This is concerning enough on its own - a British preacher charged for calling homosexuality a "sin":
...McAlpine, a Baptist known to preach from atop a stepladder, was having a conversation on the street with a woman about the Bible’s book of Corinthians, which refers to the sins of blasphemy, adultery, drunkenness and homosexuality.
The police support officer, after speaking with the woman, then approached McAlpine and told him there had been a complaint.
McAlpine said he wasn’t homophobic, but told him “sometimes I do say that the Bible says homosexuality is a crime against the Creator,” according to London’s Daily Telegraph.
The officer, who acts as a police liaison for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, told McAlpine he was gay, to which he replied, “It’s still a sin.”
As McAlpine continued to preach, three uniformed officers arrived and took him to the police station, where he was held for seven hours.
Again, why on Earth someone would be arrested for expressing such an opinion is beyond me.
What makes the case even more disturbing is the fact that there are many other cases of Muslim leaders saying the same or worse with no consequences.
Take, for example, this:
A British Muslim leader has told the BBC he believes homosexuality is "not acceptable" and denounced new same-sex civil partnerships as "harmful".
Head of the Muslim Council of Britain Sir Iqbal Sacranie said introducing the partnerships did "not augur well" for building the foundations of society.
Or, this:
All homosexuals should face stoning to death, a Muslim preacher of hate declared yesterday.
Anjem Choudary, the firebrand cleric who wants to see Britain ruled by Sharia law, said such a regime was the only way to fix the country's ills.
Under it, adulterers and homosexuals would be killed by stoning. Asked if that would include anybody - even a Cabinet minister such as Business Secretary Lord Mandelson - Choudary responded with an astonishing diatribe.
What is happening to the UK?
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