Street Evangelist Tried for Talking about the Live of Mohammed in Taunton

Case information
Incident date
Country
United Kingdom
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Expression

Street evangelist, Mike Overd, is being prosecuted for an alleged religious aggravation public order offence. The charges followed a complaint to police in Taunton, that Mike Overd made a comparison between the life of Jesus and the life of Mohammed, allegedly "causing offense."

Overd insists that when he made a comparison between the life of Jesus and the life led by Muhammad, he did not speak in a hateful way. As he stated: "It was a simple comparison and it was factual. Muhammad did marry a 9-year-old girl. I have no hatred of Muslims in me at all and only preach the truth of the gospel. Recently a Muslim man came to my defense when I was preaching and a local shopkeeper started to shout at me. The Muslim gentleman didn't take offense because he said he knew I was simply preaching what I believed and agreed there was no hatred in me."


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