Government Terminates Funding Of “Hate Speech” Christian Group

National Secular Society ✏ The government has ended its funding agreement with a charity whose chair called Islam "demonic" after the National Secular Society raised concerns.

The NSS contacted Baroness Scott of Bybrook, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), after it found a video of Zion Projects chair and trustee Danny Stupple calling Islam "a very strong force of spiritual wickedness".

The DLUHC awarded Zion Projects £43,220 last year as part of the government's 'Faith New Deal' fund exclusively for religious groups to deliver public services. Sixteen organisations out of 351 applicants were awarded grants.

In a letter to the NSS yesterday, Baroness Scott said the comments made by Stupple were "abhorrent".

She said: "I strongly condemn them. The Government takes hate speech against any group or individual extremely seriously."

She said the DLUHC had investigated the issue, and the Faith New Deal Grant Funding Agreement with the charity has been terminated.

In a now-removed video (pictured) on Vimeo, which opened with the Zion Projects logo, Stupple responded to a question about Islamic 'calls to prayer' being broadcast during lockdown by saying "a very strong force of spiritual wickedness known as Islam is engaging in warfare against the Lord with its open air prayers".

In a now-removed video on Vimeo, which opened with the Zion Projects logo, Stupple responded to a question about Islamic 'calls to prayer' being broadcast during lockdown by saying "a very strong force of spiritual wickedness known as Islam is engaging in warfare against the Lord with its open air prayers".

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