The British Asian Christian Association (BACA) has drawn the attention of Evangelicals Now to a video now up on social media, in which a Muslim man states that he will urinate on the Bible in public at a major road junction in the UK.
In the same video the man puts out a challenge to Christians, declaring: ‘I will see who would dare stop me here in England and which Christian has the courage to stop me.’
The BACA then alerted a community faith and liaison officer at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), East London division, to the video, adding: ‘The story is beginning to go viral and we are concerned that the perpetrator may proceed with his threat. Clearly, urinating on a Bible in public may well stir up community unrest and I am wondering what can be done to locate this man and prosecute him for inciting hatred?’
The incident was given a crime reference number and the BACA was then contacted by the MPS Crime Assessment Team, saying: ‘We are sorry to hear that you have been the victim of crime and will be working hard to catch those responsible’.
Enquiries ongoing
Evangelicals Now then contacted the MPS to ask for confirmation that the incident is being classed as a hate crime and what action it will take to apprehend the perpetrator. We received the following response: ‘Police were contacted by a woman on 31 January regarding comments made in a video shared on social media. She had received the video from a third party. The identity of the man in the video, and when and where it was filmed is unknown. Enquiries are ongoing.’
