According to recently released figures from the State Dept., the United States has let in a miniscule number of Christian refugees from Syria — only 34 — during the four years since the Islamic State began its campaign of mass slaughter. Put differently, although Christians amount for 10 percent of Syria’s population—and so should at least be 10 percent of the refugees accepted into the States—only two percent of those accepted are Christians.
This disparity is being ignored by influential U.S. Christian groups. The Church World Service (CWS) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have both called for the resettlement of 100,000 Syrian refugees in the United States next year. Yet advocacy for especially persecuted Christians is lacking among these U.S. Christian organizations.
The CWS, for example, does not even mention the special plight of Christians on its website’s call to help Syrian refugees; it primarily features pictures of Muslims. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — which touts itself as the world’s largest refugee resettlement organization and even received $80 million from the federal government in 2014 for its Migration Fund — also often fails to mention Christians in its public advocacy for the resettlement of Syrian refugees.
Refugee Resettlement Watch charges that “The Bishops [of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops] surely are not telling local priests and parishioners that they are raking in millions of dollars of cold hard cash from federal taxpayers for refugee resettlement activities. And, they aren’t telling them that they are NOT advocating to save the persecuted Christians of Syria through this program” (emphasis in original).
When the Catholic hierarchy does mention persecuted Christians, they are often lumped in with every other group, including Muslim majorities. This approach begins with Pope Francis. Last September, when he stood before the world at the United Nations, his energy was, once again, spent on defending the environment. In his entire speech, which lasted nearly 50 minutes, only once did Francis make reference to persecuted Christians—and he merged their sufferings in the same sentence with the supposedly equal sufferings of “members of the majority religion,” that is, Sunni Muslims (the only group not to be attacked by the Islamic State, a Sunni organization). Said Francis:
I must renew my repeated appeals regarding to the painful situation of the entire Middle East, North Africa and other African countries, where Christians, together with other cultural or ethnic groups, and even members of the majority religion who have no desire to be caught up in hatred and folly, have been forced to witness the destruction of their places of worship, their cultural and religious heritage, their houses and property, and have faced the alternative either of fleeing or of paying for their adhesion to good and to peace by their own lives, or by enslavement.
In the real world, however, “members of the majority religion”—Sunnis—are not being slaughtered, beheaded, and raped for refusing to renounce their faith; are not having their mosques bombed and burned; are not being jailed or killed for apostasy, blasphemy, or proselytization. Quite the contrary, “members of the majority religion” are responsible for committing dozens of atrocities against Christian minorities every single month all throughout the Islamic world.
From a strictly humanitarian point of view, then—and humanitarianism is the chief reason being cited in accepting refugees—far from being lumped in with “members of the majority religion,” Christians should receive top priority simply because they are the most persecuted group, as repeated studies have shown.
At the hands of the Islamic State and in Syria alone, Christians have been repeatedly forced to renounce Christ or die; they have been enslaved and sold on sex slave markets; they have had more than 400 of their churches desecrated and destroyed.
If Christian minorities are true refugees, most Muslims are to a large extent economic migrants not fleeing real persecution but arriving from safe locales such as Turkey. Moreover, roughly 97-98 percent of those being accepted as refugees into the U.S. are Sunni Muslims—the same sect that ISIS, which supposedly precipitated the refugee crisis, belongs to. And many of them, unsurprisingly, share the same vision of relentless jihad on the infidel—such as the “refugees” who murdered some 120 people in France, or the “refugees” who persecute Christian minorities in European camps and slaughter them in their beds, or the “refugees” who drown Christian migrants in the sea, or the ISIS-affiliated Sunni jihads who massacred over a dozen Americans at a Christmas party in San Bernardino.
In short, the refugee resettlement system egregiously discriminates against those who are most deserving of sanctuary and refugee status. Yet little is said or done by pro-resettlement U.S. Christian groups to address, much less correct, this problem.
If influential Christian organizations are ignoring the discrimination against or at least indifference to Christian refugees, the Obama administration’s policies should not be surprising. Aside from the fact that 98 percent of refugees being accepted into the U.S. are Sunni Muslims and only two percent are Christian—a skewed ratio based on Syria’s demographics—consider:
- When inviting scores of Muslim representatives, the State Department is in the habit of denying visas to solitary Christian representatives.
- When a few persecuted Iraqi Christians crossed the border into the U.S., they were thrown in prison for several months and then sent backto the lion’s den.
- When the Nigerian government waged a strong offensive against Boko Haram, killing some of its jihadi terrorists, Secretary of State John Kerry fumed and called for the “human rights” of the jihadis(who regularly slaughter and rape Christians and burn their churches). More recently, Kerry “urged Tajikistan not to go overboard in its crackdown on Islam.”
- When persecuted Coptic Christians planned on joining Egypt’s anti-Muslim Brotherhood revolution of 2013, the U.S. said no.
- When persecuted Iraqi and Syrian Christians asked for arms to join the opposition fighting ISIS, D.C. refused.
- When working on releasing a statement accusing ISIS of committing genocide against religious minorities such as Yazidis — who are named and recognized in the statement — White House officials argued that Christians “do not appear to meet the high bar set out in the genocide treaty” and thus likely not be mentioned.
Days before the disparity against Christian refugees was revealed, President Obama lashed out against the idea of giving preference to Christian refugees, describing it as “shameful”: “That’s not American. That’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion,” loftily admonished the president—even as the exact opposite was occurring: Muslims were getting every preference over Christians.
Such open hypocrisy can stand when influential Christian groups—they who are most responsible for speaking up for savagely persecuted Christian minorities—engage in it themselves.
They all suffer from the phenomena known as White guilt, like they care about Syrian/ white Christians to begin with.
the problem with these so called christian groups is they are not christian what so ever, its only by name. these are tools of satan and everyone of these churches are of the synagogue of satan. any people attending these type churches who do not flee from them will go to HELL on judgement day, let me repeat this to you folks who attend these demon places of worship , YOU ALL WILL GO TO HELL ON JUDGEMENT DAY, GET THAT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, ITS VERY EASY EVEN FOR A CHILD TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!!!!!!
They’re nothing but wood, hay and stubble.
How will these Christian organizations justify their actions before the Lord when judgement day comes? I have a feeling that He will answer them as He did the goats in Matthew 25:31-46.
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Catholics are not Christians.
They were the first Christian church moron.
The RCC spreads damnable, heretical lies. It has its members commit idolatry in numerous ways. It’s idolatry to believe God is living in a wafer. It is necromancy to communicate with the dead according to Deuteronomy 18:10-11.
“10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.” biblegateway
Mary nor the saints can hear prayers. They are not omnipresent. They’re not God who is the only One who we’re suppose to pray to. Mary is not a co redeemer with Christ. She can’t save anyone. She was not conceived without sin. The so called “Mary” apparition that has appeared to people is nothing sort of demonic. That “Mary” glorifies herself. The real Mary would not glorify herself but give the glory to God. Purgatory is another damnable lie because it teaches you need to have something other than the blood of Christ to purify you of your sins. The RCC has condemned to Hell, with their many anathemas, those who don’t believe in their heretical lies.
No they weren’t. Go open the New Testament and let me where the Catholic Church is mentioned. Let me know if you find it Romans, Galatians, Jude, etc….
It is MENTIONED however in Revelations…
Nice to you to call people morons without first doing any research. All of the Apostles all created churches wherever they stepped foot (Rome, Greece, India (Thomas), etc. There was no mention of a pope, bishops, etc.
As of a matter of fact, God is against the creation of a man-made hierarchy in HIS church.
The Roman Catholic Church, Roman, were the ones who invented the term Christianity, as well.
They invented another religion, like Judaism’s, Rabbinic, oral rules and traditions.
Yashua (Jesus) clearly said He came to replace all religions with a relationship with His Abba (Daddy) through Himself. (John 14:6)
The two, sole references in the entire Renewed Covenant to ‘christian’, were nasty, pejorative nicknames for Jewish Followers of Mashiyach (Messiah) Yashua.
Lol. It’s the Information Age, which means that there is no excuse for this kind of stuff anymore. Countless sites exist that will educate you on church history. No doubt Catholic Answers for one has addressed this assertion numerous times. Go and learn.
No surprises here…move along. I live in the Seattle area and Muslim children in the school district are allowed to leave class each day to pray…on school property. No only that, the teacher is required to insure that they have an opportunity to make up for work/instruction they may have missed!
Remember back in the day when American Christians went against the ACLU for prayer in the school?!!!! Why is it being allowed now for Muslims?
could you contact that US group FREEDOM FROM RELIGION with this case. ?
It is really no problem. They will get their stupid heads cut off.
Christians today are stupid, lazy and broke. Church is a 45 minute affair. Four fast songs and a slow one, announcements, a nice 30 minute grace message and out the door and off to eat. Very few discern. Even fewer are warriors. Many come to the popular church. Very few attend the unpopular prayer meeting. Fasting is considered old school and not healthy.
Hi David,
Yes sir people should note the first warning concerning the last days Matthew 24:4
And
as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And
ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
That being said there are a few we pay very close attention to as the Holy Spirit will lead us if we ask.
God Bless,
Today Christians are also cowards.
I believe many Pastors are cowards. We lack leadership. Many Christiains are convinced of a pre-trib rapture. There maybe a pre-trib rapture but there is no solid scripture stating such, only inference, nor do we know if the opening of the seals is before or after the tribulation begins. Again, only inference. I suggest we all prepare for the tribulation both emotionally and spiritually and if we get out earlier, then great but let’s be prepared.
Very well said!
in the Orthodox Christianity the faith becomes for the believer not only a religious and a spiritual path but also a worldview, an identity and it permeates all your life and they way you think and behave and it gets to your blood and your very identity. In the West, I observed Christianity is JUST a 45 minute business that you may or may not do on Sundays.
As Raymond Ibrahim documented above I also observed that most Catholic/Protestant ‘Christians’ in America and the in the West and
their secular ‘liberal democratic’ governments have deep sympathies for
muslims but would intentionally ignore the plight of persecuted Christians
in the M.E. and beyond. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH RAYMOND IBRAHIM FOR KEEP POINTING THE TRUTH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU SERVE HIM THIS WAY AND MERRY (ORTHODOX) CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY!
Yes, exactly. I was part of a Pentecostal Church for many years but after spending time in the former USSR, I actually have steered towards Orthodoxy. There is a calmness and peace in the Orthodox sancturies that you simply don’t have in Protestant or Catholic Churches. In other words, God visits the church and blesses it and gives it parishioners true peace (one that you find in Joel Osteen’s commercialized “church”).
And yes, the world view is vital since the modern Catholic and Protestant churches are more like left-wing, social services groups instead of in the business of saving souls.
Thank you so much for this…. 1,000,000% true.
Dear Raymond Hamilton, thank you so very much for your truthful words which I fully agree. Orthodox Christianity is profound, more spiritual and even more mystical and philosophical when you advance to its higher levels of spiritual maturity (Heb 5:11-14, Heb 6:1) which is called “Theosis”. The presence of God in the Orthodox churches and monasteries is real and life-transforming. The Orthodox faith also becomes a religious, cultural and political identity for the believer and it effects all of one’s life so much so that they cannot accept left-wing secular agendas and philosophies that are running Western churches today. Dear Raymond Hamilton, as a brother in Christ, I would highly encourage you to even go deeper in the Orthodox blessings and when you can, please also share your experiences of the Orthodox Christianity with others who will listen to you. I hope you all the blessings of Jesus Christ our Lord, “…In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge…) Colossians 2:3
Yeah, the Orthodox Christians did a great job at stopping Communism. I have seen the Orthodox Christians keeping relics of dead corpses, worshiping icons…etc. They will say it’s not idolatry but it is.
don’t know what experiences you have had…. maybe so in the large money making mega churches but certainly not in the Local Community types….and you sure don’t describe my Church, but then again I am in Australia
Non-denominational churches in America have no over sight, thus have become abusive in teaching, prophecy and financial accountability. America is responsible for the false prosperity message pounded on television 24 hours a day. Its a constant cess pool of liars, false prophets and seed faith demonic teaching. Money for miracles. The big time church casino. Sow your seed brother. Come on. Get out your visa and give me your money! We have more lyin prophets in America than the Eli Lilly drug company has pills. What a stinkin smelly mess. It all became global when the TBN Funny Farm went on air.
Very well-said! I am disgusted of watching those false prophets who teach (materialism) material prosperity. They forgot Jesus Christ was a homeless street preacher!
Truthfully, said about much of modern christendom, David!
And YHWH (Yahuah, “God, The One & Only” in nature & three personalities) always has available a ‘remnant’ of true Followers, whom trust Him, even when times are worst.
Yes but I don’t take encouragement from my statement. What I said is true but it is sad. I feel isolated, on my own and not a part of believers today.
You people crazy. Go to brain doctor, OK? Praase jesseuz!!!
Christine. I have seen you on other Christian sites mocking us. Why are you here? Why don’t you ask Jesus if we are all crazy, just for a lark? You are obviously intrigued by something? Go ahead, I dare you. Ask Jesus Christ, if He is real, to reveal himself to you personally. I am praying He will remove the blinders from your eyes and you will find Life!!! May God Truly Bless you!!! I asked Him for a scripture for you. He says to you,
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
I like jesseuz. She makes people do funny stuff and tell each other stories they made up.
Hi All,
IMHO another sign of the last spoke of in many places so many warnings if you haven’t seen The Harbinger, The Shemitah, & the 2 cows with a number 7 born in Texas, & the 2015-2016 Bible codes good information.
I will post the 2 cows video if you would like to watch pay close attention to what Cahn says VERY IMPORTANT!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3bpaca8sQ
God Bless,
Anybody can call themselves Christian’s, just as I can call myself anything I want but that does not make it true.
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
Gal 6:10
Several things are happening: The Catholic Church is associated with the satanic worshipping Illuminati trying to bring in the final pope who will pretend to be the savior while being the anti-Christ. The cowardly Christian pastors have failed to warn their flock about the satanic cult of islam…they’re all concerned with their 501c3 tax exemption meaning they belong to the state not you. Then their are infiltrators brain washing the flock to take in these muslim refugees (terrorists) while forgetting about your Christian brethren. Finally, face it…Americans are no longer the World War II generation but a generation of brain dead Wal-Martians. If you doubt that take a look at Mark Dice videos with the sheeple signing his looney tune petitions.
The revelation spoke about the apostate church. We see everyday signs of fallen churches. These of course do not show any solidarity with persecute Christians.
Normal. revelation have announced that this will happen with the apostate church.
Not far behind Catholic Family Services are the Lutheran Family Services. They’re raking in the resettlement bucks too. Lutheran Family Services is a joint ministry of the ELCA and LCMS. I expect this sort of thing from the ELCA – but the LCMS? Missouri Synod should sever links with Family Services / Refugee Resettlement immediately. You can research this online but no one will tell you in church.
Catholics are not “Christians”. They never have been/ never will be.