Coskun spoke through an interpreter as he entered not guilty pleas.
He was released on conditional bail and will appear before the same court for trial on May28.
A second man, Moussa Kadri, 59, from Kensington and Chelsea, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon.
He is due at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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