Posted on 06/05/2008 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.
From the UK - shame on our Police in this instance!
Having said that the police I know are all good guys. But then I live waaaayyy outside Islamic dominated areas.
The muslim cop should be reprimanded by his superiors
in executing a hate crime himself by persecuting a christian
preacher by threat against freedom of speech.(Oh sorry-that’s only in the U.S.- Which amendment is that?)
He wasn’t a cop, he was a police community support officer. He gets to wear a flash uniform, but he has no powers of arrest beyond that of an ordinary citizen....
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