{"id":2451,"date":"2021-07-15T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:12:14","slug":"christian-persecution-45-churches-attacked-in-ongoing-anti-christian-terror-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2021\/07\/christian-persecution-45-churches-attacked-in-ongoing-anti-christian-terror-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Persecution: 45 Churches Attacked in Ongoing Anti-Christian Terror Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a rise in terrorists attacking and burning down churches in Canada in recent weeks, with hate crimes against Christians becoming commonplace.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Counter Signal, which keeps a close eye on terrorist attacks around the globe, found that since June, there have been 45 attacks on Christians. Most of these attacks have been on Roman Catholic congregations.<\/p>\n<p>The vandalism and fires span six provinces, in addition to the Northwest Territories. Many of these have been in the center of First Nations&#8217; territory. Elders of First Nations and former residential school survivors have been the loudest voices calling for the persecution to end.<\/p>\n<p>While the media isn&#8217;t calling it a terror campaign, Christians are still being forced to defend themselves against these attacks. Some churches are forced to hire private security to protect places of worship.<\/p>\n<p>As a series of arsons have arisen as statues and churches are destroyed throughout Canada, some have questioned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s response to the crimes against churches recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is so explicitly an anti-church hate crime wave and yet Justin Trudeau, who is normally the first and the wokest, waited a week before saying anything, and he literally said &#8216;that&#8217;s not the way to go,'&#8221; Rebel News founder Ezra Levant stated on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has since denounced the church burnings amidst backlash over Canada&#8217;s use of church-run residential schools to forcibly assimilate indigenous children from the late 19th century through the 1970s, Fox News reports.<\/p>\n<p>The reason behind the attacks appears to be to strike fear in Christian Canadians who want to practice their faiths.<\/p>\n<p>There is now video footage showing a man tossing burning objects into the dry bush near a church. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_TimJames\/status\/1411051131870932995\">video<\/a> released on July 2 reveals two young women splattering orange paint on St. Jude&#8217;s Parish in Vancouver. The attacks are only increasing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to demand justice to end these attacks against Christians.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZebEjnn29-4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a rise in terrorists attacking and burning down churches in Canada in recent weeks, with hate crimes against Christians becoming commonplace. According to The Counter Signal, which keeps a close eye on terrorist attacks around the globe, found that since June, there have been 45 attacks on Christians. 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