Christian Preacher ‘Threatened With Arrest’ After Being Assaulted by Muslim Men on Street
A Christian preacher says he was the victim of “two-tier policing and censorship” after he was assaulted by Muslim men in Bristol – then threatened with arrest by police. GB News has the story.
Pastor Dia Moodley is considering taking legal action against Avon and Somerset Police after he claims he was assaulted by Muslim bystanders who objected to his peaceful preaching and then being threatened with arrest by police.
Since 2020, the Christian from Bristol has been the subject of repeated enforcement action by Avon and Somerset Police over his street preaching, which includes comparisons between Christianity and Islam.
He expressed that while he believes policing is a vital job, he has experienced “two-tier policing and censorship”.
Moodley said: “I just want the police to uphold the fundamental human right of freedom of expression for preachers like me, and to properly investigate crime against me and people like me. …
“This is a clear example of two-tier policing and was effectively victim-blaming. This should not occur in a free and democratic society.”
While preaching in March this year, a number of Muslim men took offence at Moodley’s preaching, with one man threatening to stab him and another attempting to punch his wife, according to the pastor. …
Moodley described the bystanders attempting to forcibly take his Koran, which he had been holding in his hand, pushing him off his ladder, pinning him to the floor and claiming the Koran was their book, not his.
He claimed police officers told him on two separate occasions that he would be arrested for a breach of the peace, despite considering himself the victim.
Moodley said that the man who had threatened to stab him continued to make threats in the presence of the officers and was not arrested.
Unfortunately, when plod got hold of the CCTV recordings they found that they had suffered from a mysterious “wiping” which is also a common fault on current police body cams.
Avon and Somerset Police have issued a statement to the effect that there is no such thing as “two-tier” policing and lessons will be learned.
Despite having more CCTV cameras per head of population than any other western country, our systems do appear to be very unreliable.
I ended up in court a few years ago after a “misunderstanding” when train station bloke threatened to physically place a face covering on me. CCTV “wasn’t working” that night. Bodycam footage had been “lost”. Terrible technology eh?
CCTV never records anything which would inconvenience the people operating it. That’s part of its advanced AI features: It always clairvoyantly knows what its owner want to be able to show while maintaing a convincing notion of being an impersonal and thus, objective recording device. Only malcontents claims this would be due to the CCTV operator simply deleting whatever he really doesn’t want other people to see after the fact.
This devout atheist hates stuff like this.
Agents of the state actively protecting one religious group (that hates Britain) and threatening another (that appears to rather like Britain).
No such thing as ‘Christianophobia’, though, that’s the thing. Christians don’t get a lifetime’s supply of victim cards. Speakers Corner is a great example of this, but also of demonstrating who it is that demands tolerance but gives not one iota in return. It’s always the lone Christian or Jew that gets moved along at Speakers Corner. Apparently it’s their fault for antagonising and triggering the ever-present baying mob of Muslim yobs that congregate en masse there. Words spoken freely and that don’t align with their belief system are harem and so they collectively lose their shit. Police take the path of least resistance ( which just further confirms they’re the Muslims’ bitches ) and remove the sole Christian/Jew. I’d imagine it’s a lot less likely the Christian/Jew would be carrying a blade too.
If Muslims want to whinge about being offended or persecuted due to their faith the police are all ears, the same doesn’t apply to anyone else. They couldn’t give a toss. They showed who they are when they bent over for Islam a long time back.
A man who stands on a box outside Anfield Road and starts shouting that Liverpool are rubbish and Manchester United are brilliant would almost certainly be removed by the police and nothing would happen to the Liverpool supporters who no doubt would threaten him (at the very least).
The issue is really that there are many areas of the UK which is now home ground for Muslims and where a Christian is away from home.
This isn’t a police problem. It’s a very serious brewing religious problem.
I agree it’s a serious problem and agree with this point: “The issue is really that there are many areas of the UK which is now home ground for Muslims and where a Christian is away from home”.
I don’t agree that it isn’t a police problem. Bristol is not a mosque or holy place, it’s just a city, and it’s not a majority Muslim one either. From the look of it, the bloke is in a high street. I think there’s a big difference between the public square he is in and going to Anfield to wind up Liverpool supporters, and I would say a big difference between preaching a religion and slagging off a football team. A better comparison would be this bloke outside a mosque at some specific time, preaching just about how Islam is terrible, and how he would be treated compared to some Muslim person doing the equivalent outside a Christian church on a Sunday morning. I think the police out to deal with that even-handedly, whether that was to stop both or protect both, or enforce an exclusion zone.
I will admit to some exaggeration in the comparison, to make the point. But not by much.
I do believe that the man is probably trying to be provocative and confrontational. If you are preaching Christianity, why do you need to hold a Koran and talk about Islam?
And I suspect he probably picked a spot with plenty of Muslims around.
The scene may not be quite as stark as the football comparison. But I suspect the intent is not too dissimilar, which is to provoke a reaction.
He of course has a right to do that, as the person in the football scenario also technically has a right. The wisdom and purpose is debatable. The reaction by the police, even more debatable in my view.
Well if he truly believes that Islam is not good for people or for the world, then he presumably feels obliged to say so. I don’t think that is so different from preaching Christianity, depending on how it is preached. “You’re all sinners”!
As for the area, I have only been to Bristol a few times and not recently but I didn’t think it was like some places where there are majority Muslim areas, but I may be wrong.
I also think that religion is an important subject that should be debated in public, and that freedom to debate is worth police resources to protect. Winding up opposing football fans, not so much. There is a grey area between harassment and legitimate protest which may in previous times have been handled with care by the law & order system – sadly as we are seeing, the political agenda has taken over.
He is Christian. If a Mahometan stood on a box and proclaimed the rape of white girls, 4 wives, sex concubinage, the extermination of Jews and Christians and the wonders of Sharia Barbarism, and then attacked a Christian nay sayer who was listening and objecting; any plod in the area would applaud and cheer. The Muzzie would be on BBC prime time.
Let’s be honest. Police and government now enforce de facto Sharia Law across the UK.
In effect, they uphold blasphemy law against Christians in defence of Islam.
My Boss tells me to be wise as a serpent, innocent as a dove. Be streetwise, get evidence, have multiple witnesses and hold police to account.
I must make people aware of ‘Young Bob’ here, if you don’t already know him. He’s only 18 years old, a patriot and a Christian. He’s always getting attacked, especially in Speakers Corner, and this footage illustrates my point above. See the behaviour and pack mentality of the Muslims, and on other footage they’re seen to have knives. He’s fearless though and just keeps doing what he’s doing but I think he needs to be careful. I’d worry myself sick if this were my son. No sign of the police for a change;
”More footage on what happened today at speakers corner when the religion of peace tries to debate Islam.”
Yes, Young Bob is an emerging hero…. Very articulate and brave…
Jane G
8 months ago
At the risk of sounding like ‘one of them’, I have reservations about this story.
Full disclosure: I’m a church-going Christian, helps with coffee rota, occasional organist and ex Sunday school teacher and happily accept leaflets from the vocal street preacher in my local town.
I do wonder whether this bloke is inviting trouble if he’s noisily comparing Christianity with Islam. It’s bound to p*** off the local Muslims although they have no right to do him violence.
If he stuck to preaching the gospel maybe he wouldn’t get into trouble?
I confess if a noisy Muzz were to stand in any street rubbishing my faith I would flick him the finger – but that’s as far as it would go.
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An assault in a shopping precinct. No CCTV. Really?
Unfortunately, when plod got hold of the CCTV recordings they found that they had suffered from a mysterious “wiping” which is also a common fault on current police body cams.
Avon and Somerset Police have issued a statement to the effect that there is no such thing as “two-tier” policing and lessons will be learned.
Despite having more CCTV cameras per head of population than any other western country, our systems do appear to be very unreliable.
I ended up in court a few years ago after a “misunderstanding” when train station bloke threatened to physically place a face covering on me. CCTV “wasn’t working” that night. Bodycam footage had been “lost”. Terrible technology eh?
CCTV never records anything which would inconvenience the people operating it. That’s part of its advanced AI features: It always clairvoyantly knows what its owner want to be able to show while maintaing a convincing notion of being an impersonal and thus, objective recording device. Only malcontents claims this would be due to the CCTV operator simply deleting whatever he really doesn’t want other people to see after the fact.
Two tier cctv too?
That first picture sure looks like he’s under arrest. Was he ‘de-arrested’ after being arrested (stopped) from his preaching.
This devout atheist hates stuff like this.
Agents of the state actively protecting one religious group (that hates Britain) and threatening another (that appears to rather like Britain).
This is insane.
No such thing as ‘Christianophobia’, though, that’s the thing. Christians don’t get a lifetime’s supply of victim cards. Speakers Corner is a great example of this, but also of demonstrating who it is that demands tolerance but gives not one iota in return. It’s always the lone Christian or Jew that gets moved along at Speakers Corner. Apparently it’s their fault for antagonising and triggering the ever-present baying mob of Muslim yobs that congregate en masse there. Words spoken freely and that don’t align with their belief system are harem and so they collectively lose their shit. Police take the path of least resistance ( which just further confirms they’re the Muslims’ bitches ) and remove the sole Christian/Jew. I’d imagine it’s a lot less likely the Christian/Jew would be carrying a blade too.
If Muslims want to whinge about being offended or persecuted due to their faith the police are all ears, the same doesn’t apply to anyone else. They couldn’t give a toss. They showed who they are when they bent over for Islam a long time back.
A man who stands on a box outside Anfield Road and starts shouting that Liverpool are rubbish and Manchester United are brilliant would almost certainly be removed by the police and nothing would happen to the Liverpool supporters who no doubt would threaten him (at the very least).
The issue is really that there are many areas of the UK which is now home ground for Muslims and where a Christian is away from home.
This isn’t a police problem. It’s a very serious brewing religious problem.
I agree it’s a serious problem and agree with this point: “The issue is really that there are many areas of the UK which is now home ground for Muslims and where a Christian is away from home”.
I don’t agree that it isn’t a police problem. Bristol is not a mosque or holy place, it’s just a city, and it’s not a majority Muslim one either. From the look of it, the bloke is in a high street. I think there’s a big difference between the public square he is in and going to Anfield to wind up Liverpool supporters, and I would say a big difference between preaching a religion and slagging off a football team. A better comparison would be this bloke outside a mosque at some specific time, preaching just about how Islam is terrible, and how he would be treated compared to some Muslim person doing the equivalent outside a Christian church on a Sunday morning. I think the police out to deal with that even-handedly, whether that was to stop both or protect both, or enforce an exclusion zone.
I will admit to some exaggeration in the comparison, to make the point. But not by much.
I do believe that the man is probably trying to be provocative and confrontational. If you are preaching Christianity, why do you need to hold a Koran and talk about Islam?
And I suspect he probably picked a spot with plenty of Muslims around.
The scene may not be quite as stark as the football comparison. But I suspect the intent is not too dissimilar, which is to provoke a reaction.
He of course has a right to do that, as the person in the football scenario also technically has a right. The wisdom and purpose is debatable. The reaction by the police, even more debatable in my view.
Well if he truly believes that Islam is not good for people or for the world, then he presumably feels obliged to say so. I don’t think that is so different from preaching Christianity, depending on how it is preached. “You’re all sinners”!
As for the area, I have only been to Bristol a few times and not recently but I didn’t think it was like some places where there are majority Muslim areas, but I may be wrong.
I also think that religion is an important subject that should be debated in public, and that freedom to debate is worth police resources to protect. Winding up opposing football fans, not so much. There is a grey area between harassment and legitimate protest which may in previous times have been handled with care by the law & order system – sadly as we are seeing, the political agenda has taken over.
He is Christian. If a Mahometan stood on a box and proclaimed the rape of white girls, 4 wives, sex concubinage, the extermination of Jews and Christians and the wonders of Sharia Barbarism, and then attacked a Christian nay sayer who was listening and objecting; any plod in the area would applaud and cheer. The Muzzie would be on BBC prime time.
Let’s be honest. Police and government now enforce de facto Sharia Law across the UK.
In effect, they uphold blasphemy law against Christians in defence of Islam.
My Boss tells me to be wise as a serpent, innocent as a dove. Be streetwise, get evidence, have multiple witnesses and hold police to account.
Your Boss is the Boss.
Civil war just around the corner, be prepared.
I must make people aware of ‘Young Bob’ here, if you don’t already know him. He’s only 18 years old, a patriot and a Christian. He’s always getting attacked, especially in Speakers Corner, and this footage illustrates my point above. See the behaviour and pack mentality of the Muslims, and on other footage they’re seen to have knives. He’s fearless though and just keeps doing what he’s doing but I think he needs to be careful. I’d worry myself sick if this were my son. No sign of the police for a change;
”More footage on what happened today at speakers corner when the religion of peace tries to debate Islam.”
https://x.com/YoungBobTPUK/status/1952088096645980522
https://x.com/YoungBobTPUK/status/1952094254714552488
Yes, Young Bob is an emerging hero…. Very articulate and brave…
At the risk of sounding like ‘one of them’, I have reservations about this story.
Full disclosure: I’m a church-going Christian, helps with coffee rota, occasional organist and ex Sunday school teacher and happily accept leaflets from the vocal street preacher in my local town.
I do wonder whether this bloke is inviting trouble if he’s noisily comparing Christianity with Islam. It’s bound to p*** off the local Muslims although they have no right to do him violence.
If he stuck to preaching the gospel maybe he wouldn’t get into trouble?
I confess if a noisy Muzz were to stand in any street rubbishing my faith I would flick him the finger – but that’s as far as it would go.
No religion is above or beyond debate, criticism, ridicule, accusation or mockery.