UPDATE:
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026332/posts
Police threaten Christians for preaching in Muslim communities in Britain
CNA ^ | 6/4/2008
Posted on June 5, 2008 2:42:19 AM PDT by markomalley
London, Jun 4, 2008 / 07:24 pm (CNA).- British police said they will not apologize to two Christian preachers who were threatened with arrest by a Muslim police officer for preaching Christianity in Muslim communities in the city of Birmingham.
According to the Telegraph, the incident occurred last February when Christian ministers Arthur Cunningham and Joseph Abraham were handing out leaflets and speaking with four Muslim youths about Christianity in Birmingham. Naeem Naguthney, a Muslim police community support officer told them to cease-and-desist from preaching to Muslims and threatened to charge them with a “hate crime.”
“He said we were in a Muslim area and were not allowed to spread our Christian message,” Cunningham told the Telegraph. “He said we were committing a hate crime by telling the youths to leave Islam and said that he was going to take us to the police station.”
Abraham, an Egyptian-born Muslim who converted to Christianity, told the Telegraph his experience confirms Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali’s controversial statement that parts of Britain have become “no-go” areas.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rezko
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363364,00.html
(AP)
“Political Fundraiser Tony Rezko Found Guilty on 16 Counts in Corruption Trial”
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CHICAGO — A prominent fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted Wednesday of fraud and money laundering after a high-profile federal trial provided an unusually detailed glimpse of the pay-to-play politics that has made Illinois infamous.
Antoin “Tony” Rezko showed no emotion as the jury found him guilty of a majority of the 24 counts he faced, including scheming to get kickbacks out of money management firms wanting state business and a contractor who wanted to build a hospital in northern Illinois. He was acquitted of charges that included attempted extortion.”