A man accused of burning a Koran has had a charge of 'harassing' Islam dropped amid claims it was creating a blasphemy law by the back door.
Hamit Coskun, 50, allegedly set fire to the Muslim holy book outside the Turkish consulate, in west London, in February.
Two days later, he was charged by the Crown Prosecution Service with 'racially aggravated harassment' of the Islam, rather than any individuals.
But concern was raised by Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, along with the National Secular Society, that the move was creating a 'blasphemy law by the back door', 18 years after Parliament abolished Britain's historic law against offending religions.
On Thursday Mr Jenrick wrote to the CPS calling for it to review its decision - and yesterday it said it had. The CPS insisted it was 'not the case' this was 'in response to Mr Jenrick's letter'.
