![]() ![]() But the moment he strode to the mike, he had the audience in thrall. A squat fire plug in a brown shirt, brown suit, and beige striped tie, he stared out from behind owlish wire rims, no hint of a smile creasing his jowls. Seated onstage, Hagee hardly looked capable of mustering such charisma. Taking their seats on the stage of the college’s ground-floor auditorium, they were mere warm-up acts for the undisputed star of the show: Reverend John Hagee, the Texas televangelist who packs eighteen thousand born-again Christians into his Cornerstone Church in San Antonio every Sunday and whose fire-and-brimstone broadcasts reach an estimated ninety-three million homes around the globe. Still, neither was the night’s main draw. ![]() ![]() Yellow police tape blocked the driveway, and plainclothes rcmp officers eyed the crowd for threats to two visitors inside: Canada’s ambassador to Israel, Alan Baker, and Major General Aharon Zeevi Farkash, chief of Israel’s military intelligence. ![]() Outside the low-rise office building that houses Canada Christian College, security was tight. The Rising Political Influence of the Catholic Right.Why Canada Missed its Best Chance to Deradicalize the Alt-Right.How the Alt-Right Is Winning Over University Campuses. ![]()
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