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Christian preachers face arrest in Birmingham
The Telegraph ^ | 10:43PM BST 31 May 2008 | David Harrison

Posted on 12/12/2015 9:46:36 PM PST by WhiskeyX

A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham.

The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a "hate crime" and were told they risked being beaten up if they returned. The incident will fuel fears that "no-go areas" for Christians are emerging in British towns and cities, as the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, claimed in The Sunday Telegraph this year.

Arthur Cunningham, 48, and Joseph Abraham, 65, both full-time evangelical ministers, have launched legal action against West Midlands Police, claiming the officer infringed their right to profess their religion.

Mr Abraham said: "I couldn't believe this was happening in Britain. The Bishop of Rochester was criticised by the Church of England recently when he said there were no-go areas in Britain but he was right; there are certainly no-go areas for Christians who want to share the gospel."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: birmingham; britain; christian; elections; england; immigration; muslim; nogoarea; trump; trumpwasright; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 12/12/2015 9:46:36 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
Meanwhile, Muslims are free to proselytize in jails, schools and elsewhere.
2 posted on 12/12/2015 9:48:47 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: WhiskeyX

It is a hate crime to speak out against girls being raped?


3 posted on 12/12/2015 9:49:28 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: WhiskeyX

Believe it.


4 posted on 12/12/2015 9:49:43 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Slyfox

“It is a hate crime to speak out against girls being raped?”

Yep. It’s a hate crime to investigate or prosecute it too, apparently. The actual rapes I mean.

L


5 posted on 12/12/2015 9:51:44 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Glad I read the article a little bit.

That’s England


6 posted on 12/12/2015 9:54:17 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: WhiskeyX

May God bless them and give them strength and wisdom.


7 posted on 12/12/2015 9:55:48 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: WhiskeyX

This is life undone. Welcome to 1984.


8 posted on 12/12/2015 9:58:18 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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So now there are places in OUR country where Americans can no longer go because we may offend some ****ing bottom feeding Muslim savages? Nice.


9 posted on 12/12/2015 9:59:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Obama says, the Second Amendment is the greatest recruiting tool that ISIS has.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
This is life undone. Welcome to 1984.

More like welcome back to 984!

10 posted on 12/12/2015 10:03:38 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Lol. Your s laugh. It’s England. There are more bet inhale in the world. Also news is more then the United States. Hope you didn’t stoke out unnecessarily.


11 posted on 12/12/2015 10:04:28 PM PST by napscoordinator
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Why do we shive a git what is going on in England? Posts like this should be marked Birmingham England or Birmingham Alabama.


12 posted on 12/12/2015 10:08:32 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Obama says, the Second Amendment is the greatest recruiting tool that ISIS has.)
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Why do we shive a git what is going on in England?

Because, when the SHTF and war does break out; we have the ABC's we will will fight to defend (Australia, Britain and Canada), they are our closest allies. And our fates are intertwined, what befalls one, befalls us all.

13 posted on 12/12/2015 10:13:04 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Vendome

Yeah, this is another place name that always confuses me here.


14 posted on 12/12/2015 10:15:17 PM PST by jocon307
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Relieved somewhat to see it wasn't Birmingham, AL, USA.

Yet.

15 posted on 12/12/2015 10:15:59 PM PST by o_1_2_3__ (Obama lied, people died - Holiday Edition)
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To: Slyfox

It might be a hate crime to “blaspheme the prophet”, depending on the mood over at USDOJ.


16 posted on 12/12/2015 10:16:58 PM PST by o_1_2_3__ (Obama lied, people died - Holiday Edition)
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>> The incident will fuel fears that “no-go areas” for Christians

GTH, UK... never mind, you already chose that route.


17 posted on 12/12/2015 10:40:22 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Note, this is a news story from 2008 about events in Birmingham, England. This news story goes towards validating what Trump has to say today about British police having no-go-areas in Britain contrary to the protestations of British Leadership out of step with the British people.


18 posted on 12/12/2015 10:59:16 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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The West better wake up NOW!
19 posted on 12/12/2015 11:18:41 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Slyfox
It is a hate crime to thwart the next caliphate. As Bill Shakespeare once said:

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

Is it strange that the western world is waiting for a saviour from an islamic death?

20 posted on 12/13/2015 2:58:08 AM PST by x_plus_one (The hammer of heretics, the light of Spain, the savior of his country, the honor of his order..)
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