Evangelism Is A Hate-Crime?

A blog post brings to light a newspaper article about Christians who were handing out tracts being arrested for a hate crime. The newspaper article was in the Birmigham Telegraph. The article states:

"A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham. The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a "hate crime" and were told they risked being beaten up if they returned. The incident will fuel fears that "no-go areas" for Christians are emerging in British towns and cities, as the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, claimed in The Sunday Telegraph this year."