Moment Christian preachers are arrested after ‘shouting anti-Islamic slogans’

THIS is the moment police arrested a group of Christian street preachers after they reportedly shouted: "All Muslims will burn in hell" and "You need to obey God."

They also told onlookers "Allah does not exist" and called people "disgusting" for being gay, divorced or "living in sin", witnesses said.

The men, believed to be from the US-based Christian group Cross Encounters Ministries, drew an angry crowd in Bristol city centre.

Officers were called after they refused to stop the demonstration and four men in their fifties and sixties were arrested.

A video, filmed by a witness who asked not to be named, shows the moment one of the preachers was handcuffed by an officer.

The man, who gives his name as Michael, can be heard telling a hostile group of shoppers: "The purpose is to worship God.

"I have some sympathy for you sinners, but the purpose of mankind is to worship God.

"You need to obey God and obey his commands.

"I hated his commands once, just like you do, and I remember what that mind-frame is - it is like banging your head against a brick wall."

A police officer then approaches him and says: "Alright mate, look, you are causing a disturbance now. You are not welcome."

It prompts the angry crowd to chant: "Go home, go home, go home," at the men.

The police officer then warns the man he will receive a dispersal notice under the Anti-social Behaviour Act requiring him to leave the area and not return for 24 hours.

He asks the preacher's name and the man replies 'Michael' but refuses to reveal his surname.