In an exclusive with the Daily Mail, Pastor Regan King of the evangelical Angel Church in Islington recounted how the crazed Muslim woman entered his service around 11 am last Sunday and began shouting Islamic calls to prayer in Arabic and attempting to appeal to the kids of the congregation. She then said she would "kill the God of the Jews." King's wife is Jewish and he promptly moved her and his kids to safety before demanding the woman leave, which made her more aggressive.
Police arrived on the scene 10 minutes after the woman took control of the church's sound system and began screaming "Allahu Akbar." She apparently thought one of the officers was Muslim and tried to appeal to him, calling him "brother" and saying "Remember Allah" in Arabic. However the officer was not Muslim and did not speak Arabic. She was promptly arrested on suspicion of a religiously-aggravated public order offense, but not without a fight.
Metropolitan Police confirmed the woman was taken into custody for that aggravated offense and assaulting emergency workers, then later "released on bail pending further enquiries."
King said his family and congregation were shaken by the incident but would carry on with increased security. He was able to record the woman ranting before police arrived.
He stated to the Mail: "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."
He added: "As a church we welcomed people of all backgrounds without partiality into our doors to hear and be transformed by the message of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, who brings salvation to all who trust Him. The darkness of our world would threaten to divide, discourage, and destroy, yet it cannot conquer the light of Christ's truth. While this incident created significant concern and distress, we did what never fails - we prayed.
"Jesus calls us to love our enemies and to bless those who curse and do good to those who hate. This does not mean, however, that we do not desire both justice and mercy in this matter and we pray for our neighbours wellbeing and salvation. We remain unintimidated from fulfilling our calling to be Christ's light and show His love in our community. We extend our gratitude to the members of Islington's Metropolitan police who attended and dealt with the situation in a timely way."
