{"id":583939,"date":"2021-07-06T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583939"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:06:43","slug":"church-of-vietnamese-refugees-torched-in-latest-apparent-anti-christian-arson-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-of-vietnamese-refugees-torched-in-latest-apparent-anti-christian-arson-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Of Vietnamese Refugees Torched In Latest Apparent Anti-Christian Arson In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fchurch-of-vietnamese-refugees-torched-in-latest-apparent-anti-christian-arson-in-canada%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=583939&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\/07\/GettyImages-1233762843.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Suspected arsonists torched a Protestant Vietnamese church in Calgary, Alberta, on Sunday, in the latest attack against Canadian Christians following the discovery of unmarked indigenous graves at residential school sites once run by the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Vietnamese Alliance Church, a congregation made up mostly of refugees from southeast Asia, suffered extensive damage to its sanctuary during the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">\u201cWe are refugees with no means. We escaped from Vietnam to come here to get more freedom, to live and we think it was a good country \u2014 and now it happened to our church,\u201d Pastor Thai Nguyen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecountersignal.com\/news\/calgary-refugee-church-arson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> The Counter Signal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was the first Sunday that the church was legally allowed to gather in person since&nbsp;Alberta <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/alberta-lifts-nearly-all-covid-19-rules-in-stage-3-releases-guidelines-for-workplace-safety-and-kids-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entered<\/a> into Stage 3 of its mandatory COVID-19 rules on July 1. A&nbsp;visibly discouraged Nguyen explained that since their building has been burned, they have been forced back online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">Referring both to the arson attacks and the government lockdowns, he added, \u201cMaybe it is not safe to be here in Canada compared to Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TERRORIST ATTACK on Refugee Church in Calgary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UbBTlnYilc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Premier Jason Kennedy, whose province bears the distinction of having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-new-documentary-details-government-crackdown-on-canadian-christians-likens-to-communist-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jailed<\/a> more Christian pastors than any other democratic country, condemned the church attacks, tweeting, \u201cAnother appalling arson attack on an Alberta Church. The Alliance House of Prayer has congregations of Vietnamese &amp; Filipino Canadians. Many of the Vietnamese came here as refugees. These acts of hatred targeting the diverse Christian community must end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-new-documentary-details-government-crackdown-on-canadian-christians-likens-to-communist-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: New Documentary Details Government Crackdown On Canadian Christians, Likens To Communist China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7854889589905\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another appalling arson attack on an Alberta Church. The Alliance House of Prayer has congregations of Vietnamese &amp; Filipino Canadians. Many of the Vietnamese came here as refugees. <\/p>\n<p>These acts of hatred targeting the diverse Christian community must end.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RlHxoHjKCu\">https:\/\/t.co\/RlHxoHjKCu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@jkenney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jkenney\/status\/1412101362792292355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/04\/canada-burned-churches-indigenous-catholicism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Several churches<\/a> have been burned and some completely destroyed in Canada since hundreds of unmarked indigenous graves have been discovered at sites of residential schools in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The residential school program, for which Canadian churches and politicians have since apologized, was a government-funded program in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that forced indigenous children into boarding schools to assimilate them to Canadian culture. For a time they were run by Christian churches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trudeau-demands-papal-apology-on-canadian-soil-for-unmarked-indigenous-graves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trudeau Demands Papal Apology On Canadian Soil For Unmarked Indigenous Graves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some indigenous Canadians who were involved in the residential school program condemned the attacks. As the CBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/residential-school-survivors-end-church-arson-1.6090511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p><em>During a news&nbsp;conference Monday, residential school survivor Jessie Malcolm&nbsp;condemned the vandalism while fighting back tears.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to bring back anybody,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jenn Allan-Riley, a Sixties Scoop survivor and the daughter of a residential school survivor, said the acts of vandalism are sowing discord between Indigenous people and the rest of Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBurning down churches is not in solidarity with us Indigenous people,\u201d Allan-Riley told the news&nbsp;conference.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhoever is doing this, you\u2019re going to wake up a very ugly, evil spirit in this country,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ten instances of suspected church vandalism occurred in the Calgary area on Canada Day last week, the holiday that marks the Dominion of Canada\u2019s establishment in 1867. The suspected crimes prompted a statement from the Calgary Police, who also offered commentary on the residential school program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.59133126935\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Officers are investigating vandalism at 10 churches. <\/p>\n<p>We must never forget residential schools are a part of our legacy that destroyed the lives of so many Indigenous families. But vandalism like this only creates further division, fear and destruction.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufMGOlJ4X6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ufMGOlJ4X6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalgaryPolice\/status\/1410717881638088705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/failed-state-protesters-in-canada-topple-statues-of-queens-victoria-elizabeth-ii-as-police-look-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Failed State\u2019: Protesters In Canada Topple Statues Of Queens Victoria, Elizabeth II As Police Look On<\/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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