{"id":574964,"date":"2021-06-27T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574964"},"modified":"2021-06-27T16:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T20:35:47","slug":"jailed-canadian-pastor-alleges-double-standard-for-muslims-regarding-lockdown-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jailed-canadian-pastor-alleges-double-standard-for-muslims-regarding-lockdown-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed Canadian Pastor Alleges Double Standard For Muslims Regarding Lockdown Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjailed-canadian-pastor-alleges-double-standard-for-muslims-regarding-lockdown-enforcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-987235950-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A Polish-Canadian pastor who was arrested and jailed for holding church services in defiance of Alberta\u2019s Public Health Act alleged that provincial health officials and law enforcement apply a different standard to Muslims who violate lockdown orders.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Artur Pawlowski, who made international headlines when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nazi-cowards-calgary-police-arrest-polish-pastor-who-refused-to-allow-police-health-officials-to-disrupt-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> in the middle of a busy highway on his way home from church, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/canadian-pastor-says-govt-has-personal-vendetta-against-him.html?clickType=link-most-popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> The Christian Post (CP) that authorities pick on Christians because they know they will not fight back.<\/p>\n<p>Pawlowski, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sickening-polish-pastor-who-threw-gestapo-calgary-police-from-church-gets-another-visit-kicks-them-out-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">went viral<\/a> for videos that showed him forcefully ejecting police from his church, claims authorities started harassing him almost as soon as the pandemic started. They ordered him in March 2020 to shut his church and stop caring for the poor, but he refused, \u201cconcluding that by issuing \u2018orders to stop feeding them [and] giving them necessities of life, they were sentencing them to death. [And] some of them did die,\u2019\u201d according to CP.<\/p>\n<p>When health ministers refused his request for an exemption to their mandates, Pawlowski said he was issued a fine and threatened with arrest and more fines up to $1 million. He drew police attention, particularly when he invited members of the community to a Christmas celebration after authorities effectively canceled the holiday last year. Officers recorded him at the event, he said, after which they began to go after him at his church.<\/p>\n<p>Pawlowski noted, however, that Albertan authorities do not seem as zealous to shut down Islamic events.<\/p>\n<p>As CP further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/canadian-pastor-says-govt-has-personal-vendetta-against-him.html?clickType=link-most-popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"44.716088328076\">\n<p><em>Pawlowski asserted that as law enforcement repeatedly descended on his church services, \u201cthe mosques were fully operational.\u201d He asserted that \u201cno one harassed them, no one interfered with them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNot one imam was being harassed or intimidated. And to this day, there\u2019s not one Imam or one Muslim that has a ticket, even though we have video evidence and pictures [of] them gathering even recently through the whole Ramadan by the thousands,\u201d he added. Pawlowski\u2019s YouTube channel includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bP7gvo9xyRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> of a gathering of thousands of Muslims that took place on the last day of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pawlowski estimated that \u201cabout 2,000 people, maybe more, were there.\u201d He painted a picture of the event for CP, saying, \u201cAs he [an Imam] is speaking, people are chanting, many do not wear masks, there is no physical distancing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The pastor singled out Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Canada\u2019s equivalent of a state governor, for criticism. He cited a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=516473359394327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> Kenney posted on his Facebook page on the same day that the Ramadan service took place, where he thanked the Muslim community \u201cfor the care that you\u2019re showing to others in keeping gatherings smaller and outdoors and following the public health measures.\u201d Pawlowski called the premise of that video \u201ca lie,\u201d adding, \u201cwe know they are not upholding the rules and regulations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pawlowski attributes the disparate treatment of religious gatherings among the two religions to fear: \u201cIf they did that to an Imam, Muslims in the mosques, their heads would be chopped off.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pawlowski went on to say that even though he has criticized authorities in blunt, harsh ways, he has forgiven them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have forgiven those villains, I have chosen to say what Jesus said, \u2018Forgive them, they know not what they do,\u2019\u201d he said, adding that he hopes \u201cthose people that raised their hands against God and God\u2019s church will repent and \u2026 receive the peace and the joy that I have no matter what [the] circumstances are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Thursday urged the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USCIRF<\/a>) to consider adding Canada to its watch list because of how it has treated pastors. Other Canadian pastors who were placed in maximum-security prison include James Coates, who was imprisoned for more than a month, and Tim Stephens, who awaits his June 28 trial in prison after being arrested when a police helicopter found his church gathering outside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/can-religious-liberty-survive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can Religious Liberty Survive COVID-19 And The New Gnostics?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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