(GB News) Police have been accused of “enforcing Sharia law on the streets of Britain” after naming a man who burnt a Koran in Manchester on Saturday.
A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a “racially aggravated public order offence” over the weekend for burning the Muslim holy book on a livestream next to the Manchester Arena bombing memorial in the city.
A police statement on Saturday had warned of the “deep concern this will cause within some of our diverse communities” — then, on Monday, the force named the man.
A victim impact statement by Fahad Iqbal, who tried to intervene in the burning, was read in court on Monday.
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