Hatun Tash is recovering well after being assaulted at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park last month. Im not that friendly now.. Hatun Tash is a Christian preacher from a group called DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries who is a regular at Speakers' Corner. The victim was a woman named Hatun Tash; she was stabbed. Hatun, a Muslim convert to Christianity and director of the group Defend Christ Critique Islam, was slashed in the face by an attacker who fled. She isnt sure, but she hopes he will turn to (the) Lord Jesus Christ, as she prays every Sunday for all the Muslims in her audience. Heritage Party leader and former member of the London Assembly David Kurten said the police failed to protect Tash even though he wrote to deputy mayor for policing Sophie Linden about Tash's safety in September 2020. Just a minute Checking her screen, she says, So, I keep them on a list, because I pray for them every day for five years. So again, why was she attacked? The preacher added that it is 'not about the blood on my hands' and continued: 'It is unacceptable that you are running away from Jesus Christ.'. The 39-year-old is a former Muslim from Turkey who is. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. These draw as many as 80 people at a time, while smaller groups meet with her in shops over coffee and kebabs. She has turned heads for years with her controversial tactics at the Corner. "It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.". "It is heartbreaking that we live in a society where police do not want to arrest a Muslim for fear of being called Islamophobic.. DCCI Ministries 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics', adding: 'Our motivation is a love for Muslims to bring them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ in order to attain eternal life.'. Sign in Muslim Man Attacks Hatun Tash. Historic figures such as Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and George Orwell are all known to have visited to discuss the issues of the day. She was sad, but not surprised. The world order is changing in his favour, Theresa May is the true villain in this latest Tory Brexit war. DS Bingley also asked people not to 'speculate on the motive for the attack until we have established the full facts'. According to a Genocide Watch report last year, 11,500 Christians have been murdered in Nigeria since June 2015. Today, Hatun Tash, the bravest woman in Britain was stabbed in the head by a muslim man at Hyde Park Corner. Sadly, although this attack was potentially fatal, it is by no means a one-off. She said she believed the attacker's "intention was clearly to kill me". Recently hatun was also stabbed by an alleged Muslim which received mainstream media coverage and yet again the whole of the Muslim community has been blamed and even targeted by the far right. Her work has appeared in Plough, Quillette, the American Conservative and the Critic, among other outlets. The assault was witnessed by a number of people who captured the incident on video. Christian evangelist Hatun Tash was stabbed today at Speakers' Corner in London. We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. It happened so quick., Her attacker came from behind, which still irks her. Having said that, she was extremely lucky, because if it hadnt been raining, if her assailant had put more thought into the attack, or if he hadnt feared the consequences and run off, we could be looking at a murder here. Have a news tip? Officers recovered a knife near the scene of the attack, but no arrests have been made so far. Anyone with information about Sunday's incident is asked to contact Scotland Yard via 101 or @MetCC quoting reference Cad 4376/25Jul. Askedwhether they turned up at Ms Tash's home, the spokesman said: 'Officers from SO15 have been providing support to the victim.' I get that critique a lot, she says. You do not expect such things to happen in Great Britain.". Last year, a semi-literate. ", Church Militant obtained a letter from Detective Inspector Akshay Chibber to a "regular visitor" to Speakers' Corner who raised concerns about the historic free speech venue dominated by "Islamic hotheads" and a "possible breeding ground for terrorism. Two 18-year-olds Aima (left) and Tash (right) have been revealed as organising the London protests over the killing of George Floyd which sparked violence on the capital's streets. When Islamists broke into the Paris office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015 and murdered 12 of its staff, many in the West in effect blamed the staff for their own murder. So who is Hatun Tash and why was she targeted? DCCI Ministries 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics', adding: 'Our motivation is a love for Muslims to bring them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ in order to attain eternal life.'. But that doesnt mean Im gonna chop someones head off.I dont live in Pakistan, I dont live in Saudi Arabia, and I should not be banned., On the rainy July Sunday when she was stabbed, there was no mob. London's Metro Police Media and Communications Manager Chris Humphreys told Newsweek the police force had nothing to add to their previous statement. Officers based in Westminster are working alongside colleagues from the Royal Parks OCU to investigate and identify the person responsible.. He slashed at her face and throat, causing her to collapse with blood streaming down her face as he ran away. Earlier, in December 2020, Tash was arrested, searchedand detained for 21 hours under coronavirus regulations after she objected to police depriving speakers of the right to free speech at Speakers' Corner. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police. In other incidents, she has been slapped, punched and knocked to the ground by Muslim men. Mark Duell for MailOnline, Charlie Hebdo T-shirt-wearing woman is STABBED at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in attack caught on video as police hunt man dressed all in black who fled the scene, Two teenagers, 14, are found guilty of murdering 13-year-old boy who was 'lured' to a park and fatally stabbed. On the back, shes designed a picture of Jesus with a gospel message. The latest incarnation to emerge is the Caba Baba Rave a cabaret sensory rave for parents and their babies 0-2 years which has been performing in London and was due to appear in Waterloo on 11 March. She has been at the center of exposing holes in the narrativeof the Islamic faith, including the existence of over 26 versions of the Koran," Steve observed. Please, The UK now has a large Islamic population, including many white converts, and since the 9/11 atrocities it has seen its own Islamist terror attacks, the worst by far being. In 2015, 12 employees were killed in an attack by extremist brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi. Jew-hatred is indeed central to the jihadis aim of conquering the west for Islam. 'The footage clearly shows an attempt to kill, or at least seriously harm, a Christian woman in broad daylight in front of the police. As for the stabbing on Sunday, a distressing recording of the incident which happened at 3.34pm was posted on YouTube showing an unknown person dressed in a black hoodie attacking Ms Tash, then running away. Esther O'Reilly is an American freelance writer and cultural critic. As reported by the Barnabas Fund, which campaigns for persecuted Christians around the world, Fulani Muslims in Nigeria murdered 28 Christians earlier this month in the Christian-majority area of southern Kaduna state, while around 120 students were kidnapped from a Christian school there. The 39-year-old is a former Muslim from Turkey who is now a prominent critic of Islam and believes Muslims should be encouraged to convert to Christianity. ", Speaking to Church Militant, Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said,"This was an attack at the most famous place in the world for free speech by a man in all probability motivated by Islam. But I argue that there is nothing brave about causing distress and alarm towards a community and going out of your way to insult and viciously offend a community all in order to prove a sinister point. The 39-year-old is a former Muslim from Turkey who is now a prominent critic of Islam and believes Muslims should be encouraged to convert to Christianity. Hatun is a vocal critic of Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran, as well as a prominent defender of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and she was wearing a Charlie Hebdo shirt when she was attacked.To subscribe to DCCI Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0MDB_oF7huA78BNADx9sQFor the SOCO Films footage of the attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3tcCa8u0gYFor the Apostate Prophet's video about the stabbing (\"Hatun Tash STABBED by Muslim at Speaker's Corner!\"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7gW6ZmTBNo#HatunTash #SpeakersCorner #Stabbing "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. 'In the past, they have seen it as easier to remove me than deal with people intimidating and threatening me. She was recently assaulted by her fellow Christian brother who is also from turkey and did not press charges on him yet gained 10 thousand pounds for this assault. By If you appreciate the value of our news service and recognize how JNS stands out among the competition, please click on the link and make a one-time or monthly contribution. Ms Tash has since been discharged from a hospital in London and Scotland Yard's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command are now leading the investigation. ", "Police have still not caught the attacker despite it happening in front of the police in one of the most [surveilled] areas of London. Responding to the criticism by Ms Williams, aMet Police spokesman told MailOnline today: 'No arrests have been made at this stage, but officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism (SO15) are working hard to follow up all lines of enquiry and identify the person responsible for this attack. She can be deterred from speaking there by the police if they have good reason to believe that her presence puts her or anybody else in danger, but the fact that she got slashed across the face by a nutter will only cause other . He added that the force was not prepared to discuss this further. He added that 'freedom of speech is a principle that I hold dear', adding: 'One of the best things about London is the fierce way in which we protect this right and people's ability to exercise it.'. The Christian refugee from Turkey fled to Britain The force said in a statement: Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 3.34pm on Sunday to reports of an assault at Speakers Corner. Suddenly a man runs towards Ms Tash and stabs her before fleeing in the opposite direction. 'All I did was question Islam and I wanted to debate discuss and to tell people about Jesus Christ. Because none of this fits the narrative.. The CLC is the legal services end of the not-for-profit advocacy group Christian Concern. She left her previous house last autumn when the police showed up to deliver an Osman warning. When Smith returned to the United States in 2017, Hatun began a new ministry, DCCI (Defend Christ, Critique Islam). She speaks with the calm of a woman who has faced death before. Hatun is a vocal critic of Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran, as well as a prom. Met Police spokesman told MailOnline today: 'No arrests have been made at this stage, but officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism (SO15) are working hard to follow up all lines of enquiry and identify the person responsible for this attack. The letter seeks damages on Tash's behalf for assault, false arrest, false imprisonment and harassment as a result of repeated failures to protect her. She collapsed with blood running down her face after being stabbed at the weekend. Hatun is fearless. "Hatun is fearless. At the time, she was sharing a cartoon of Muhammad when a discussion became heated, followed by the aggressive behavior of a group towards her. Speakers' Corner is one of the most monitored places in the UK. It's not about the blood on my hand. Muslims claim the Koran has never changed over the past 1,400 years. Make war on them any place that you find yourself. Hatun is herself an ex-Muslim shunned by her own family since becoming a Christian. I ask what went through her mind in that moment. Tash, 39, was stabbed several times while she was wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-Shirt and was "preaching the Gospel" to Muslims, but is said to be fine after receiving medical attention. billing. According to London's Christian Legal Centrethe organization representing Tashtheir client, a former Muslim from Turkey, is known for preaching at the spot that's considered a traditional site for public speeches and debates since the mid-1800s. Fortunately, her injuries were far short of life-threatening as can be seen from the videos of the incident that were uploaded to YouTube; includes commentary by her fellow traveller Jay Smith, who is now based in the United States.
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