Qur'an Burning Case

Evening Standard/MSN, Man who burned Koran in London wins appeal against conviction, 11 October 2025

"Hamit Coskun was found guilty earlier this year of a religiously aggravated public order offence having shouted “f*** Islam” while holding the flaming religious text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in England’s capital city in February."

Plants of the Qur’ān

PA, Kew Gardens to host exhibitions exploring Islamic culture, 30 March 2023 Plants of the Qur’ān - Exhibition details here

Ramadan Reflections

This is an interesting Ramadan development from BBSIOnline streaming live on Facebook every evening at 6.30 BST (with recordings also available). (tip: @YBirt) Details via British Board of Scholars and Imams' Facebook and Twitter

100 Years of Marmaduke Pickthall

eventbrite, 100 Years of Marmaduke Pickthall
"To celebrate the 100 years since legendary British Muslim writer Marmaduke Pickthall conversion to Islam we will be holding a celebration dedicated to him. There will be talks from three people who have studied Marmaduke Pickthall extensively." This will be very interesting, although unfortunately, I cannot attend.

'Is it safe for children to study the Koran online?'

Rahila Bano, BBC Asian Network, BBC News, Is it safe for children to study the Koran online? "More British Muslim parents are turning to online service providers for their child's Islamic education - but this has fuelled concern that members of radical groups, based abroad, could pass on extremist views to children."

Conference: Translating the Qur'an

Conference: The Warburg Institute, Translating the Qur'an, 16 March 2012
 

"Girl arrested for allegedly burning Qur'an"

Guardian, Girl arrested for allegedly burning Qur'an, 25 Nov 2010 "A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the West Midlands on suspicion of inciting religious hatred after allegedly burning an English-language version of the Qur'an – and then posting video footage of the act on Facebook."

Qur'an burning incident

Press Association/Guardian, Six held over suspected Qur'an burning, 23 Sep 2010

""The arrests followed the burning of what are believed to have been two Qur'ans in Gateshead on 11 September," the spokesman said. "The incident was recorded and a video placed on the internet."

"In a video posted on YouTube, six young men in hooded tops and scarves can be seen pouring petrol on a book and setting it alight, before burning another."

Sebastian Faulks

Telegraph, Sebastian Faulks: The book I really can't put down, Sebastian Faulks apologises if his comments about the Koran have offended Muslims, 24 Aug 09, "There seems to be an almost inevitable irritation when novelists in Britain and America, with their long history of free speech, touch on matters Islamic. I am not the first and probably won't be the last to have ruffled some feathers, though I feel sad about this, because my new novel, A Week in December, is carefully researched, and, among its main characters, presents a hugely sympathetic and loving Muslim family; it is furthermore made clear that the parents' kindness and good citizenship spring not just from being naturally good eggs but from their devotion to the Koran."