Windsor Pastor Charged for Breaking COVID-19 Rules, Church says it's 'Discriminatory'

Religion can inspire heights of magnificence and depths of violence. Each faith has a wide range of interpretations from 'normative' to 'extreme'. 'Extreme' does not mean violent, but extreme views can endanger the public. Borealis looks at extreme views that may not be violent but which still can an effect on public safety.

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Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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Windsor pastor charged for breaking COVID19 rules, church says it's 'discriminatory'. Fine for pastor could be between $750 and $100K following a church service last Sunday. Police have charged a Windsor pastor with breaking COVID19 rules following a church service last Sunday. On Thursday, Harvest Bible Church said in a news release that lead pastor Rev. Aaron Rock was charged under the Reopening Ontario Act by Windsor police.

The “Jonestown Massacre” occurred on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicidemurder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones (193178). It took place at the socalled Jonestown settlement in the South American nation of Guyana. Jones had founded what became the Peoples Temple in Indiana in the 1950s, then relocated his congregation to California in the 1960s. In the 1970s, following negative media attention, the powerful, controlling preacher moved with some 1,000 of his followers to the Guyanese jungle, where he promised they would establish a utopian community. On November 18, 1978, U.S. Representative Leo Ryan, who had gone to Jonestown to investigate claims of abuse, was murdered along with four members of his delegation. That same day, Jones ordered his followers to ingest poisonlaced punch while armed guards stood by.

Anwar alAwlakiThe Radical Cleric Inspiring Terror From Beyond the Grave. The New York/New Jersey bombing suspect’s written praise for radical cleric Anwar alAwlaki is another grim reminder that this icon of global jihad continues to inspire terror attacks long after he was killed in a U.S. drone strike. “If you were to look at people who had committed acts of terrorism or had been arrested and you took a poll, you’d find that the majority of them had some kind of exposure to Awlaki,” said one U.S. counterterrorism official who has followed his impact closely.