A Christian preacher of 25 years was arrested after reportedly asking a woman in a headscarf what she thought about Quran verses on domestic violence.
John Steele, 60, had been out in Rotherham town centre on June 21 when he engaged in a '30-second conversation' with the passerby at a public awareness stall.
But following the encounter he was detained by police and threatened with a 'non-crime hate incident' (NCHI).
The South Yorkshire town has already been mired in accusations of 'two-tier policing' amid police reluctance to act on the systematic rape of young girls by predominantly Pakistani men due to community cohesion concerns.
In body worn camera footage of the incident Mr Steele chuckles to himself and tells police 'the world's gone mad' adding 'I asked a simple question'.
