Muslim woman is arrested after entering London church screaming ‘I am here to kill the God of the Jews’

This was a short report in the Islington Gazette earlier this week but the Daily Mail has done more research and interviewed witnesses. 

A Muslim woman screamed ‘Allahu Akbar’ inside a church and said she was ‘here to kill the God of the Jews’ shortly before a Sunday morning service.

Pastor Regan King had been preparing for worship at the evangelical Angel Church in Islington, North London, with his Jewish wife Rachel and young children. But the crazed woman entered at about 10am, allegedly shouting Islamic calls to prayer in Arabic before directly addressing and reaching out to the youngsters.

Mr King then moved his family to safety before demanding that the woman leave the building, but she was instead said to have became more aggressive.

The woman repeatedly shouted through the church’s sound system ‘Allahu Akbar’ – before two police cars and a van were said to have arrived ten minutes later.

As she was arrested on suspicion of a religiously-aggravated public order offence, the woman allegedly tried to appeal to one of the officers who she believed was a Muslim. She was said to have referred to him as ‘brother’, spoke in Arabic and repeatedly said to him: ‘Remember Allah.’ However, the officer told her that he did not speak Arabic and that she should speak in English.

The woman is then alleged to have kicked, punched and pushed the officers – which saw her also arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency workers. She was taken into custody and later released on bail

Mr King said his family and congregation were distressed by what happened, but were determined to carry on as normal . . . ‘My family and I are deeply concerned and shaken by this incident, especially my wife who is Jewish. She is traumatised and now fears going outside. Since October 7 especially, as a family and church, we have experienced multiple incidents of antisemitism and anti-Christianity. Yet we are undeterred and will continue to operate as usual albeit with plans for increasing our security.’

Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting the church, said: ‘We are here to support any church leaders, Christians and Jews in communities who are subjected to such attacks and abuse. We are encouraged that the police responded swiftly and decisively during this incident, but believe more must be done to protect synagogues and churches across the UK from emboldened radical Islam.’