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Raymond Ibrahim: Obama Throws Christian Refugees to Lions

Sep 28, 2015 7:28 am By Raymond Ibrahim

Gatestone Institute

The fate of those Iraqi Christians who had fled from the Islamic State only to be incarcerated in the United States has finally been decided by the Obama administration: they are to be thrown back to the lions, where they will likely be persecuted if not slaughtered like so many Iraqi Christians before them.

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Fifteen of the 27 Iraqi Christians that have been held at a detention center in Otay Mesa, California, for approximately six months, are set to be deported in the coming weeks. Some have already been deported and others are being charged with immigration fraud.

Many of the Iraqi Christian community in San Diego—including U.S. citizen family members vouching for the refugees—had hopes that they would eventually be released.  Mark Arabo, a spokesman for the Chaldean community, had argued that “They’ve escaped hell [IS]. Let’s allow them to reunite with their families.”  One of the detained women had begged to see her ailing mother before she died.  The mother died before they could reunite, and now the daughter is to be deported, possibly back to the hell of the Islamic State.

Why are Christian minorities, who are the most to suffer from the chaos engulfing the Middle East, the least wanted in the United States?

The answer is that the Obama administration defines refugees as people “persecuted by their government.”  In other words, the only “real” refugees are those made so due to the actions of Bashar Assad.  As for those who are being raped, slaughtered, and enslaved based on their religious identity by so-called “rebel” forces fighting Assad—including the Islamic State—their status as refugees is evidently considered dubious at best.

As Abraham H. Miller argues in “No room in America for Christian refugees”:  “What difference does it make which army imperils the lives of innocent Christians?  Christians are still be[ing] slaughtered for being Christian, and their government is incapable of protecting them. Does some group have to come along—as Jewish groups did during the Holocaust—and sardonically guarantee that these are real human beings?”

In fact, from the start of Western meddling in the Mideast in the context of the “Arab Spring,”Christians were demonized for being supportive of secular strongmen like Assad.   In a June 4, 2012 article discussing the turmoil in Egypt and Syria, the Independent’s Robert Fisk scoffed at how the Egyptian presidential candidate “Ahmed Shafiq, the Mubarak loyalist, [and rival to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi] has the support of the Christian Copts, and Assad has the support of the Syrian Christians. The Christians support the dictators. Not much of a line, is it?”

More than three years later, the Western-supported “Arab Spring” proved an abysmal failure and the same Christian minorities that Fisk took to task were, as expected, persecuted in ways unprecedented in the modern era.

Even without defining refugees as people “persecuted by their government,” the Obama administration never seems to miss an opportunity to display its bias for Muslims against Christians. …

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  1. Lynn says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Here’s where we see the meaning of Human Rights. It’s not about all humans. Human Rights as defined in the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights is all about muslim rights and only muslim rights, world round; giving cover to the bamster so he won’t have to slander islam. He will just practice taqiyya and weasel his way out of answering why these good people are not being allowed to stay when they went thru channels. They should have just waded across like the illegals accepted daily.
    This should speak volumes about the bamster’s Christian faith. And gee, what would the Pope think of his new buddy after all his preaching about the family…

    Isn’t it interesting the churches in the immigrant business aren’t trying to ‘help’ these people?

  2. celticwarriorcanada says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Absolutely Chilling! Really reveals where Obama”s heart and priorities rest . How long till he goes after American Evangelicals? Praying fervently for his removal ! Obama and the Pope equal Anti Christian sentiment and spirit . To think that Hypocrite Obama sings Amazing Grace in an old Methodist Church , then turns around and sends Iraqi Christians back into the hands of murdering monsters . Is anyone in Congress going to call him to account for his bizarre decisions ?

    • Brenda says

      Sep 28, 2015 at 10:33 am

      Unfortunately, no. Our stupid Congress is scared to death of Obama. In the old days, Obama would have been tarred, feathered, and run out of Washington on a rail and then hanged. He should have been impeached. Really he should never have been Potus.

      • abad says

        Sep 28, 2015 at 7:17 pm

        In the old days – if 9-11 happened – we NEVER would have wound up with a Muslim president immediately after.

        And in the really good old days – haha – every Muslim in America would have been rounded up and stuck in a concentration camp.

        Hint hint.

      • Susannah Fedders says

        Oct 2, 2015 at 5:32 am

        People in America don’t care you see them just going on with their lives every day most don’t want to get involved in POLITICS (LMAO) they say so…we are a MOSLEM COUNTRY NOW I GUESS WE NEED TO EXCEPT IT “THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

    • Dr. Divinity says

      Sep 29, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      By all means….bring more cultists muslims and half of Mexico into the U.S. but return the Christians to almost certain death.What else could be expected from obama.

  3. Angemon says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 9:44 am

    Utterly disgusting.

  4. Thomas says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 11:19 am

    The goal of the leaders is to destroy all religions while embracing Islam. Sharia law is coming to everyone and the cowardly people will fall right in line.

    • fudge says

      Sep 29, 2015 at 4:38 am

      that is true

  5. Ex-muslim says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 11:30 am

    Are Christians in America protesting this?
    Why are they silent when America lets in many thousands of muslims each year.

    • Blitz2b says

      Sep 28, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      EXACTLY ! ! ! Why aren’t the American people calling their representatives and demanding that these Christians who are true refugees be allowed to stay and live a life of peace without worrying about staying alive?
      It is one thing to be vocal in blogs like this one but the real difference can be made in saving the lives of these Christians if thousands of people stood up and strongly voiced their opinion to the leaders in government, about this grave matter.

      • Donovan Nuera says

        Sep 28, 2015 at 8:04 pm

        Because our parish priests are only telling us not to draw pictures that might offend people and that it is our fault. Or that we have to be kind to Mexican illegals because, ya know, they are fleeing a genocide in Mexico City.

  6. Cecilia Ellis says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Diabolic and genocidal! A staggering double standard that has become the hallmark of Obama’s duplicitous role in the persecution of Christians. What a betrayal! At least Judas hung himself.

  7. April Huber says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    Obama may not be a Muslims but we know he hates Christians

  8. abad says

    Sep 28, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    I’ve said this elsewhere and will say it again here:

    If we had Romney – a Christian – for President instead of Muslim Hussein Obama, Christians, Jews, Yezidis, Druze, Mandaeans, et al in Iraq and Syria would be welcome to come to the USA. Moslems, no.

    Moslems wanted their Islamic State of ISL, now they can keep it and stay there.

    And that goes for all those migrants in Europe.

  9. Infidave says

    Sep 29, 2015 at 6:51 am

    More proof he should be charged with treason. Send him to gitmo.

  10. Linda Rivera says

    Sep 29, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    If Obama and his regime were the gov’t during the Second World War, they would not have allowed a single Jew to escape into America from Europe’s killing fields.

    Obama is sending back the persecuted Christians because the monster craves their blood. Evil, bloodthirsty Obama craves their barbaric murders at the hands of his ISIS brothers.

    Centuries ago, European Christians fled to America to escape persecution. In our day, the Muslim sitting in the White House makes it a top priority to persecute Christians. God help our Christian brothers and sisters. They must appeal to Russia’s Putin for help. Putin has humanity. Obama has none.

    • Questionman says

      Sep 29, 2015 at 10:03 pm

      Wow. the racist right really aren’t hiding their racism anymore! Figures, it’s obvious the racists in this country don’t believe Obama is a muslim because He isn’t a right-wing racist bigoted white man like trump. to them, only white people can be Christians!

      Why is Barack Obama a muslim posing as a Christian?

      1- He is not . Only a few gullible far right people believe that, the others sale that kool aid for profit.

      Why does Barack Obama hate America? What did we as a country do to him?

      2 He dont hate you and we elect him for president two terms.

      Why is Barack Obama a traitor?

      4.He is not, but a few people make oaths to make him a one term president no mather how they hurt the economy…

      Why is Barack Obama a Marxist?

      5.People who call him Marxist do not know what marxism is..

      Why is Barack Obama a Communist?

      6.People who call him communist do not know what communism is..

      Why is Barack Obama destroying America?

      6.I think the previous president do a better job in accomplish that mission…destroying America.

      • Angemon says

        Sep 30, 2015 at 10:26 am

        Questionman posted:

        “Wow. the racist right really aren’t hiding their racism anymore!”

        Questioning Obama = racism? Talk about drinking the kool-aid…

        “Figures, it’s obvious the racists in this country don’t believe Obama is a muslim”

        Huh, you mean they believe he is, right?

        “because He isn’t a right-wing racist bigoted white man like trump. to them, only white people can be Christians!”

        Are they claiming Dr. Ben Carson is a muslim as well? You know, because he’s not a “right-wing racist bigoted white man like trump”?

        “Why is Barack Obama a muslim posing as a Christian?

        1- He is not .”

        Ah, if you say so – he must have told it to you and you must have confirmed it through a lie detector test, right? Why else would you be so assertive and sure of yourself?

        http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001716967/297220812_barack_obama_sucka_drank_the_kool_aid_didnt_ya_answer_1_xlarge.jpeg

        You should question more, “questionman”. Here, let me give you an example of a question: are you a black union worker?

        Also, 7, not 6, comes after 6.

      • Angemon says

        Sep 30, 2015 at 10:27 am

        And there’s a 3 between 2 and 4. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, not 1,2,4,5,6,6.

      • Joseph says

        Sep 30, 2015 at 10:57 am

        Questionman, Whether you call yourself black, white yellow purple or green it is quite obvious who is the jack-booted Nazi or maybe a pad footed panther.
        #1- You are the one talking about race.
        #2-There is only one race of human beings on this planet.
        #3-He did not win the 2nd election, he stole it.
        #4-Your arguments hold water like a sieve
        #5-Grow up and stop blaming others for your lack of initiative, go to school and get a job.
        #6-You don’t like people who are conservative because they want to give a *hand up* not a hand out.
        #7-I know of no Christian that will ever side with Muslims or say the sweetest sound is the call to morning prayer.

        Questionman you REALLY need to talk to your Pastor if you even have one or is your church called ” the cushy couch and the holy remote”
        BTW My Pastor is what YOU call black and I’m what YOU call white. He tells the truth about Obama. You are blinded by a loyalty to something destructive to the continuation of the human race. Stop hating and blaming others for your own failures.

  11. Ben says

    Sep 29, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    Look at the picture who is he giving the finger too

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