Charges against street preacher fabricated

Written by Linda Digby 19 Feb 2016
Charges against street preacher fabricated

The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped all charges against Michael Jones, a street preacher of Hornsea, who was arrested and charged for comments made about Islam and IS. The accusations of shouting ‘All Muslims are terrorists, they should not be allowed in this country, Islam is not a religion it’s terrorism’ and ‘Islam does not preach the Bible’ were proven to be fabricated by a passer-by and a woman on her lunch break. Thankfully, Michael made a recording of all of his preaching, without which he would quite likely have been convicted and would now have a criminal record. Andrea Williams from the Christian Legal Centre said, ‘Michael was just exposing the evil of IS, as many others have attempted to do. He was faulted merely for linking the actions of this group back to their ideological foundations.’

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  • Praise: God that Michael had the forethought to record his messages, pray for the protection of the rights of individuals to ‘free expression’ and an end to over-sensitivity when it comes to critiquing Islam. (2Ti.4:2)