The Free Speech Union on X - "BREAKING: Moussa Kadri, the knife-wielding Muslim who repeatedly assaulted Hamit Koskun as he burned the quran outside the Turkish Consulate, has been spared jail. Despite pleading guilty to assault and being in possession of a 'bladed article', Kadri was handed a suspended sentence of just 20 weeks. No jail time. The judge said he had “lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, is living in hiding, having been warned by the police that there are several credible threats to his life. This sentence will do nothing to dispel the suspicion that Britain has a two-tier criminal justice system. Had a knife-wielding white male pleaded guilty to attacking a Muslim for breaching a Christian blasphemy code, you can bet your bottom dollar he would have gone to prison."
Is burning the Koran a more serious crime than assault? - "If there were any doubt that the UK now has both a two-tier justice system and Islamic blasphemy laws, then the cases of Kadri and Coskun surely put this to rest. Back in June, Coskun was convicted of a ‘religiously aggravated public-order offence’, after he burned the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in protest against Turkey’s President Erdoğan. In Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Coskun was found guilty and fined £240. Worse, the judge cited the knife attack and held it up as proof that Coskun’s Koran-burning had led to public disorder. Apparently, he had all but brought this violence on himself. The contrast with Kadri’s treatment could not be more stark. In sentencing him yesterday at Southwark Crown Court, the judge bent over backwards to minimise the seriousness of the attack. Kadri, who pleaded guilty to common assault and possession of a bladed weapon, was spared jail. He was instead fined just £150 and handed a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. The judge accepted he had merely lost his ‘temper and self-control’ as a result of being ‘deeply offended’. The judge even saw fit to lavish praise on Kadri during the sentencing. Apparently, it was a ‘tragedy’ that he had ended up before the court despite leading such a productive life. He was a ‘loved husband and father’, a ‘hard worker’ and a man whose colleagues ‘cannot praise highly enough’, we were told. The message sent by these two court decisions is chilling. The English justice system has made it clear that it will punish blasphemy against Islam. Worse, it considers physical violence – even slashing at someone with a knife – to be an almost understandable response to those who besmirch Islam’s honour. So much so that attacking a blasphemer attracts a smaller fine than the act of blasphemy itself. The British justice system has taken a dark turn. It is not only criminalising those who blaspheme against Islam – it is also putting a target on their backs. It has given a green light to the use of violence to silence Islam’s critics"
Connor Tomlinson on X - "If you want to know how bad things are in Britain: The man holding the Quran, Hamit Coskun was convicted and fined for causing Muslims "harassment, alarm, and distress, with the fact that he was almost stabbed used as the proof. The man doing the attempted stabbing was just set free, without prison time, because the judge described him as "someone of hitherto exemplary character" and "much respected in your work with charity." The Deliveroo cyclist who kicked while he lay in the street Coskun has not been charged.
> Upset Muslims? Get charged initially with “intent to cause against the religious institution of ISLAM harassment, alarm or distress”, and fined £240.00
> Attempt to STAB SOMEONE TO DEATH? Get praised by your judge for how "You are a loved husband and father.""
The Free Speech Union on X - "This decision sends a green light to any Muslim who wants to enforce an Islamic blasphemy by taking the law into their own hands. The court is effectively saying that if you attack a blasphemer with a knife, he will be convicted of causing you harassment, alarm or distress and you won't have to spend a day behind bars. Moussa Kadri has been let off with a suspended sentence after repeatedly slashing Hamit Coskun with a knife while shouting that he was going to kill him. Kadri had been enraged that Coskun was protesting against Islam. Hamit is still living in hiding having been convicted of a “hate crime” for burning his own copy of the Quran. Read more below ⬇️"
The Stark Naked Brief. on X - "The judge that overturned Hamit Coskun's criminal conviction for burning a copy of the Koran. We finally found a good one. His name is Justice Joel Bennathan. Bennathan said at Coskun's hearing: "There is no offence of blasphemy in our law. Burning a Koran may be an act that many Muslims find desperately upsetting and offensive. The criminal law, however, is not a mechanism that seeks to avoid people being upset, even grievously upset. The right to freedom of expression, if it is a right worth having, must include the right to express views that offend, shock or disturb." He then went on to cite Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, pertaining to freedom of expression. It's long past time we scrapped and reviewed our incredibly contradictory speech laws. Meanwhile, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Met Police have deservedly ended up with yet more egg on their face."
Sky News on X - ""I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he is Islamophobic." London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has responded to a series of verbal attacks from Donald Trump."
Steven Barrett on X - "I think this exposes the bullying nature at the heart of the modern left. He is allowed to attack Donald Trump. But if Trump attacks him, Trump is racist. We have Two Tier because fundamentally these people are two tier."
As left wingers proclaim, the violence of the oppressed is not the same as the violence of the oppressor. Which means that "oppressed" people can do anything they like and if the "oppressors" defend themselves, that's literally genocide
South Yorkshire Police gave 'no arrest' deal to Rotherham grooming gang ringleader
Jailed: Teenager with firelighters who waved England flag near North Yorkshire Islamic centre
Meme - "21st century British justice
Posted racist comment on Facebook. Shaun Tuck. 15 weeks prison
Sold anti Immigration stickers. Sam Melia. 24 months prison
Raped 12 Year old girl. Al Soaimi. 180 Community hours no prison time"
Police stopped Tommy Robinson because of his political beliefs, rules judge - "Tommy Robinson was stopped by police and charged with a terror offence because of his political beliefs, a judge has ruled... He was stopped in his Bentley at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone in July 2024 and accused of “frustration” of police counter-terrorism powers after refusing to give police his mobile phone password. District Judge Sam Goozee found Robinson not guilty of failing to comply with the counter-terrorism powers during the incident on July 28 last year. Mr Goozee said: “I cannot put out of my mind that it was actually what you stood for and your political beliefs that acted as the principal reason for this stop.” He also said Pc Mitchell Thorogood’s decision to stop Robinson was based on a “protected characteristic”, adding: “I cannot convict you.”
Kate Ferguson on X - "Shabana Mahmood admits that she does not have the power to ban the Palestine Action protest this weekend."
Adam Brooks AKA EssexPR 🇬🇧 on X - "Yes she does. This is a blatant lie by The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood . 12 such orders were implemented in a 7 year period between 2005 and 2012. Why would she lie?!…"
Daniel Stoten. QPM. on X - "Correct - Yes, the UK Home Secretary has previously prevented public demonstrations from going ahead, primarily through powers under the Public Order Act 1986. These allow the Home Secretary to consent to police requests to prohibit marches or processions (and, in some cases, trespassory assemblies) if they are deemed likely to cause serious public disorder that cannot be mitigated by lesser restrictions.
### Key Historical Example In August 2011, Home Secretary Theresa May approved a Metropolitan Police request to ban an English Defence League (EDL) march planned for September 3 in Tower Hamlets, east London. The ban covered all protest marches across five London boroughs (Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney, and Redbridge) for a three-month period starting September 3. This was due to fears of serious public disorder from the EDL event and anticipated counter-demonstrations. Static demonstrations (non-moving protests) were still permitted, but the marching element was halted. This was the first such ban in the Metropolitan Police area since the 1986 Act entered force.
### Broader Context
- Such bans are rare and require evidence that conditions like route changes or size limits would not suffice to prevent disorder. Prior to 2011, similar Home Secretary consents enabled bans on EDL marches in Bradford, Leicester, and Telford in 2010–2011.
- The power extends to prohibiting trespassory assemblies (e.g., on private land) for up to four days within a 5-mile radius, again with Home Secretary consent.
- These measures balance the right to peaceful assembly (protected under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, incorporated via the Human Rights Act 1998) against public safety, but they have faced criticism for potentially chilling free expression.
While recent governments (2019–2024) have expanded police powers to impose conditions on protests via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and Public Order Act 2023—such as "Serious Disruption Prevention Orders"—direct bans by the Home Secretary remain exceptional and tied to imminent disorder risks."
Police arrest pro-Israel supporters holding placard saying 'we stand with Britain's Jews' while pro-Palestine protesters chant 'death to the IDF' - "Police have arrested pro-Israel supporters who were holding placards which read 'we stand with Britain's Jews', while pro-Palestine protesters were filmed chanting 'death to the IDF' elsewhere in central London... six other people holding a banner saying '"Globalise the intifada" is a call to murder Jews' were also taken into custody... A Campaign Against Antisemitism spokesperson said: 'A week after Jews were murdered at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, protesters have called again with impunity to 'Globalise the intifada', while brave and decent people daring to stand with Britain's Jews have been abused and arrested on the streets of London, because the 'Free Palestine' mobs cannot stand the sight of them. 'Holding signs saying "We stand with Britain's Jews" should not be controversial, but we have had to provide solicitors to represent those who held them in jail. 'There is a ceasefire now, but these marches were never really about a ceasefire. The marchers say that they are 'anti-Zionist', but this was never really about 'Zionists'. 'This is London just over a week after the Prime Minister said he would do 'everything in my power' to protect the Jewish community. 'This is the same Prime Minister who swore that he would tear out antisemitism by its roots. 'These are hate marches, this is two tier policing, and this must stop. We want actions, not words from the Prime Minister, so we are asking him, what are you going to do? We have yet to hear any answers.' The pro-Palestine march, which was attended by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, made its way through central London one day after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect. It marks the 32nd national demonstration in support of Palestine since October 2023, according to organiser Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), with protesters setting off from Embankment at midday for a march ending in a rally in Whitehall."
Kelvin MacKenzie on X - "Remember the huge row when Hertfordshire police sent 6 uniformed officers to detain two parents who complained about their local school via WhatsApp? Well, now the police have admitted the arrest was unlawful and paid each of the parents £10,000. In April Chief Constable Andy Prophet defended the arrest of Maxie Allen, 50, and Rosalind Levine, 47, in front of their children and holding them for 8 hours in a police cell. Now the force has said the criteria for arrest was “ not made out” and accepted liability for wrongful arrest and detention. The dispute began when the parents fell out with Cowley Hill Primary school which their daughter Sacha, 10 attended. She’s registered disabled. Incredibly the school contacted the police about the content and volume of the parents’ complaints. I find that unbelievable. The cops turned up in two vans. Mr Allen , a Times Radio producer, called in the Free Speech Union ( founded by Lord Toby Young) which does marvellous work in such cases. They have trumped again. Hard to understand why police thought turning up in force to arrest these parents was a good use of their time and limited resources. Following this case I can’t imagine the cops will ever again want to be involved in a parent-dispute. Thank God for that."
Jewish protester charged with ‘racial harassment’ over anti-Hezbollah sign - "A Jewish man was arrested and charged with "racially aggravated harassment" after holding a placard at a counter-demonstration depicting a Hezbollah leader... The placard featured a drawing of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah holding a pager to his face, with the words "beep, beep, beep"... an officer asked the counter-protester: "Do you think that showing this image to persons protesting who are clearly pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel that by doing so would stir up racial hatred further than it is already?" The man's lawyer then asked: "Are you saying that there were pro-Hezbollah people there? Because it is a proscribed terrorist organisation."... The protester was later charged under the Public Order Act of causing racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words or writing. The man, who was not named, told the newspaper: "It beggars belief that police could think that this placard may be offensive to supporters of Hezbollah. "If there are Hezbollah supporters at these marches, then why weren't charges brought against them for terrorist offences, rather than me being charged for holding a sign that can only be construed as political satire?... police officers searched his home in an attempt to find the placard, which he claimed was not his. He described how two police vans and six officers arrived to conduct the search, which he said was "invasive" and "totally ridiculous". But eight months later, on May 10, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case, saying there was insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction"
Mocking Islamist terrorists is racist. Ironically, Hezbollah is banned in the UK. Of course calling for Jews to be slaughtered is free speech and arresting people for that is anti-Palestinian racism
Police released race and ethnicity of Liverpool parade suspect ‘with unprecedented speed’ - "Merseyside Police confirmed they had a arrested a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area around two hours after the incident that left dozens of people including four children hurt... Former Metropolitan Police chief superintendent Dal Babu said this morning: "What we do have, which is unprecedented, is the police very quickly giving the ethnicity and the race of the person who was driving the vehicle"
The police’s selective silence on the ethnicity of suspects - spiked - "It won't have escaped most people's notice that the details the police are willing to release about a suspect tend to be based on that suspect's ethnic background. Contrast the caginess of Warwickshire Police in revealing Mulakhil and Kabir's immigration status with Merseyside Police's response to the Liverpool parade crush back in May. Within just two hours of a motorist driving into a crowd of people in central Liverpool, injuring 50 people, the police were eager to let it be known that they had arrested a '53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area'... Of course, we all know that the real reason the police are reluctant to reveal details about ethnic-minority suspects is not for fear of contempt of court - it is really out of a contempt for the public. The police and the authorities see ordinary people, especially the white working class, as a riotous mob-in-waiting, ready to erupt in violence at the earliest news of a crime committed by a non-white Briton or a new arrival. And so they try to brush these crimes under the carpet. This might involve withholding information. Or worse still, as in the grooming-gangs scandal, the police may even refuse to investigate them at all. The result of this is a mutually assured suspicion between police and the people. Whenever details of a suspect are withheld, the public now suspects - with ample justification - that the offender is from an ethnic-minority background. The constant cover-ups from the police and local authorities, all supposedly in the name of cooling communal tensions, are doing as much to inflame matters as the crimes themselves. We must trust the public to hear the truth."
Sunday World on X - "Aged 18 to 66, the accused are mostly unemployed and include students, men on disability allowance and a landscaper"
Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 on X - "The name, age, street address, job and photograph of every arrested protester is published here. But none of that information for the foreign migrant accused of raping the ten-year-old girl. The regime media will do anything to avoid that conversation."
Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners - "The warning comes from the Runnymede Trust and 50 other groups demanding that the policy in England and Wales is scrapped, in a letter sent to the home secretary and police chiefs on Friday. Their research shows that the policy introduced in August led to the term “asylum seeker” appearing in articles on serious crime five times more than before the policy change. The groups say the public is being given a harmful impression that falsely links criminality with ethnicity or migration status. That in turn is helping to further tear at society’s fabric by feeding prejudice... The call for the policy to be scrapped is supported by Amnesty International UK, the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, the chair of the Independent Scrutiny & Oversight Board for police, the National Police Race Action Plan, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Jewish Women’s Aid, Liberty, the Muslim Council of Britain and Inquest."
Damn hate facts!
Mike Amesbury’s sentencing is two-tier justice in action - spiked - "Is punching someone in the face a less serious crime than sharing offensive jokes on WhatsApp? This seems to be the view of the British justice system, at least if this week’s sentencing of former Labour MP Mike Amesbury is anything to go by. Back in October, Amesbury, who is now an independent MP for Runcorn and Helsby, was captured on CCTV brawling with a man in the street. The altercation began as a drunken row between Amesbury and one of his constituents. It ended with the MP punching the man in the head and knocking him to the ground. For this, Amesbury was handed a 10-week jail sentence yesterday by deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram. Judge Ikram may by now be familiar with regular readers of spiked. As Laurie Wastell noted last year, Ikram’s sentencing record often reflects the biases of the woke establishment, particularly its penchant for punishing speechcrimes. Astonishingly, in 2022, when former police constable James Watts was convicted for sending racist messages to a private WhatsApp group, Ikram sentenced him to 20 weeks in jail. That’s twice the jailtime he gave to Amesbury this week for a physically violent crime. Ikram described Watts’s WhatsApps, which included memes mocking Black Lives Matter and the death of George Floyd, as ‘the most serious offences’. As abhorrent as those messages will have been, most of us could probably think of far more serious offences. The problem goes much deeper than just one judge. In Britain, you can be imprisoned for two years for producing offensive stickers, and yet committing a violent offence, such as stabbing someone or stamping on someone’s head, might not result in any jailtime at all. Of course, Amesbury’s drunken brawl is nowhere near as serious as those crimes. But in what world is it less serious than sharing grim jokes? There is something deeply broken about a justice system that treats offensive words more harshly than actual violence. Clearly, the judicial establishment cares more about policing people’s opinions than protecting the public."
Allison Pearson on X - "Britain in 2025. Police arrest a man for calling someone “a Muppet”. It caused her “distress” apparently. Officers have no business trying to eradicate “offence” from our society. They are not guardians of morality and manners. Solve some crimes, you Muppets!"
Yossi BenYakar on X - "In the UK, an Islamist tells police they must not bring dogs into “his area” — and openly threatens to kill any dog that comes near him. And as always with the UK police, they listen… letting him spread fear and hatred, toward Jews and even toward innocent dogs. For those who don’t know: in Islamist doctrine, dogs are considered “Najis” (impure)."
Man arrested over anti-Hamas social media post - "A man has been arrested over posting an image online that said “F--- Hamas”. Pete North, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence on Thursday night over a meme that he posted on X... “The officer in the interview said, ‘Well, firstly, let’s start with the meme. You posted a meme that said f--- Hamas’. “I said, ‘yeah, I did post a meme that said f--- Hamas, because Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organisation internationally, including in Britain. Just so we’re on the same page, you do know who Hamas are?’ And he just looked gormlessly and shook his head. “‘And so you don’t know anything about Oct 7?’ And I briefly explained to him what happened at the Nova music festival. He was totally oblivious. If you’re going to arrest people for memes, you probably need to pay more attention to current affairs.”"
Tom Slater on X - "If this account turns out to be true, it is truly chilling. Right-wing activist Pete North says he was arrested last night over an anti-Islam meme. He was asked about Tommy Robinson. Hate-speech law is just political censorship by another name. (H/t @ShipleyWrites @spectator)"
Once again, to the left, Islam is a race
Dr. Maalouf on X - "In the UK, a Muslim police officer wants to arrest a British Christian preacher because his preaching caused Muslims anxiety and distress. The world is upside down!"
Two-tier policing is not a myth - spiked - "The widespread claims that Britain has a problem with ‘two-tier policing’ have clearly touched a nerve with the establishment. Earlier this week, when a Sky News reporter asked Mark Rowley, Britain’s most-senior police officer, if he would ‘end two-tier policing’, Rowley grabbed the mic from the journalist’s hand and dropped it on the ground. He later issued a statement claiming that it is ‘complete nonsense’ that police would treat anyone differently according to their race, religion or political leanings. I dare say Sir Mark doth protest too much. The media have also declared, in unison, that there is no bias to be found in our police. Almost every major media outlet has carried an article purporting to ‘fact-check’ and ‘debunk’ the claims around two-tier policing. The Times ran with ‘Two-tier policing: the claims fact-checked’. ‘How has the “two-tier policing” myth become widespread?’, asks the Guardian. ‘What is two-tier policing? Nigel Farage and Elon Musk’s claims debunked’, announces an Independent headline. That ‘two-tier policing’ is a myth, invented and spread by the far right no less, is simply taken as a given. This is a bit strange, no? In some cases, the very same outlets that, until now, have been running near weekly articles on how the police are institutionally or structurally racist, riddled with some ‘-ism’ or ‘-phobia’, proclaim that any suggestion of unfairness in policing is preposterous. Apparently, if you dare to use the words ‘two-tier policing’, or ‘two-tier Keir’, then you have probably fallen under the malign sway of Tommy Robinson... Just two weeks before the race riot in Southport, riots broke out in Harehills, a diverse suburb of Leeds. This was sparked when social services attempted to take a Roma child into care. Yet while the police were out in force in Southport and in other English towns over the past two weeks, in Harehills, the police simply ran away. Rioters then overturned a police car, set fire to a bus and wreaked havoc for the rest of the evening. The police essentially allowed the rioters to tire themselves out. Tellingly, most of the ‘fact-checks’ on two-tier policing don’t mention the Harehills unrest at all. The Guardian at least nods to it, but claims that the ‘circumstances in Harehills were very different’, although it does not really explain why. Of course, a key difference in ‘circumstances’ was the rioters’ ethnic backgrounds. Strikingly, the day after the Harehills unrest, Leeds City Council issued a joint statement with ‘representatives of the Roma community’ praising that community’s contribution to the ‘diversity and richness’ of the area. Might this be a hint that the identity of those rioters was at the forefront of the minds of the authorities? What the deniers of two-tier policing miss is that differential treatment for different ethnic groups is an unseemly, but inevitable outgrowth of the system of multiculturalism. From the late 1980s onwards, the British state has increasingly related to its ethnic-minority subjects via self-appointed ‘community leaders’ who, in turn, can have a great deal of influence over police and local-authority decision-making... We saw this system plainly in action in Birmingham earlier this week, when masked Muslim men were allowed to roam around Bordesley Green with weapons. An LBC journalist was chased away with a metal poll. A Sky News broadcast van had its tires stabbed at. A man was badly beaten outside a pub, leaving him with a lacerated liver. The police knew that large crowds were planning to gather here but they decided not to show up. The next day, Emlyn Richards of West Midlands Police explained why. Speaking to Sky News, he said that his officers had met with ‘community leaders’ to ‘understand the style of policing we needed to deliver’. The ‘community’ (ie, Birmingham’s Muslims) ‘were trying to make sure that [this gathering] was policed within themselves’. So that’s okay, then? Some communities are free to ‘police themselves’ and can decide how certain men with weapons should be policed? That sounds an awful lot like two-tier policing to me. Perhaps the most egregious examples of two-tier policing relate to the ‘pro-Palestine’ marches that have been held almost weekly since 7 October last year. The Metropolitan Police – usually keen to bundle Londoners into a van for using offensive language – haven’t just been turning a blind eye to much of the rank anti-Semitism on the streets. No, they have also actively tried to appease and excuse the most hateful Islamist elements of these marches. Back in October, members of Hizb ut-Tahrir – now a proscribed terror organisation – gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in London screaming ‘jihad, jihad, jihad’ and calling for ‘Muslim armies’ to invade Israel. In response, the Met put out an extraordinary tweet trying to reassure the public that jihad ‘has multiple meanings’, while chiding those who associate it ‘with terrorism’. In this instance, the police didn’t just turn a blind eye to this call for terroristic violence and war, they were effectively doing the Islamists’ PR for them. Meanwhile, the Met seem to have a zero-tolerance approach towards anything that might cause offence to Islamists and anti-Semites. Niyak Ghorbani, an exiled Iranian dissident, has been arrested on multiple occasions for holding up a sign that accurately describes Hamas – the anti-Semitic terror group behind the 7 October massacre – as ‘terrorists’. Clearly, the police are aware that opposing Hamas is a provocation to the many anti-Semites and Islamists who attend these ‘peace marches’. Similarly, last year, volunteers for the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism were threatened with arrest for a ‘breach of the peace’ over a mobile billboard displaying images of the children who had been kidnapped by Hamas. Police officers have even been photographed tearing down posters of Israeli hostages. The excuse for this anti-Semitic vandalism? To calm ‘community tensions’ – a cowardly euphemism for appeasing Islamist bigots. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that none of these obvious and unambiguous examples of policing double standards feature in the many media ‘debunkings’ of the ‘two-tier-policing myth’. Not for the first time, the ‘fact-checkers’ are less interested in establishing the truth than in defending the establishment narrative. Let’s be frank, two-tier policing is not only real – it is also impossible for any honest person to ignore."
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