Germany strips ‘Palestinian’ Muslim migrant of citizenship after he celebrates Hamas
This is very good, but now what is Germany going to do about the millions of other German citizens, Muslim and non-Muslim, who love Hamas?
Germany strips Palestinian of citizenship after he celebrated Hamas
by James Jackson, Telegraph,
October 12, 2025:
A Palestinian man is to be stripped of his newly granted German citizenship after posting a photo showing support for Hamas.
A day after celebrating the arrival of his German passport, the man, referred to only as Abdallah, uploaded a picture to Instagram showing Hamas fighters with the caption “heroes of Palestine”.
Shortly afterwards, he received a letter from Germany’s interior ministry saying his citizenship had been revoked, according to the local Bild newspaper….
While Germany has blocked the path to citizenship based on an applicant’s rejection of Israel’s recognition as a state, the case of Abdallah is believed to be one of the few cases where citizenship has been stripped.
It’s not clear if he will be deported, given that Germany does not recognise Palestine as a state.
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UK: Qur’an burner’s court victory is a defeat for those who want to criminalize opposition to jihad and Sharia
UK District Judge John McGarva found Hamit Coskun “guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence, was ‘motivated at least in part by a hatred of Muslims.’” Coskun, who is half Kurdish and half Armenian, had shouted, as he burned the Qur’an, that “Islam is a religion of terrorism.” Armenian Christians and Kurdish Muslims have been the victims of violent jihad and Sharia-sanctioned persecution. So have other religious minorities; Sharia is intolerant and hateful toward kaffirs.
Coskun’s declaration demonstrates that his motive in burning the Qur’an was entirely different from “hatred of Muslims.” He was expressing his view of Islamic doctrine. One can hate a religious doctrine without hating the people who hold it. Nonetheless, Judge McGarva decided to boost Islamic blasphemy laws in the UK.
The higher court has overturned McGarva’s decision, instead delivering an unexpected free speech victory.
UK Islamic blasphemy laws defeated in free speech victory
by Robert Johnson, Valley Vanguard,
October 14, 2025:
Britain’s debate over the limits of free expression has taken another turn after a higher court quashed a conviction in a case that tested the line between offensive speech and criminality. The ruling in the case of Hamit Coskun, who set fire to a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in London earlier this year, has been read by civil liberties advocates as a significant reinforcement of the right to offend.
The episode began with a public act of provocation that quickly turned violent: Coskun burned the religious text while shouting denunciations of Islam, and was then physically attacked by a passerby. A lower court later convicted him of a racially motivated public-order offense. That conviction has now been overturned by Southwark Crown Court, a decision that raises fresh questions about how police, prosecutors and judges should handle acts intended to shock.
How the events unfolded and the original conviction
In February, outside the Turkish embassy in west London, a man publicly burned a Koran and shouted inflammatory slogans about Islam. The incident prompted a violent response from a member of the public who stabbed and kicked the protester and spat on him.
- The initial court found Coskun guilty under public-order legislation, treating his actions as racially aggravated conduct.
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