The following comes from a July 22 CNSNews.com article by Patrick Goodenough :
With ten weeks to go until the end of the fiscal year, the Obama administration continues to admit Syrian refugees at an accelerated pace, and has now exceeded two-thirds of President Obama’s target of 10,000 by September 30.
The proportion of Christians among those resettled continues to languish below half of one percent, while other non-Sunnis account for just over one percent.
Of the July arrivals, 1,501 (99.0 percent) were Sunnis, and three (0.19 percent) were Christians. The other 11 (0.72 percent) were other Muslims.
Of the 6,726 total Syrian refugee arrivals since the beginning of FY 2016, 6,625 (98.4 percent) were Sunnis and 23 (0.3 percent) were Christians – including 15 described simply as “Christian,” five Catholics, two Orthodox and one Greek Orthodox adherent.
The remaining 78 (1.1 percent) comprised 49 refugees described in the data simply as “Moslem,” 17 Shi’a Muslims, 10 Yazidis, one of “no religion” and one “other religion.”
The 6,726 Syrian refugees have been resettled across the nation, with the largest groups going to Michigan (782), California (603), Arizona (512), Texas (471), Pennsylvania (429), Illinois (421), New York (367), Florida (329), North Carolina (312) and Ohio (305).
Obama has rejected Republican concerns about security vetting for Syrian refugees, saying that “they are subjected to the most rigorous process conceivable.”
The administration says the process takes an average of 18-24 months, although an accelerated effort launched last spring aimed to reduce that to around three months in order to meet the president’s 10,000 target.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has pledged to increase significantly the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States if she becomes president.
On CBS News’ Face the Nation last September, she said she would like to see numbers rise from Obama’s 10,000 target, to 65,000.
“Obama has rejected Republican concerns about security vetting for Syrian refugees, saying that “they are subjected to the most rigorous process conceivable.”” Why, I’m just feeling better already. Too bad the Christians are being left out. But then, they are dhimmis, infidels all of ’em. They might become republicans.
Only 23 Syrian Christians admitted into the United States when Christians are being systimatically wiped throughout the Middle East. Shame on the American and western media outlets for not airing the serious plight of Christians in the Middle East on their broadcasts and newspapers. In Iraq alone close to 95% of all Christians have either been wiped out of forced to leave. Christians are being beheaded and crucified in the Middle East yet the western and American media is silent. Shame, Shame, Shame! This persecution will very shortly come to America and the western world. Pray for Christian everywhere that a great and merciful God protects them.
It’s just a reflection of the percentage of Christian approaching the UN checkpoints. That’s all. There is no conspiracy against Christains in US immigration policy.
Please document this assertion, and give reasons why this is true, if it is true. Thanks in advance.
Christians are about 10% of the Syrian population. About 2.1 percent of refugees resettled so far in the US admit to being Christian. The UN says that Christians are afraid of coming out as Christian for fear of retribution by other refugees.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/may-brings-biggest-monthly-number-syrian-refugee-arrivals-conflict
Well you answered half of my concerns YFC. The “why” part was actually a search for reasons why Obama has not vociferously advocated the inclusion of Christians as they are victims of genocide in the Middle East. In other words, the question was to discover why Obama was not being more proactive, given the horrible state of affairs that exists for Christians.
Well, I think he could be more vocal. I don’t know why he hasn’t more vociferously advocated for inclusion of Christians or spoken out against their persecution, you’d have to answer him. I suspect the answer lies in the fact that it is the UN that sends refugees to particular countries. The UN screens refugees and sends them to countries based on the number that the country has agreed to receive. I don’t know if a country can even say, “i want more christians”. I rather doubt it. Maybe the horrible attack in France yesterday will highlight the plight.
Another selective-immigration denier.
Meanwhile today in Normandy, France, two Islamists (at least one of whom certainly had Syrian connections and was “under police surveillance” supposedly) seized a group of Catholics at Mass, beheaded the priest, and slit the throat of a nun, who is fighting for survival:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708394/Two-men-armed-knives-people-hostage-French-church.html
The silence and denial of those who should speak out is deafening.
Wrong, YFC, they are being persecuted in the immigrant camps, too, because they are the minority. Look up reports and videos by Congressmen such as Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey.
Anne, did you actually read my post, or did you just decide to argue with me for the sake of arguing?
YFC, It was in answer to your post July 25 at 9:28 pm, before I had read the other one.
Well here it is as I write, an 84 year old Roman Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel had his throat SLIT and then cut off by: you guessed it Muslims in Normandy France near the city of Rouen. Authorities are still trying to find the “motive” the motive??? They were screaming Allah u Akbar as they stormed the church and started to behead the priest. Folks how much longer can this go on every day in the world, MUSLIMS killing, beheading, blowing up, raping, people all over the world? I cannot understand why In the world the ‘authorities” are always trying to find a ‘motive” when the MUSLIMS are screaming they are doing this in the name of ISIS and Allah U Akbar?????????????
If Hillary gets voted in expect allot more refugees. Get ready for more attacks in US if Germany and France are any example.
Obama is infesting the country with Muslims who can NEVER assimilate into Western society, why can Hindus, Buddhists, all assimilate into Western society and yet MUSLIMS cannot? Muslims cannot live with each other, Jews, Christians,Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans, Yazidis, but folks this is nothing new! Islam has NEVER lived in peace with others, it is based on the sword, submit or die, it is easy as that, Jesus was about love, forgiveness, and peace, Mohammed was an murderer, pedophile, rapist and evil man these are all facts in the history books.
It would be useful to review the official definition of “refugee” at https://www.unrefugees.org/what-is-a-refugee/ . Only the Christians qualify. The Muslims are simply economic migrants, and should wait in line along with the others emigrating here looking for a better life, in their own country.
Very good observation
No, that is not a correct reading of the definition of a refugee, sorry.
YFC, if you are going to criticize a point of view, give reasons for it. Otherwise you sound like a professional troll. Bob Bugiada made a claim and gave one reason for it. Is he uninformed? misinformed? Illogical? If none of these then either you suspend judgment or agree with him. In answering these questions, make sure to adduce facts, not opinion.
Dan: the answer is yes, the aforementioned “Fellow Catholic” is “professional.” Second, most of the rest of us have learned that since he will deny the most blunt objective reality,it is best to ignore his comments.
The same Fellow Catholic who claims that the mere evidence of statistically high rates of arrests and convictions of black men automatically portend racism, now in the case of Middle East Christian refugees, his own faith group, are manifestly being excluded and exposed to torture and death, considers this just a statistical blip. They are merely “not applying” for refugee status. Case closed.
Some day the Lord God will judge him the same way. Case closed.
YFC, the exact words are, “A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries.” Only the Christians qualify.
I have family in Germany and what they tell me is shocking entire streets in many cities are all Muslim owned, beards, hijabs, niqabs, robes, are all over the cities, they tell me you would think this is any city in the Middle East yet it is GERMANY! Germans have a guilt complex, they are terrified to say anything about the invasion lest they be called you guessed it: NAZIS, the press and Left Wing parties will call them Nazis, bigots, xenophobes, the Germans have been neutralized not to say a word about the MUSLIM invasion, however all humans have breaking points and I believe the Europeans will wake up very soon and expel the MUSLIM invaders it is only a matter of time and sadly more mass murders by this DEATH CULT called ISLAM.
Janek, if your relatives are not pushing abortion and selling the body parts of aborted babies and pushing euthanasia for the disabled and elderly as some are over here, they are not Nazis. If your relatives are not the ones that are desecrating Jewish graves, as some Muslims do, they are not Nazis. Hang in there buddy, I have seen videos on line of what is going on in Germany, and it is not the Germans Christians doing that. I will pray for them. I would not be surprised if Merkel ends up being hung for destroying Germany by her policies.
Those who approve of the unstemmed mass Islamic migration (President Obama derided opponents of being “afraid of women and children” coming to the US), would do well to consider the following youtube clip of a Hezbollah-organized kindergarten graduation of children in the Gaza strip, caught recently by Israeli television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM07qFvcTE8&feature=youtu.be
Prepare to be shocked by “the JV team of the JV team”. Those who aren’t shocked should consider themselves collaborators, either active or passive.
Campion, we have had a lot of Muslims in my area for some time now, but during the last two weeks, I have seen three women wearing full face veils, not hajibs but full face veils. Before that I had only seen one in another area of Californa over several years. Two of these one could tell by their builds and such were very young girls as the older woman was unveiled and taller. All with a man of course.
President Obama knows exactly what he is doing. The Muslims helped vote him in. He knows where his ” bread is buttered”.
Muslims were less than 1 % of the American population at the time of the last election. Even if every single one voted against him, he would still have won.
Our media certainly kept a whole lot of things quiet and why? All the presidential candidates’ class records were open, except for Obama’s . Also the true teachings of the Koran were not known by most American’s. I would not even had known how terrible they were if I had not read the Koran years before 9/11. Mohammed’s marriage to a ten year old (some Muslims say 9 depending on the start of menses) when the average Jewish and Christian woman got married at 14, and so on.
A good book — “The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America” by Andrew C. Mc Carthy, or as Cardinal Sarah might put it; the two horsemen of the Apocalypse, Islam and gender confusion.
President Obama knows exactly what he is doing. The Muslims helped vote him in. He knows where his ” bread is buttered”.
Anne T, …Bingo!
Video- ‘MORE PROOF THAT OBAMA WAS RAISED A MUSLIM & STILL IS A MUSLIM’
The last time the Holy Father spoke about the immolation of Middle East Christians was 6/19/16: his addresses are sporadic and inconsistent. Even tho’ he called their suffering “martyrdom”, he declined to condemn Christians’ genocide, now that appears that over 200,000 have been now murdered in the past 5-7 years (according to Knights of Columbus data).
Previously, he gave excuses for attacks in France and Belgium, claiming, “In Brussels, the terrorists were Belgians, children of migrants, but they grew up in a ghetto.” (5/16/16) Najim Laachroui, one of the Mar 22 ’16 Brussels Airport attack( which killed at least 4 Americans and about 20 others), was educated in Catholic schools in the Mollenbeek district of Brussels…
That is not a ghetto, Holy Father, except of their own making: previously, Card Suenens grew up in that once very Catholic district. On this same date, he made more excuses for Muslim terrorism, saying both Muslims and Christians share “an idea of conquest.” Accurately, the Washington Post observed:
” It can be inferred that the pope is likening the Islamic principle of “jihad” — sometimes narrowly construed to mean holy war, but more accurately understood as a kind of spiritual struggle — with the Christian proselytizing mission.”
Really? Cant you speak bravely, Holy Father,and define difference, that we are NOT the same as those who, following the 37 injunctions in their “Holy Book” are killing the kefir.
Pope Francis please keep letting these animals come into Europe, you sir are much to blame for all that is taking place in Europe and yes I said it because somebody has too!! Never in my life time has a pope not defended Christianty like this man has. Europe as we know it is for all intents and purposes is DEAD! Civil War will erupt in Europe for the Europeans will soon awake from their slumber and realize their whole way of life is GONE!!
Yes, Pope Francis is responsible for the blood now flowing in Europe’s plowed fields. Since he does not speak any languages except Argentinian and pidkin Italian he may have not have heard or understood the French anthem La Marseilleise. Probably He just wants the German people to pay reparations for doing nothing to Argentina. Pope Francisco is the Catholic equivalent of our Master Obaama. The ends justify the means for both Jesuits and Marxists.
I don’t think there is a language known as “Argentinian”. But go ahead, keep hurling unfounded insults at the Vicar of Christ. I’m sure your soul is not at jeopardy.
Under Sharia Law if a Muslim converts to Christianity it is punishable by death so it is highly likely that they will never convert to Christianity. Most of the Muslim refugees from Syria are coming to the U.S. and Germany for welfare benefits. Obama and Clinton want to bring as many in the U.S. as possible to vote Democrat and insure a permanent Democratic majority. Also in cities like Dearborn, Mi. and Minneapolis they will constantly push for Sharia law. Allahu Akbar!
Really? You understand that there is a long time between coming to the country, then getting permanent residence, then getting citizenship? You realize we are talking about 10,000 people, not 10 million people, right? You realize that we don’t have sharia law, and it would take a constitutional convention to have sharia law, right? 2/3 of the people or so? Right, you understand that, right?
YFC – What’s your point? It also would take an act of Congress to mandate new bathroom rules for public schools…oh, wait. No, Obama has overstepped his bounds on that issue. What makes you think he couldn’t enact Sharia in the same lawless manner, or Hillary? Hmm?
“Sharia law” is redundant, Mr. Know-It-All. Sharia = Islamic jurisprudence, i.e., law. Sharia=law.
Well, no a President can’t declare Sharia Law. And why would a Christian President even want to?
Why indeed!
What has happened to the German people they run and cower in sheer fright in their own country at the very sight of anything the Muslims do, are there any REAL MEN in Germany or Europe for that matter left? Come on already Germany, Holland, France, England, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Austria, is there any MAN that will stand up and fight against these ANIMIALS?? WAKE UP EUROPE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!
Don’t white Liberals and Liberal Jews and gays and feminists understand they would be the first to die under Sharia??? By the way Father Hamel in France was told to kneel by the Islamic animals and they proceeded to “saw” off his head in front of congregants and two nuns and the media will not tell you this!!
Additional facts have emerged from the killing of 84-year-old Fr. Jacques Hamel yesterday 7/26/2016 in St. Etienne-du-Rouvray, in the Normandy region of France.
The 19-year-old killer, Adel Kermiche, the child of Algerian Muslim immigrants, had a comfortable middle-class upbringing in rural France, but about a year ago had tried to travel to Syria to link up with ex-Catholic (yes, read that again) Maxime Hauchard, a former French Muslim now in Syria who has executed captured Americans for ISIS. He was imprisoned but released early from his 2.5 year sentence this past Mar. 22nd.
As conditions of his parole, he was allowed to be unsupervised daily from 830am-1230pm (?). This attack occurred at the 9am daily Mass. 3 nuns, two…
..laywomen, and the octogenarian Fr. Hamel. Now these are brave, brave ISIS soldiers to take on this dangerous target.
What is most disconcerting is the flaccid response of Rouen archbishop Dominique Lebrun: “I cry aloud to all men of good will: the only arms which the Catholic Church can take up are prayer and brotherhood between men.”
What, Archbishop? Arent Catholics allowed to defend themselves? Why didn’t you publicly condemn ISIS, those in radical Islam inside and outside France who pervert the minds of these young men, and advise all diocese personnel to draw up contingency plans for security at all churches and institutions—the same defensive measures that synagogues and Jewish schools have taken in France and…
..and Belgium: because there will be more attacks. ISIS has said they are specifically targeting Catholics in France as “crusaders”. See UK Daily Mail article 26 July 2016, “You Christians, You Kill Us”, Peter Allen, Julian Robinson, Imogen Calderwood.
All weak men who preach touchy feelie and sing Kumbaya. Men who would ask well let’s find out why they hate us and what would make Muslims cut off the heads of priests, sick bishops indeed.
I think I will buy or make a cowl or hood with a lower face covering — like the ones used in the colder states — and wear it around in the stores with a huge cross necklace on the front of me. That should scare the heck out of everyone, including the Muslims.
And who is Barry throwing grant money at (with our taxpayer dollars) to secretly resettle these Muslims? Catholic Charities? BINGO! The good old useful Democrat bishops with all their peace and justice credentials, most recently bolstered by the year of mercy, that’s who.
Let’s pray the French people wake up and elect Marine Le Pen of The Front National to lead France from the yoke of Islam in 2017 and Geert Wilders of Holland and Heinz-Christian Strache of Austria!!!
Janek the media will not tell you what they really did to that Priest in France because right now those behind the new world order are getting ready to do the same thing throughout America and the rest of the Western World. Just like Christians were persecuted and killed during the first centuries by the Romans so to are they going to persecute and kill Christians in the very near future. Do not despair or be afraid brothers and sisters in Christ for your redemption draweth near. God bless you for our Lord Jesus Christ True God and True Man is coming very soon!
NO MORE MUSLIM IMMIGRANT REFUGEES! We need to petition every Catholic bishop to stop their “Justice for Refugees” program NOW!
Charity toward others does not mean we must submit to suicide of our nation and way of life! “Charity is no excuse for suicide.” Sebastian Gorka, national security expert.
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Cardinal Sarah to Europe’s Governments: “How many deaths does it take until the leaders understand the situation?”
Robert Cardinal Sarah, Guinea, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church in Rome, on the murder of Abbé Jacques Hamel and the Muslim perpetrators in the past Wochen.verübten attacks in France and Germany. How many deaths does it take until the leaders understand the situation?”
https://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2016/07/cardinal-sarah-to-europes-governments.html
And now Pope Francis demands yes demands that Poland bring in more and more Syrian Muslim refugees! Folks there is something fundamentally wrong with this man, why in gods name would he want more Muslims in A pre-dominantly Roman Catholic country? Every day there is a Muslim attack bombing my thing throat sledding in Germany and this pope wants more Muslims! Folks there’s something wrong with him wake up!
Look what walks the streets of London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels, Stockholm, Oslo, the list can go on these are European capital cities you would think they are middle eastern cities, this is the future of Europe, it’s happening right before our very eyes. And Pope Francis and Angela Merkel only wanted to accelerate it, for the life of me I don’t know what they are doing
When I went to Germany last year to visit family, I made a point of going to different cathedrals and churches throughout Germany from the Rhineland to Bavaria once strongholds of Roman Catholicism, I wasn’t shocked because I knew what I would find, empty cathedrals, empty churches, only tourists these of turned into museums and tourist attractions in Germany, and for Europe as a whole not just Germany. The Roman Catholic Church is all but dead in Europe. And this pope once more Muslims in Europe there something wrong with this man and I will say it again there is something wrong with this man.
The real refuges are the Christians! The Christian’s are those who’s lives are in-danger, much moreso than the muslim refugees, or has everyone seemed to have forgotten of the true story months ago about all the Christian beheadings that barely made the news? The muslims should stay in their homeland and straighten it out, not run. I don’t believe their motive is to run from life threatening danger. Rather it is part of their determination for islam to conquer the world, and they are doing a very good job of it without firing to many shots or beheading to many people. Of course the muslims are peaceful all fools. In the future the muslims will remove the fools heads and the fools will wonder what went wrong!