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Trump Administration Weighs Asylum for Koran Burner

2/16/2026

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  • The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering asylum for Hamit Coskun, who burned a Koran outside a Turkish consulate in London.
  • Coskun faces a UK blasphemy case and says threats to his life may push him to seek asylum in the U.S. if he loses, while the Crown Prosecution Service appeals the overturned conviction.
  • A UK judge overturned Coskun’s initial public order conviction, ruling blasphemy is not a crime.