A police force has been accused of endangering a man who burned a Quran by publishing his name and address on social media despite the current risks faced by people who criticise Islam. The Telegraph has more. Martin Frost, 47, admitted a religiously aggravated public order offence after being filmed tearing pages from the Islamic holy book and setting them alight in Manchester on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police included his name, date of birth and the borough where he lives in a post on X announcing he had been charged. Frost, from Stretford, Trafford, was bailed on Monday after pleading guilty to a single charge of racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress, toward a passer-by, Fahad Iqbal, who tried to intervene in the incident.
Frost was in custody when Greater Manchester Police posted his details on X. The first line of his address was withheld by the force but released later that day in court. The court was told how he had publicised the event online beforehand and that it was live-streamed on social media. Robin Lynch, prosecuting, told the court a crowd of supporters had gathered near the Glade of Light memorial to the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing , last Saturday afternoon when Frost began tearing out pages of the Koran.
Islam has no place in civil society. He then threw the book in the river nearby before being arrested. When he began to burn the Koran my heart was about to break out. This is the most emotion I have ever felt.
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