On 2 June 2025, Diana Constantinide spoke on GBNews regarding the recent conviction of Hamit Coskun, found guilty under Section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986, religiously aggravated under Section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Coskun’s actions—burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London while shouting hostile remarks against Islam—were not peaceful protest but a deliberate and provocative act intended to insult and incite. His conduct caused harassment, alarm, and distress, fitting squarely within the offences the law seeks to prevent. The Crown Prosecution Service acted appropriately to protect communities and uphold the principle that religious hostility and incitement have no place in public life, even under the guise of protest.

Freedom of expression is a fundamental right, but this was not merely an expression of opinion; it was materialised through a provocative action—burning the Quran, and by extension, any religious text. While Coskun claimed to protest the Turkish government, his words and actions clearly targeted Islam as a religion. The law recognises the seriousness of such hostility through religious aggravation, reinforcing that freedom of expression does not protect behaviour designed to intimidate or offend religious communities.