Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

They may/may not react in similar fashion but the real question is would the police get involved and would the case come to court?

In any event, given the abject failure of the authorities to deal with the far more serious abuse and harrassment suffered by this family over a period of years, I think most people would think this incident is trivial by comparison and ought not to be occupying the Courts.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

Hmmm, whilst having exceptionally limited knowledge of the Public Order Act from what I do know I wouldn't have thought it should applied in cases like this.

Still the CPS know best. Considering the levels of evidence they demand before they authorise charging (thankfully not in Scotland. Yay!) they must reckon they've got a decent case and chance of conviction.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

yeah either that or some Muslim pressure group said charge them or we will cry discrimination

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

I cannot disagree with you over that one.Seems to me though that the case in question here has a good chance of being proven and adds another tick to the stats sheets..whereas the suicide pair were viewed as nuisances because it would have been more time consuming to chase up and there was a severe shortage of staff on hand because they were probably all busy writing up reports in triplicate.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

There is a massive difference between criticising and insulting. I would say that the Christians in this case did the latter. Criticism can be justified. Insults cannot.

We don't know the full details, but based upon available evidence, I do think that at most, this should be a civil (and not criminal) offence, and should have been sorted long before it reached court.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

Seeing as Christianity doesn't say that Mohammed was a warlord etc this is more about a Muslim person (apparently) getting offended by something the couple supposedly said.

I wouldn't mind betting she had 'encouragement' to take action but in any case the fact the couple are Christians has as I see it, nothing to do with this at all. Just the usual Daily Mail "Muslims are taking over" BS.

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I'd imagine the conversation didn't stop with calling Mohammed a warlord, but went on to suggest he was a paedophile too.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

I'm guessing those with a fondness for putting words in people's mouths would consider anything fair game if it whips up some controversy. Good old Daily Mail and its fans.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

I don't think that the couple being Christians had anything to do with it, but with being anything but a Muslim. Do you think that if it had been a fellow Muslim says whatever had been said, that a complaint, never mind a charge would have been made?

It's not as if the couple originated the views allegedly expressed, many people(including many Muslims) have been expressing them for a long time.
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Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

You don't know what they said. The full details of what they said cannot be revealed for 'legal reasons'.

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Hence the use of phrases such as 'whatever had been said' and 'views allegedly expressed'.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

From one side.....

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

But from the side that will have legal documents from the CPS to back up what they say they have been accused of.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

No, from the side that has been published by the media in the way the media wish to present it.

Re: Christians arrested for defending there beliefs
 

They and the CPS are the ones with copies of the legal documents. They can prove what they are being accused of, which is the issue here, not what actually did or didn't happen. The case will be Crown v ...., not X v Y.

When a Jehovah's Witness calls at my door and I explain that I don't believe in God, am I likely to get arrested as a result? What if I criticise their beliefs with regard to blood transfusions?