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Lloyd Billingsley<\/a> – August 6, 2021<\/p>\n In recent weeks, more than 40 Christian churches<\/a> have been torched in Canada, supposedly a response to abuse of indigenous people in residential schools. The arson campaign has drawn a variety of responses, including \u201cNot much difference between Islamophobia and Christophobia<\/a>,\u201d from Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd.<\/p>\n He defines Islamophobia as \u201cdislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.\u201d Christophobia is \u201cIntense dislike or fear of Christianity; hostility or prejudice towards Christians.\u201d From these definitions Todd extrapolates symmetry of action<\/em>. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIn Canada there is now no shortage of shocking displays of both Islamophobia and Christophobia,\u201d Todd explains. \u201cThere have been assaults on Muslims, some deadly. There has been arson attack after attack on churches.\u201d In reality, it\u2019s not quite so simple.<\/p>\n Islamophobia is an incantation to ward off any discussion of subjects such as Islamic jihad, hatred of Jews, and Muslim violence against non-Muslims. What Todd calls \u201cChristophobia\u201d is nothing more than hatred of Christians, next to anti-Americanism surely Canada\u2019s strongest hatred, particularly among the ruling class.<\/p>\n In the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, \u201ca Coptic Orthodox Church, frequented mostly by immigrants from Egypt, was destroyed by fire.\u201d The Copts are an ancient Christian community that, as Raymond Ibrahim notes, suffers horrible persecution in Egypt<\/a>, and in the Sinai Copts cry, \u201cThey are burning us alive<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n Coptic Christians flee this hatred, now going on in Canada. Since the Copts have nothing whatsoever to do with Canada\u2019s residential schools, a different dynamic must be motivating the arson against the Surrey Coptic Orthodox Church. Todd does not explore all the possibilities but does note that police are \u201csilent about these being hate crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lloyd Billingsley – August 6, 2021 In recent weeks, more than 40 Christian churches have been torched in Canada, supposedly a response to abuse of indigenous people in residential schools. The arson campaign has drawn a variety of responses, including \u201cNot much difference between Islamophobia and Christophobia,\u201d from Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd. 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