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#News The most popular online Bible website in the world has been removed in the UK due to the Online Safety Act, which protects M*slim beliefs#bible The Bible Gateway is used by tens of millions of Christian’s around the world.The shutdown, which strips away access to Scripture translations, study tools, and devotionals for about 20 million daily global users, has ignited claims of Christian censorship under the UK's Online Safety Act.#uk While the platform cites "technical issues," for the shutdown, it is issuing refunds to all who had the subscription.#christian Bible Gateway, operated by HarperCollins Christian Publishing, confirmed the outage in a statement on its site, apologizing for the disruption and noting that user data like notes and reading progress is now locked away.No restoration date has been provided, though the company promises it's "working on a new solution."Speculation runs high that compliance with the Online Safety Act – which mandates platforms to scan for illegal or harmful content, including potential age restrictions on sensitive material – played a role.The Act, enforced by Ofcom since March, requires services allowing user interaction to proactively filter risks, a burden that's already shuttered hundreds of smaller forums and sites due to skyrocketing legal costs.Critics believe this isn't just a glitch, but rather a symptom of a government overreach that's targeting Christian beliefs.The Bible, they say, is now being treated like just another potential "harm" vector.Christina Aguayo News Critics argue the Act's vague definitions of "harmful" content could flag religious teachings on topics like marriage or morality as outdated or offensive, forcing platforms to self-censor or exit the market entirely.As one commentator put it, if Ofcom's threats can offline the Good Book, what's next – prayer apps or church live streams?This comes at a time when British Christians already feel marginalized, with church attendance plummeting and faith-based voices drowned out in public.This as waves of migrants from Muslim-majority countries are flooding the country - adding more opposition to Christianity.Official reports and inquiries paint a picture of grooming gangs – disproportionately involving men of Pakistani heritage.In Rotherham alone, an estimated 1,400 children were sexually exploited between 1997 and 2013, with perpetrators largely from the Pakistani community.a 2025 Baroness Casey review confirmed "disproportionate numbers" of Asian men in such crimes across Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire, criticizing authorities for "obfuscation" on ethnicity data to avoid racial tensions.Telford saw similar horrors, with one in 126 Muslim men prosecuted for grooming-related offenses from 1997 to 2017, according to recent studies, victims, often white working-class girls, were dismissed as "troubled" while police feared accusations of racism.84% of offenders are M*slim men - who often get light or no sentences for their crimesMeanwhile, citizens of the UK, EU are being tossed in jail over social media posts.Jordan Parlour, 28, from Leeds, drew 20 months in prison for Facebook posts urging opposition to migrant hotels during last summer's riots, marking the first conviction for stirring racial hatred online.Tyler Kay, 26, from Northampton, got three years for X statements calling for mass deportationsA 53-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 months for a community Facebook post warning against protecting mosques during the unrest, while IDavid Wootton, 40, fights a conviction over a satirical Halloween costume mocking the Manchester bomber.