So who is Hatun Tash and why was she targeted? Otherwise, Ill just keep my peace. The gunmen said they were taking revenge for the magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that many Muslims find offensive. My mother is Jewish. Sadly, although this attack was potentially fatal, it is by no means a one-off. "I have seen her in action myself, and she is incredibly well-informed on Islamic apologetics and an expert in engaging in the cut-and-thrust debate that occurs there," Dr. Dieppe observed. People dont even have the dignity to look into your eye and then give you their top five list why they want to kill youIt just says a lot about people. She laughs again. agree that your subscription will automatically renew monthly, quarterly or annually based upon your subscription She speaks with the calm of a woman who has faced death before. Hatun Tash was arrested at Speakers' Corner for alleged breach of the peace ALAMY Jonathan Ames Friday October 21 2022, 12.01am, The Times The Met police has paid 10,000 in damages and. 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. She does not exhibit Christian behaviour or follows the tenants and her far right affiliations suggest she is a political organisation rather then a religious one. Of course not. Officers based in Westminster are working alongside colleagues from the Royal Parks OCU to investigate and identify the person responsible.. Tash, who suffered wounds to her face and hands, is still recovering. Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, told MailOnline: 'It is extraordinary that the attacker is still at large given the video evidence and witnesses at the scene, some of whom, we believe, know him. When I ask how many of these were imams, she pauses. Ms Tash has previously been attacked for brandishing a Koran which had been pierced with holes and waving a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed depicted as a crying baby. On Sunday, July 25, a Christian preacher and brave critic of Islam, Hatun Tash, was stabbed by a terrorist at Speaker's Corner in the United Kingdom. In 2015, 12 employees were killed in an attack by extremist brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi. Last October, she was punched in the face. Im not up to date. She has seventeen names on her list. Such a family background in the Jewish experience of persecution and self-defense meant that when Daniel Pearl said into Al-Qaedas video camera just before he was slaughtered, My father is Jewish. Such is her passion for evangelism. Speakers Corner has, since the 19th century, been a place for open-air free speech, a key element in any healthy democracy. Its agenda was driven by hatred of Jews. Waiting for the ambulance, a profusely bleeding Tash called her audience to repentance: Dear Muslim people, do you know how much it hurts when you run away from the Lord Jesus Christ? Ms Tash's reference to 'police inaction' is in relation to two previous incidents at Speakers' Corner when she was arrested but claims officers should have removed those threatening her instead. Sometimes, she will hold up mocking cartoons of Mohammed and Jesus side by side. Officers recovered a knife near the scene of the attack, but no arrests have been made so far. I found that heartbreaking.. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Ms Tash later got up and proclaimed: 'Cutting people's arms is not going to help you'. She has faced threats to her life on multiple occasions for speaking, and was attacked and stabbed on 25 July 2021 for preaching at . Alternatively, to remain anonymous, witnesses can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Footage shared on social media showed someone dressed in black approaching Ms Tash who was wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt. Ms Williams continued: 'This is not the first time that Hatun has been threatened and assaulted at Speakers' Corner. Last week, Islamic apologist Ali Dawah caused her to fall to the ground; he was even happy about what he did, and his followers were also praising him and justifying his actions. Hatun Tash has been the victim of yet another assault by Muslims. Hatun has spoken at Speaker's-Corner many times, Shakeel. A hooded and masked man wearing blacklashed out at the 39-year-old with a long knife, repeating the name of Allah and slashing her in the face and upper body while aiming for her throat in accordance with the Koranic injunction to "smite at their necks. Such is her passion for evangelism," added Williams, whose organization has been supporting Tash. Will you do the same? ', The Metropolitan Police told MailOnline that no arrests have been made, but officers from SO15 Counter Terrorism Command are 'working hard to follow up all lines of enquiry and identify the person responsible for this attack'. Ruths immediate family members, who survived the 1941 Farhud pogrom in Baghdad in which 180 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured, were part of the subsequent mass exodus of Jews to Israel in 1951. My attacker was not even afraid of the police, as he did it right in front of them. The first incident on December 20 last year saw Ms Tash arrested for breaching coronavirus regulations. Suddenly a man runs towards Ms Tash and stabs her before fleeing in the opposite direction. ", The complainant writes of witnessing "people of North Africanand Middle Eastern origin[also] physically assaulting other members of the Islamic religion. Make war on them any place that you find yourself. 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. Officers attended and found a 39-year-old woman suffering from a minor slash injury to her head. I am convinced I have not broken any law or incited hate. Williams said the incident is the most serious in what the CLC called "concerning events" involving Tash at the historic place for open-air debate. "She's been attacked on many previous occasions, both in and outside Speakers' Corner, including being knocked unconscious at Speakers' Corner in October 2020," he stressed. Hatun Tash, 39, was treated in hospital after being slashed across the face with a knife at Hyde Park in London in the pouring rain on Sunday afternoon. 'We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. From Saigon baby to US surfer and beyond. Speakers' Corner is a historic place for open-air debate, where people have gathered at Speakers' Corner since the 1860s to exercise their right to free speech. In a video of the event, Hatun can be. The force are believed to be holding a meeting today to discuss how they police Speakers' Corner going forward, but questions are being asked about how the attacker got away so easily after stabbing the preacher. This inspired her to switch things up. Today, Hatun Tash, the bravest woman in Britain was stabbed in the head by a muslim man at Hyde Park Corner. Hatun is a regular at Speakers Corner on Sunday mornings; this isnt the first time she has been physically attacked there; she has also been arrested. If (the) Lord Jesus Christ is gonna get attention, yeah thats fine, Ill speak. "Undoubtedly, her effectiveness is partly due to her distinctively provocative style," but "let's not forget that Jesus was also very provocative at times and ended up being killed because of the anger he stirred up," Dieppe commented. "What happened to Hatun Tash at Speakers' Corner was harrowing. According to a Genocide Watch report last year, 11,500 Christians have been murdered in Nigeria since June 2015. Ms Tash is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre with her legal action against the police. No commitment. All I can say is, it wasnt my time.. Yet the British media have reported last weekends knife attack on her in a low-key way, with few details other than to note that she was wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt. I am Jewish, this had a resonance which would have escaped his murderer. Hatun Tash, who fled Turkey and sought refuge in Britain after she was persecuted for converting to Christianity, told Church Militant she faced escalating threats after she began disproving. But its not just the Islamists targeting of the Jews that the West ignores. They've posted . The victim was a woman named Hatun Tash; she was stabbed. 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. 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Review. She wishes the front didnt get all the attention, but shes not ashamed of it. In May of this year, she was arrested for what police described as a "breach of the peace" after Tash, who is a member of DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries, was physically assaulted. Hatun tash has gone as far as drilling holes in the Holy Quran and claims Islam is a invaders religion. It's not about the blood on my hand. As is made explicit in the Hamas charter, Islamists believe that from the French Revolution onward everything to do with the modernity they are pledged to destroy has been created by Jews. The gunmen said they were taking revenge for the magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that many Muslims find offensive. "Last night I told you of the stabbing of a Christian preacher, a convert from Islam called Hatun Tash, stabbed in the head and the arm as she was preaching at London's Speakers' Corner, a place symbolic of free speech in Britain. 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. She will return to Speakers' Corner. It has also decided to free from jail Abdul Latif Nasir, the Al-Qaeda commander who helped the Taliban blow up the statues of Buddha in Afghanistan in 2001. May the memory of Ruth Pearl, her murdered son and her slain brother all be for a blessing. Ms Tash was later seen clutching her right hand close to her body and with what appeared to be blood at her temple as she was helped into a police van by officers who were nearby. 'In the past, they have seen it as easier to remove me than deal with people intimidating and threatening me. Thats because it doesnt fit the liberal narrativethat Muslims are the victims of Western colonialist oppression. Tash, who has a huge presence on YouTube, said she got her first threat when she called Muhammad a "false prophet" and began to reiterate the dangers of Islamic extremists extinguishing free speech in the West. One such attack, and it can be called that, took place at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park this July. London Metropolitan Police referred Newsweek to a statement released Monday that said no arrest had been made in the case and the department's counterterrorism command is now leading the investigation. In October 2020, Sadiq Khan was asked about Ms Tash at Mayor's Question Time and said police had escorted her out of Hyde Park 'for her own safety' after a large and hostile crowd had gathered around her. Historic figures such as Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and George Orwell are all known to have visited to discuss the issues of the day. Many Muslims have converted through her ministry," Islamic expert Tim Dieppe wrote in a commendation of Tash's ministry. Speakers' Corner is a great place to do this, it is a shame that this has happened at the home of freedom of speech. She has been arrested twice in the past year. He slashed at her face and throat, causing her to collapse with blood streaming down her face as he ran away. Her work has appeared in Plough, Quillette, the American Conservative and the Critic, among other outlets. But the force insisted the incident in 'is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time' and that they were keeping an open mind about possible motives. She has had many heated discussions with Islamic preachers and others, and has previously been attacked for brandishing a Koran which had been pierced with holes and waving a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed depicted as a crying baby. But the force insisted the incident 'is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time' and that it was keeping an open mind about possible motives. Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly magazine. Subscribe to leave a comment. And in July last year, another mob dragged her to the ground for using a sheiks own words to point out holes in the narrative of the doctrine of Koranic preservation the belief that the Koran is word-for-word unchanged from its original form. She was treated at the scene by the LAS before being taken to a central London hospital. Only 1 a week after your trial. Ms Tash since claims to have had police officers turning up at her house trying to speak to her and pressurising her not to talk to broadcast media, before she did an interview with GB News on Wednesday. Hatun has been slapped, punched and knocked to the ground by Islamic men at Speakers' Corner since June 2020. The incident is not being treated as terror-related, despite Ms Tash being from the DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries group which 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics'. Jew-hatred is indeed central to the jihadis aim of conquering the west for Islam. 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. On Sunday, July 25, Hatun Tash was stabbed above her forehead, and on her hand at Speaker's Corner by a Muslim who would have killed her had not others chased him off (watch this video to see the attack).She is now fine, and under medical attention.Please pray for Hatun, for her quick healing, and a quick return to the unique ministry God has called her to, and pray that these attacks against her stop.Hatun Tash's DCCI YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0MDB_oF7huA78BNADx9sQ/videos Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, 2021(54,950) Music: 'New Beginning', by Rafael Krux, from filmmusic-io Ms Tash has since been discharged from a hospital in London and Scotland Yard's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command are now leading the investigation. Tash has also been sent images of the attacker previously debating with her at Speakers' Corner," he said. She will return to Speakers' Corner. It garnered little support. The Christian refugee from Turkey fled to Britain to escape persecution following her conversion from Islam to Christianity. The 39-year-old is a former Muslim from Turkey who is. Whether holding up a holey Koran or waving Charlie Hebdo cartoons, she knows how to draw a crowd. "No one is allowed to say the attacker was a Muslim, even though even the Muslims are saying it," a media source told Church Militant. I am asking myself if have done anything wrong? Her Charlie Hebdo T-shirt had a cartoon showing a man kissing a cartoonist with the slogan 'L'amour plus fort que la haine' (love is stronger than hate). The second incident was less than three weeks later on May 23 and this time saw Ms Tash arrested for a breach of the peace. Hatun will doubtless be back at Speakers Corner next Sunday where she will be shadowed covertly by men with warrant cards in their pockets. Hatun is a vocal critic of Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran, as well as a prom. Hatun Tash, a regular speaker at London's Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park was today stabbed in the middle of the Corner in broad daylight. 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. (July 29, 2021 / JNS) The death of Ruth Pearl at the age of 85 reminds us once again of the unspeakable horror that was visited upon Ruth and her family, and which served as a particularly dreadful wake-up call for the Western world. By Robert Spencer 9:20 PM on July 25, 2021. Police are still searching for an assailant who stabbed the ex-Muslim Islamophobe Hatun Tash at Speakers' Corner in London on Sunday. Thats because it doesnt fit the liberal narrativethat Muslims are the victims of Western colonialist oppression, and that therefore their violence is a kind of justified resistance, at least in its aims if not its methods. It happened so quick., Her attacker came from behind, which still irks her. 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. A CHRISTIAN preacher who was stabbed in a London park has revealed her horror at being attacked - as counter-terror cops investigate the incident. Jay Smith was physically assaulted more than once when he was challenging Moslems with the same rhetoric, somethingPosie Parkershould bear in mind when she cites the attack on Hatun as yet another example of men trying to silence women. Submit news to our tip line. In recent years, topics such as Islamic fundamentalism have often featured in the debates which normally take place on Sundays. Miraculously, her injuries were not life threatening.If you're the praying type, i ask that you offer a prayer for this brave soldier in Christ. No arrests have been made and a knife was found near the scene of the attack. The attacker, dressed in black, sprinted off after the stabbing, with police and members of the public chasing him. When Smith returned to the United States in 2017, Hatun began a new ministry, DCCI (Defend Christ, Critique Islam). 'All I did was question Islam and I wanted to debate discuss and to tell people about Jesus Christ. God doesn't need me. Needless to say, this has caused even more offence than herCharlie Hebdoshirt. 12:14 GMT 27 Jul 2021 As Daniel Greenfield reports, he has expressed a preference for killing Jews and has singled out for praise atrocities in which Jews were the intended targets. She obviously has her own mind and opinions, just as you do. ", "Police have still not caught the attacker despite it happening in front of the police in one of the most [surveilled] areas of London. Cops said Ms Tash sat inside a police van before being driven to hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Wednesday July 28 2021, 9.00am BST, The Times. I have a bigger story, (a) better story, and thats the story of the eternal Son of God who stepped into the world I dont want to get attention. 'We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. In September 2020, footage emerged of an Islamic mob surrounding her and issuing death threats. 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 being7/7. Police inaction has led to what happened to me (on Sunday). 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.'. 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. She studied at the Oxford Centre For Christian Apologetics and went on to found her own organisation: . On her travels, she has collected many different editions of the, punched full of holes. It is unacceptable, 21st century you haven't repented. Because none of this fits the narrative.. So Hatun Tash was guilty in the liberal mind of being an oppressive Christian who speaks out against Islam. By Hatun and her organisation are regular attendees at speakers corner and specifically go there to offend and antagonize Muslims. Brothers and sister please sign this petition in order to show Muslims are not violent and will take the proper route in order to get justice. The victim was a woman named Hatun Tash; she was stabbed. Detective Superintendent Alex Bingley, of the Central West Command Unit which covers policing in Westminster, said: 'This was clearly a very distressing incident for the woman involved and officers have spent time with her, whilst she was being treated for her injury, to get an account of what happened.