The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges in this case, but the deep corruption and decay in British society that led to his arrest in the first place continues. Sharia is advancing there despite this decision.
“Christian preacher vindicated after arrest, prosecution and ‘non-crime hate incident’ threat for questioning Quran,” Christian Concern, July 26, 2025:
Christian street preacher, John Steele, has been vindicated after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against him following his arrest in Rotherham town centre for asking a member of the public what the Quran says about domestic violence.
The incident, captured on police body cam footage, which led to Mr. Steele being detained and threatened with a ‘non-crime hate incident,’(NCHI) will spark widespread and escalating concern over policing priorities and the erosion of Christian freedom in the UK.
The story reveals embedded two-tier policing in Rotherham, where over many years South Yorkshire Police have failed to act on the systematic rape of young girls by predominantly Islamic men, but on this occasion swiftly arrested a Christian preacher for asking a question about the Quran.
The story also sheds further light on policing and community cohesion in Rotherham after it was revealed that a Labour activist, Muhbeen Hussain, awarded an MBE for services to “integration” called for Muslims in Rotherham who refused to boycott the police following the town’s grooming scandal to themselves be “boycotted by the Muslim community.”
John Steele, 60, who is being supported by lawyers at the Christian Legal Centre, is a former miner and long-serving bus driver. He was arrested on 21 June 2025 after engaging in a 30-second conversation with a Muslim woman wearing a hijab at a public awareness stall offering support to ethnic minorities/Pakistani women experiencing domestic abuse.
Mr. Steele, who has preached the gospel in public spaces for 25 years without incident, asked using a small microphone in Rotherham town centre how Islamic teachings on wife-beating could be reconciled with the stall’s message.
He was referring to the controversial verse in Quran 4:34 which says: “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.” (Pickthall translation)
The Pickthall translation is regarded as the most faithful translation of the Quran in English.
Mr Steele then shared with the woman how, in comparison, Paul the Apostle commands Christians to love their wives in the same way that Jesus loves the Church (Ephesians 5:25).
He said he shared what he did to offer hope and understanding, as it is well-known that the majority of Muslim women do not engage with or learn some of the Quran’s concerning teachings.
Despite the brief and non-threatening nature of the exchange, an hour later he was surrounded by four police officers demanding his personal details and threatened him with arrest if he failed to comply….
Big Dude says
England is done. The corruption stinks. The people are lost. You idiots. You gave your country away
Cathryn Paradise says
The UK has been abandoning Christian religion for 200 years or more. Churches that were once attended by thousands now have less than 50 people showing up on Sundays. I’ve believed for over 15 years that Charles is a closet convert to Islam. God has given the UK over to a reprobate mind.
Maria V says
The UK started going downhill since Henry VIII started his own church, the Angelican church. Remember; ‘For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction.’ Everything that’s happening today, didn’t happen overnight but has taken centuries, starting with the French Revolution. The world needs to get on their knees and Beg for God’s Mercy, turn away from Sin, do Penance, and return back to Jesus Christ who IS, the Savior of the world.
somehistory says
Many of the *police* are adherents of the evils of islime….so it should be expected that they would be all for arresting Christians, or anyone, for telling the Truth about their book of demon filth.
And in pakistan (from which many in the U.K. come)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/christian-accused-of-blasphemy-after-calling-out-muslim-shopkeeper-s-fraud/ar-AA1Jkiug?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=688503edd28941dfaa1fdf4325118ab6&ei=13
Hoi Polloi says
I watched the video yesterday of the police and their treatment of this man. It is appalling. The police, in this case all UK natives, are clearly thoroughly vetted for those willing to go to any lengths to make clear they’re on islam’s side. I recently saw video of similar UK police traitors harassing an elderly UK man because he’d told a muslim woman that he couldn’t hear well and she’d have to speak up. They said it was a potential hate crime because he was mocking her mode of speaking. Concentration camp guards, these officers.
Thanks for the link.
somehistory says
The Earth is saturated with evil. thanks for the added information. As long as the u.k. has been bringing in the filth of islime, there are bound to be those *born* in the country….like in the U.S. with tlaib and the somaliain in MN. but, it’s also like you say….too many willing to step right up and volunteer to make life unbearable for the law-abiding.
And you are welcome.
Matua Atua says
It is difficult to imagine hating the South Yorkshire police more than I already do. Without the enforcement of Sharia law by the police, Islam would have no power. These police are evil and I would not be surprised if they were systematically taken out by the local populace.
Siddi Nasrani says
I agree with you, but all this is happening because of Stalin Starmer.
He should be tried for Treason.
England Invaded says
Just the arrested and threat of the same for others is enough as they see it.
Everyone in the UK needs to cause as much offence as possible to the authorities.
Tim gallagher says
I think the authorities know that Christians are decent, peaceful people who won’t cause trouble when they are treated badly whereas the barbaric Muslims will go berserk at the drop of a hat, so they pick on the peaceful Christians. The way things are going in many countries the thuggish Muslims might win.
James Lincoln says
The only thing that George Orwell got wrong was the date – 1984.
jerry glenn says
Rampant Islamopandering
David M says
Starmer & his politician friends are nothing but lying traitors. They pretend to crack down om mass migration but are setting up a taskforce to monitor people speaking out about it.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/uk-government-forms-taskforce-to-monitor-anti-migration-sentiment-online
Hoi Polloi says
I’ve seen multiple reports now that they’re blocking videos of invaders’ behavior and of protests against them on X. They clearly want to defang X. Trump just hit Starmer and Sadiq the Con pretty hard verbally. I’m reminded of EU’s vehement denials when term one Trump said they had no-go zones.
W.F. Buckley the 3rd says
What happened to those “three Abrahamic faiths” CNN keeps talking about? Asking for a friend.
Kepha says
I think I like Mr. Steele.
“Mr Steele then shared with the woman how, in comparison, Paul the Apostle commands Christians to love their wives in the same way that Jesus loves the Church (Ephesians 5:25).”
While I despise modern feminism as a noxious weed that decided to align itself with radical Islam as soon as possible, I am sick and tired of those who preach only that women should submit to their husbands and leave off the verse that Mr. Steele quoted.
The Gospel tells us that Jesus Christ laid down his life for his sheep (the elect people, the church), paying the full penalty for his people’s sins. Hence, Paul lays a far heavier burden on us men.
I pray that millions of Muslims (and secular “humanists”, so-called, and everyone else) will come to know Jesus Christ as he is presented in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. I pray as well that the eyes of the ex-Christians of Europe and North America will be opened, and they may come to that godly sorrow which leads to repentance unto life (as Paul called it in the Corinthian letters).