Alan Campbell (Preacher) - Revision history

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−	[[Category:Northern Ireland\|Campbell, Alan]]	+	[[Category:Northern Ireland\|Campbell, Alan]][[Category:British-Israelism\|Campbell, Alan]]

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 ::"Both nations - and Ulster is a nation, an ethnic unit - felt they were fulfilling a special role in God's plan, of evangelising the heathen and standing firm for the gospel and the truth," he says.
 ::And he blasts David Trimble, and other unionists, for meeting Nelson Mandela in South Africa, in 1997.<ref>'Bigot' teacher peddles racism, ''Sunday Life'', 25 February 2001.</ref>
 ==Harryville Protests==
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 ===Bristol Islam talk===
-In a 2003 letter to the ''Western Daily Press, [[Steve Reed (UKIP)|Steve Reed]] of [[UKIP]] wrote:
+In a 2003 letter to the ''Western Daily Press'', [[Steve Reed (UKIP)|Steve Reed]] of [[UKIP]] wrote:
 ::Sir - On Saturday, 13 September, at the Community Hall, White Hart Lane, Wellington, members and friends of the Identity Fellowship were privileged to hear Pastor Alan Campbell giving his lively, but scholarly, lecture "Let not your heart be troubled - an analysis of the Islamic threat". Advertising this event at Bristol University, I had put up posters, which, unlike those for the March Against The EU-Constitution (in Bath, the previous Saturday) were not quickly torn down by vigilant administrators. Perhaps it was the ambiguity of the title that stopped them.<ref name="ReedLetter">Steve Reed, Islamic Threat Is Not An Illusion, ''Western Daily Press', 15 September 2013.</ref>

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 [[Malachi O'Doherty]] wrote in August 2002:
 ::I am assumed to be a Catholic because I am a Taig. I have even been described from an evangelical pulpit as a Romanist. Pastor Alan Campbell gave a sermon about the protest at Harryville and mentioned that he had seen me there. He cited my safe passage as clear evidence that the crowd was well behaved. He appears to believe that any loyalist who could resist the temptation to thump me on sight clearly deserved some credit for that. He described me as "that Romanist who writes for the Belfast Telegraph".<ref>Malachi O'Doherty, Need not be a case of mistaken identity, ''Belfast Telegraph'', 26 August 2002.</ref>
 ==Flag protests==

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 There were suggestions that the closure was linked to missing money:
-Fellowship members have also claimed that an associate of Campbell's with a "seedy background" gained access to the fellowship cheque book and helped himself to more than £20,000 in funds in one year.<ref name=SL221213">RACIST PASTOR'S CHURCH CLOSES;
+::Fellowship members have also claimed that an associate of Campbell's with a "seedy background" gained access to the fellowship cheque book and helped himself to more than £20,000 in funds in one year.<ref name=SL221213">RACIST PASTOR'S CHURCH CLOSES;
 SHUT DOWN CLAIMS OF MISSING CASH ; Bitter fall-out as controversial preacher loses his congregation, ''Sunday Life'', 22 December 2013.</ref>

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 According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref>
 In August 1996, Campbell was chaplain of the Seawright Branch of the Apprentice Boys, named after [[George Seawright]], which traveled from Sandy Row in Belfast to Derry but was not able to march the City's walls., ''The Observer'' reported:
 " 'When the loyalist declared their ceasefire, I felt let down and betrayed,' Mr Campbell admitted. 'Had all those men died in vain?' He described the IRA ceasefire as a Trojan horse. 'They give people a little bit of peace to enjoy and then threaten to take it away. It's a very clever form of intimidation. In a war only one side can win. We are the majority. We have to win.'"<ref>Mary Holland and Jonathan Steele, LONE TRIUMPH ON THE LONG MARCH, ''The Observer'', 11 August 1996.</ref>
 Campbell was one of a group of loyalists protesting outside [[Ulster Unionist Party]] Headquarters during a meeting on Stormont talks in April 1998.<ref>Suzanne Breen, Rapture, ecstasy, excitement - but not for Trimble, ''Irish Times'', 10 April 1998.</ref>
-In the days after the Good Friday Agreement, addressed an Apprentice Boys Rally in London, the ''Belfast Newsletter'' reported:
+In the days after the Good Friday Agreement, Campbell addressed an Apprentice Boys Rally in London, the ''Belfast Newsletter'' reported:
 ::He urged the crowd to use what influence they had to campaign for a no vote in the referendum, saying loyalists should never accept power sharing or cross -border organisations.
 ::"I have news for Mr Trimble and the other leaders. He can get as many standing ovations as he likes today, but we will bring it (the agreement) down," he said.
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 ::He claimed Rome was conducting a "Holy War" against Protestantism and attacked Prime Minister Tony Blair because of wife Cheri's religion.<ref>Donna Carton, TEACHER'S JAIL VISITS TO TERRORIST PEEBLES, ''Sunday Mirror'', 11 February 2001.</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 ::It was his sinister website that made public what the seemingly respectable Campbell really was.
-He used his website to spout anti-Catholic views, promote extreme loyalism and his Israel Identity beliefs.
+::He used his website to spout anti-Catholic views, promote extreme loyalism and his Israel Identity beliefs.
 ::One site section, called Rome Watch, was dedicated to listing stories from around the world of priests and nuns found guilty of various sexual offences.

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	According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref>		According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref>

		+	In August 1996, Campbell was chaplain of the Seawright Branch of the Apprentice Boys, named after [[George Seawright]], which traveled from Sandy Row in Belfast to Derry but was not able to march the City's walls., ''The Observer'' reported:
		+	" 'When the loyalist declared their ceasefire, I felt let down and betrayed,' Mr Campbell admitted. 'Had all those men died in vain?' He described the IRA ceasefire as a Trojan horse. 'They give people a little bit of peace to enjoy and then threaten to take it away. It's a very clever form of intimidation. In a war only one side can win. We are the majority. We have to win.'"<ref>Mary Holland and Jonathan Steele, LONE TRIUMPH ON THE LONG MARCH, ''The Observer'', 11 August 1996.</ref>
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		+	Campbell was one of a group of loyalists protesting outside [[Ulster Unionist Party]] Headquarters during a meeting on Stormont talks in April 1998.<ref>Suzanne Breen, Rapture, ecstasy, excitement - but not for Trimble, ''Irish Times'', 10 April 1998.</ref>
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		+	In the days after the Good Friday Agreement, addressed an Apprentice Boys Rally in London, the ''Belfast Newsletter'' reported:
		+	::He urged the crowd to use what influence they had to campaign for a no vote in the referendum, saying loyalists should never accept power sharing or cross -border organisations.
		+	::"I have news for Mr Trimble and the other leaders. He can get as many standing ovations as he likes today, but we will bring it (the agreement) down," he said.
		+	::He continued: "You can't depend on Trimble. He is to Ulster what De Klerk was to South Africa. He is the traitor of all traitors."<ref>James Lyons, BOYS VOW TO FIGHT FOR 'NO' VOTE; MARCHERS FROM ACROSS BRITAIN 'SADDENED' BY UUP ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT, Belfast Newsletter, 20 April 1998.</ref>

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	Alan Campbell is a Northern Ireland-based preacher, a former member of [[Ian Paisley]]'s Free Presbyterian Church, he later set up his own religious grouping which believes that the people of Ulster are descended from a lost tribe of Israel. He is the author of a number of anti-Catholic pamphlets.<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/09/northernireland.comment The poison at the heart of the Orange Order], ''Guardian'', 9 July 2000.</ref>		Alan Campbell is a Northern Ireland-based preacher, a former member of [[Ian Paisley]]'s Free Presbyterian Church, he later set up his own religious grouping which believes that the people of Ulster are descended from a lost tribe of Israel. He is the author of a number of anti-Catholic pamphlets.<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/09/northernireland.comment The poison at the heart of the Orange Order], ''Guardian'', 9 July 2000.</ref>

−	According to journalist [[Henry ~~Mcdonald~~]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref>	+	According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref>