So Kahn We Still Read The Bible In Public?

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 May 2019
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So Kahn We Still Read The Bible In Public?

London Mayor Sadiq Kahn | photo: BBC

In late March, the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, said the legality of the public reading of the Bible should be left to a lawyer or ‘the police’ to decide upon, and was not just a matter of freedom of speech.

The worrying words (which miss the fact that the police enforce the law and don’t make the law) were spoken in the London Assembly building during a question time. The Mayor was quizzed by Christian Assembly member David Kurten following the de-arrest of street preacher Oluwole Llesanmi (reported in April’s en).

Legally illiterate

Khan would not answer direct questions about the case as the borough’s professional standards unit is reviewing the case. The police have since changed their story concerning where they drove Mr Llesanmi after establishing that he had not committed a crime by street preaching. They have now accused him of saying something ‘racist’ as they arrested him. It was filmed by a member of the public.

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