CHRISTIAN REFUGEES MERIT PRIORITY STATUS

from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

Bill Donohue comments on the urgent need to give priority status to persecuted Christian refugees:

In November 2015, President Barack Obama told a G20 press conference that proposals to give priority status to Christian refugees from Syria were “shameful.” He said, “We do not have a religious test for our compassion.” Now he is criticizing President Donald Trump for making good on this initiative.

What is really shameful is Obama’s hypocrisy, and that of his supporters. According to the logic of Trump’s critics, Obama employed a religious test to keep Syrian Christian refugees out of the United States, something that Trump is now seeking to rectify. Moreover, those refugees were created, in large part, by Obama’s failed Middle East policy.

Obama’s policy of giving priority status to Muslims was so blatant that it caught the attention of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Daniel Manion.

In November, he voiced concern over the almost complete absence of Christians among the Syrian refugees. He noted that “of the nearly 11,000 refugees admitted by mid-September, only 56 were Christian.”

He further observed that “Perhaps 10 percent of the population of Syria is Christian, and yet less than one-half of one percent of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States this year are Christian.”

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'We're Keeping Our Spirits High': Indonesian Christians Still Worshiping A Year After Churches Destroyed By Islamic Extremists

Police demolish a church at the Siompin village in
Aceh Singkil, Aceh province last October

By James MacIntyre

Christian Today

Christians are still gathering for worship in Aceh Singkil – an Indonesian province ruled under Sharia law – more than a year after churches there were destroyed by Islamic extremists and police, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).

The churches – which have still not been rebuilt because of what WWM said was "discrimination against Christians" – were razed in October 2015 following clashes between Muslims and Christians in a separate part of Indonesia.

Some churches were destroyed by extremists and others demolished by police following demands from residents that all unregistered churches be destroyed. Imams have reportedly ordered the torching of churches, and Christians have been targeted by mob violence.

WWM said that of 11 churches demolished last year, the members of six continue to meet in tents, while the rest have joined other churches.

However, many Christians live in fear of violence, according to the organization. 

"The perpetrators live in the neighbourhood and they always watch my church members' activities," said one local Christian whose church is experiencing rapid growth.

Another local church member added: 

"I'm sad that we have to worship in tents in the middle of a palm-oil plantation. But we're keeping our spirits high."

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