A Christian convert has been stabbed in the face and hands by an unidentified man in London for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Christian Post reported that Hatun Tash, 39, a former Muslim, was stabbed by a Muslim in July at the largest park in Central London.
Tash, who is involved with the ministry Defend Christ Critique Islam (DCCI), is known for preaching critiques of Islam and debating the Holy Quran at Speakers’ Corner, a spot where public debates hold in London’s Hyde Park.
The evangelical woman survived the attack and was treated by an ambulance service while sitting inside a police van after which she was taken to Central London Hospital for further medical attention.
Tash, who was wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt at the time of the incident, blamed the police for the attack, saying officers were afraid to take action against her attacker because he was a Muslim.
“Police inaction has led to what happened to me yesterday….It is heart-breaking that we live in a society where police do not want to arrest a Muslim for fear of being called Islamophobic, ” she said.
She claimed her attacker wanted to kill her because she was questioning Islamic beliefs and preaching about the Christian gospel.
She said, “I wanted to debate, discuss and tell people about Jesus Christ. I can’t believe this has happened in broad daylight at Speakers’ Corner. You do not expect such things to happen in Great Britain.”
According to Tash, the Speakers’ Corner is seen now as a hostile and dangerous for Christians embarking on evangelism because it was not the first time she would be verbally and physically assaulted on the premises in the last two years.
The Metropolitan police said its officers got to the scene at 3.34 pm and received a knife.
The police though they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related, they have commenced search for the suspect.
Also in a statement, Alex Bingley, a detective superintendent, of the Central West Command Unit, who polices Westminster, described the attack on Tash as a “very distressing incident for the woman involved.”
He added, “Officers have spent time with her whilst she was being treated for her injury to get an account of what happened. We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police.
“We remain in the early stages of our investigation and are working hard to trace the person responsible. I would ask people not to speculate on the motive for the attack until we have established the full facts.”