This is social engineering, not a genuine response to a refugee crisis. Ten percent of Syria was Christian before the war, and the Christians have been particularly brutalized, often by Obama-backed jihad groups. The refugee population should thus be at least 10% Christian. Instead, Christians accounted for less than one percent of the refugees admitted into the U.S. Obama is clearly pursuing a strategy to increase the Muslim population of the U.S. He may be doing this out of the confidence that they will vote Democrat, or because he thinks an increased Muslim population in the U.S. will end “Islamophobia,” or for some other reason, even possibly including a generally positive view of Muslims and of the putative benefits of Islam for a society, coming from his upbringing.
“12,587 Syrian Refugees Admitted in FY 2016: 12,486 Muslims, 68 Christians, 24 Yazidis,” by Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, October 3, 2016:
(CNSNews.com) – The administration admitted a total of 12,587 Syrian refugees during the just-ended fiscal year, exceeding the target President Obama declared last fall by 2,587 (20.5 percent).
Of the 12,587, the vast majority are Sunni Muslims – 12,363 (98.2 percent) – while another 103 are identified in State Department Refugee Processing Center data simply as Muslims and a further 20 as Shi’a Muslims.
Sixty-eight of the 12,587 Syrian refugees (0.5 percent) are Christians. They comprise 16 Catholics, eight Orthodox, five Protestants, four Jehovah’s Witnesses, one Greek Orthodox, and 34 refugees self-identified simply as Christians.
The remainder of the Syrian refugees resettled in the U.S. in FY 2016 are 24 Yazidis, eight refugees with religion given as “other,” and one with “no religion.”
The final month of the fiscal year followed the pattern of previous ones: 1,847 Syrian refugees were admitted, of whom 1,812 were Sunnis, 13 were other Muslims, 12 were Christians, seven were Yazidis, and three were “other” religion.
Throughout the year, the numbers of Christians and other religious minorities among the Syrians granted refugee status in the U.S. were dwarfed by those of Sunni Muslims.
Although the majority of Syrians are Sunnis, the number of Sunnis among the refugees was still disproportionately high, and the number of Christians disproportionately low, when compared to the overall population makeup.
When the conflict began in 2011, an estimated 10 percent of the Syrian population (1.5-1.7 million) was Christian and 74 percent was Sunni Muslim.
In contrast, Christians accounted for just half of one percent of the refugees resettled in the United States in FY 2016, while Sunnis accounted for 98.2 percent….
Don McKellar says
And NOT A PEEP from mainstream media. No 60 minutes reports. No inquiries and stories on PBS. No newspaper investigations from the Washington Post or the New York Times. No questioning whatsoever of the fates of all those non-moslems and this obvious social engineering from the moslem in chief.
JawsV says
The Washington Post??? For those dhimmis the more Muslims the better.
Peterpumpkineater says
This failed president cannot be gone soon enough. It appears there is a worldwide conspiracy by the liberals to destroy Western countries with the aid of the mooslims.
Shane says
Yes, the left is on the side of the muslims as they view devout Christians as their main enemies, and the muslims will vote for the Free Stuff party once they get the right to vote. Shillary will be our country’s Merkel bringing in hordes of muslims to rape our women and children and to kill our people.
paul says
Why is it only white countries have to take these?
concerned canadian says
And is that just the ones from Syria?
How about all the country shoppers ?
Custos Custodum says
As CNS correctly notes, Syria’s population in 2006 was about 10% Christian. In fact, the Pentagon itself acknowledged this in an official report (which will no doubt soon disappear into the memory hole):
Even if the ratio of Christian had, say, fallen to a quarter (i.e. 2.5% of the population), these U.S. government immigration figures bespeak drastic anti-Christian, pro-Muslim discrimination by Barry and his Muslimophile Marxist acolytes. Anyone with a basic understanding of statistics will appreciate that it is statistically virtually IMPOSSIBLE to come up with only 68 Christians (0.5%) out of a total of 12,587 “Syrians” admitted without intentional, intelligent discrimination sanctioned by Obama’s administration and Iran-Kerry’s State Department
Shawn says
I bet a big portion of those 10% christians have been murdered by the moslems in syria already.. Most likely its nowhere near 10% anymore.
Ballantine1979 says
Since many (we don’t know how many) of the “refugees” flooding Europe and coming to America are not really “Syrian” but come from other Muslim regions, then America should be taking in Christian (actual) refugees from other Muslim countries as well and not even limit it to reflect that 10% of Syrian Christians.
Alexius Comnenus says
US should received only Christians and not Muslims who will not respect our way of life. They will always be a treat to our security. This current administration is doing everything in its remaining power to work to the destruction of our nation.
However Obama will go down in the nation history as an anti-American president who tried hard to bring this country to a racial antagonism, anti-Christian domestic policy and to divide our country.
He destroyed the military, helped the muslims worldwide and created the international chaos.
Those who voted for him twice bare also the blame on their conscience.
Allan says
Obama “destroyed the military”? The military is no more? The barracks are empty? The Navy’s ships are rusting derelicts and sunken wrecks?! The Air Force hasn’t a single airworthy plane??
How preposterous. You’re an ignorant wing nut.
JawsV says
No, he’s not an “ignorant wing nut.” Alexius is exactly right that Obama has attempted to destroy our country by letting in the Mohammedans and their Jihad ideology, Islam.
LB says
An eagle without talons is nothing more than a sitting duck.
quota raven says
To LB – Pungent little comment there, LB. Brill!
Cheers!
quota raven
Linde Barrera says
To Alexius Comnenus- As per your 12:55 pm, Oct. 4, 2016 comment, I wish to respectfully address your last sentence. I am a retired NYC public school teacher, as of June 30, 2014. I worked in my classroom until 5:30- 6 pm most days. I was getting materials for the next day’s lesson, or putting up a bulletin board, or calling parents, or checking homework or grading parents or at a professional workshop. School got out at 2:45 pm! When I got home I was too tired to research what the main stream media was saying about Obama, and I believed at that time that the MSM was truthful. I voted for him the first time because I thought it would be cool to have an African American president. If none of these reasons are good enough for you, I accept that. But please know I am telling you the truth.
Mohsin says
The US should not be funding the wars of other countries and respect their way of life either but it meddles—nobody bothers to question that? Without this funding the war in Syria would have been over ages ago, you think that Syrian war would last so long on it’s own? Only US and Russian funding has kept this war alive. So, you shouldn’t make such a comment if the US is actively funding something that’s not their war. The least Obama can do is take in all the refugees without bias.
Ron says
Well, respecting their way of life would be impossible for me. Islam is the antithesis of virtually everythng I believe; it is cruel, intolerant, violent, sexist and incredibly ignorant.
Having said that, I do believe the best policy is separation or non-involvement with those who espouse hatred. They will destroy themselves given half an opportunity.
I hope Donald Trump will follow through on his promise not to get involved in nation building. George W. Bush promised the same, but he lied.
Ciudadano says
is USA accepting the same fanatic, bigot Muslims that persecute and harass Christians and other minorities in Syria and support jihadists?
quota raven says
To Ciudadano – (gasp) Ya think?
Cheers!
quota raven
Ciudadano says
Mine was a rhetoric question. We know many anti-western, bigoted Muslims and some potential terrorist are infiltrating refugees. An idea is to place refugees in shelters and subject them to some trial period to find out the ones that will be able to adapt to western civilization and send back to their original countries the bigots and dangerous ones.
Mohsin says
Yep the US terrorists who are funding the war in Syria which should have been over long back without such funding are also doing some good too. You are right.
Michael Laudahn says
Again, my (naive?) question: Given that the system (like anywhere else, of course) evidently does not work as planned by the constitution, is there no mechanism in place to force it back into working order?
If not, what use does a constitution have?
Adrian Johnson says
The founding fathers knew the Constitution’s “checks and balance” system would only work if the nation’s leaders were honest men. Instead, we have an Executive that legislates by executive order; who refuses to enforce existing laws ( such as “Defense of Marriage” act) and a “loose constructionist” Judicial which legislates from the bench by finding “new / implied rights” via legal “penumbra”.
I suppose one way to restore the constitution would be a military coup by conservative generals, like a Banana Republic– .
Angemon says
Who runs the camps where the Obama administration took the “refugees” from?
dumbledoresarmy says
The UNHCR is currently headed by a Muslim. No prizes for guessing where *his* priorities will be.
Barnabas Fund and other Christian charities with experience of the area have reported that the displaced Christians are generally not to be found in the UN-run camps. Why? – because the Muslim ‘refugees’ dominate the camps, hog the resources, and attack and drive out non-Muslim refugees. The Christian and Yazidi refugees are generally struggling to survive *outside* the UN-run camps. The main people caring for the displaced Christians are the minority local churches in places like Lebanon and Jordan, with some assistance from Christian NGOs such as Barnabas Fund.
gravenimage says
Yes–that is *exactly* what is happening. Many times Christian and other Infidels even get a chance to be picked for immigration through these avenues into the free West? And that’s when Muslims are not throwing them off boats to drown in the Mediterranean. Just sickening.
Kiel says
When we take a look at Obama and his administration three possible options emerge: either is Obama a clueless clown or a naïve amateur or most probably a cynical global social engineer wanting transformation big scale. His upbringing points furthermore to loyalty to the Mohammedan faith.
Ron says
I scratched=ed my head over this one literally for years, Then, it occurred to me that there was a common thread going back to Ted Kennedy and his immigration act of 1965. Adding 1 million ‘undocumented Democrats’, i.e. immigrants each and every year has added tens of millions of those who are naturally inclined to support the far Left. It has been a beautifully executed, but unspoken strategy to change the American demographic for purely political purposes.
Loison Helmer says
Canada is the same. Our Muslim loving Prime Minister has basically ignored Christian and Yezidi refugees to bring 35,000 supposed Syrians in in just a few months.
shoehorn of africa says
So the group causing the most trouble is also the most favoured by BHO. Uh-huh.
dumbledoresarmy says
If Western governments were to prioritise the Christians (and the Yazidis, the other group of non-Muslims) they will *have* to go outside the UN system, because most of the non-Muslim refugees from Syria and Iraq are NOT in the UN-run camps, which are basically full of Muslims and dominated by Muslims (and non-Muslims are actively attacked and driven out by said Muslims).
Western governments could go to Barnabas Fund and connect with ‘Operation Safe Havens’ which is specifically focused on the Christians. If Barnabas says a displaced person is a Christian then you can be quite sure they are, as Barnabas has worked with these communities and their local leaders on the ground for decades. Barnabas also liaises with host churches in the receiving countries; churches can step up to sponsor fellow Christians with air fares, etc. In Australia and the USA there are, of course, emigre Assyrian Christian communities of long standing, first established as far back as the19th century when earlier groups of people fled their homelands because of Muslim aggression and oppression, and which have remained in touch with their kin throughout; these, too, can help with identifying bona fide candidates for humanitarian visas.
somehistory says
This is the “fundamental transformation” he was talking about; and the people he said it to, cheered.
Will they cheer when there is a knife to their throat, or a whip to their back to make them get in line with the unlawful and evil code of demonic behavior of islam?
Mo says
And the really important question is WHERE are they being sent?
Malcolm (SouthAfria) says
Here is a good Priest on the immigration issue. Make sure to use the English sub title
EVA LORENS says
Barrack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. His father was a Muslim (mother white communists from Kansas). Why are we surprised that he is pro Muslims.Also he is well remember from putting down Holy Bible but never Islam.His is the presidency of deception and shame. Most unAmerican President of all times. He is socialist, globalists and not just for Islamization of the US but genocide of white people. They’re going to keep on stirring all types of problems to keep on people on the move. Whatever they say they do not expect from them integration but from us forceful assimilation and acceptance. They want us mix and slowly erode white race. We need Trump and more to reverse the course.
abad says
Obama does not care about the REAL refugees – non-Muslims trying to escape Syria and Iraq from ISL rule – all he cares about is bringing in as many ISL state jihadis into the USA as possible. And this act needs to be treated as treason because that is exactly what it is.
Mary ann Mejia says
Just keep feeding the Leeches.
Fitna says
We should be taking zero refugees to begin with. They should remain in their region where they share the same language and culture with their fellow Arabs. They will come here and leech off the welfare system, never working and eventually growing their population and turning our cities into the hell-holes muslims have created in Europe.
However if we had to take any refugees then they should only be the ones most persecuted, which is the Christians, Atheists, Yazidis and other minorities. Obviously this is not happening because Obama is a Sunni muslim and he’s backing his own specific team/sect.
The liberals to this day have no idea of the incredible damage they’ve done not just to the US but also to the mideast. This happened only because they voted a Muslim into power when then went on to unleash his disastrous policies on the world.
How can any of us as individuals deal with a handful of Muslims let alone millions? Just imagine the daily torture that individuals-who through no fault of their own have been forced to live with Muslims. I can only hope that Trump will win and have the intelligence to undo everything that Obama has done to the US and Europe.
There’s been mention of WW3 against Islam but the truth is, who really wants to go to war with anyone? We just want to live our lives in peace without some psychopathic religious throwbacks forcing their cult on the rest of us. Maybe the West’s fate will be the same as the 57 other countries who’ve been conquered by Islam. All it takes is for the muslims to multiply and be determined to force us to live under their rule. If no resistance is offered (like in European countries) then we’ll all be enslaved or killed.
gravenimage says
Fitna wrote:
We should be taking zero refugees to begin with.
……………………….
With respect, Fitna, I disagree. Arab Christians have generally become good Americans over the history of their immigration here for over a century, and they are *real* refugees. I have no problem with our taking in Christians and Yezidis who are the victims of Islam.
Mong says
Yeah, but that isn’t what you’re getting. You’re getting the guys that hate you and will ultimately fight you for the control of your previously brilliant country. Look at Europe, it’s irreversible here. Let’s hope and prey for Trump. We need to swamp the internet with anti Clinton info and fast. Distribute it all over leftist sites. If it secures a single vote it’s worth it.
Ron says
Considering everything, I am struggling with the fact that Hillary has been accepted by millions of Americans as a serious candidate for president.
Richie says
Leftists despise Christians
Expat88 says
No doubt some of those admitted are the perpetrators of crimes against the minority groups. This just adds insult to injury and is so disgusting.
Obama said there could be no religious preferences in accepting the refugees. But clearly there is absolute preference of accepting Muslims over all others.
Ron says
To paraphrase a You Tube statement by Joe Biden, “The demographic of America is changing. By 2017 white Caucasian Europeans like myself will be a minority, and white influence will continue to diminish over time. That is a good thing.”
It took a while but finally dawned on me that immigration policy since Ted Kennedy sponsored legislation of 1965 has been skewed not only against white Europeans and Western Hemisphere peoples for a purpose: The far left, by admitting 1 million undocumented Democrats each year has deliberately changed the political landscape of America for political purposes.
Is there anything left in our country which is not for sale?
quota raven says
To Ron – You are exactly right. This all started with Ted Kennedy’s brilliant idea and plan for insuring a relentless swelling of the socialist base.It’s worked, just like he and his komrades intended. Social engineering at its most effective and most despicable.
Cheers!
quota raven
Ron says
I must be very naive, because I always have difficulty believing their are so many people willing to sell their nation down the river for a few votes. In this case I found it impossible to reach any other conclusion.
Also surprising was the fact that so little attention was given to Biden’s remarks.
kessler says
Rather than purely being down to the Obama administration rejecting Christian refugees (not denying this option), could it be explained in the fact that Christians have no concept of Hijra (conquest by immigration)?
How many of these muslims are motivated by conquest, and how many would have been able to continue their lives in Syria?
Just throwing it out there. It is indeed staggering that only 0.5% of these refugees are Christians.
Ron says
It has been my experience that Americans, generally speaking, have very little knowledge of Islam, its history and the man who founded it. This ignorance and a desire for “a more colorful society” has done more harm to Europe than all the Muslim attempts to conquer her.
Praeceptor Maximus says
I was never into conspiracy theories and I used to dismiss them as rubbish; well, not anymore. There is definitely a concerted effort to destroy the western civilization. What is truly frightening is that so many people in America are pro-Hillary. This woman is a career criminal. She will be even worse than Obama. She wants to increase the number of Muslim refugees by 550%. Why or why people are still supporting this lunatic. I used to think that she was Nero and Merkel combined; I now have changed my mind; she is Caligula and Merkel combined. I am putting a link to a video that Anonymous released regarding Hillary:
https://youtu.be/P31X2BGLVGw
Anonymous: A Look Into The Hillary Future GOD HELP US!
kessler says
furthermore – the journey out of Syria is extremely dangerous for Christians. There have been numerous reports of Christians being thrown overboard, raped, beated – many say they felt safer in Syria than in the refugee centres. So it they live in a Christian community in Syria, maybe they feel safer facing the Islamist threat together, rather than venturing out on a journey which makes them even more vulnerable to these animals.
kessler says
If any politician cared for about the Christian community, we would fast track them to safety. Makes me think of Operation Solomon and other initiatives by the Jews to safe their own
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Solomon
But no – the genocide no politician dare utter a word about is that of Christians under Islam. Doing so would highlight some inconveniencies clashing with the notion that Islam is peaceful and tolerant. And in turn, these politicians would be branded “racist, Islamophobic bigots” by muslims and their leftist allies.
So they shut up to avoid offence. Or genuinely don’t care. I can’t quite figure out what it is.
But it’s sad to witness the extinction of Christianity in a region which used to be the Christian heartland.
And it deeply disturbing to witness that Islam’s concept of conquest and subjugation is so successful in 2016. In fact it’s accelerating at an unprecedented speed – and most of our politicians and liberals welcome cultural/societal suicide. Again, I can’t quite figure out if they are plain stupid, feeling forced to play the pc card, or have a desire to end our freedom.
In any case it’s not looking good for us, and the Christians in Syria.
Max Publius says
There’s a stronger term for it than social engineering–cultural genocide (a state crime, btw). This has always been Obama’s goal, “transformation” as he told us. Most who voted for him were duped into thinking it was spiritual/abstract kind.
steve gerzof says
Part of the problem is that the Muslims in the refugee centers regularly intimidate, attack and drive out the non-Muslims, so the only ones left to be offered asylum are Muslims. And there are many incidents of Muslims throwing non-Muslims overboard during the ocean passage.
eduardo odraude says
Will vote Trump. Whatever his limitations, the left now is suicidally idiotic and ignorant about the Islamic immigration issue.
Mazo says
Fact check.
The Yazidi populations in Syria and Iraq are different.
The Yazidi population in Syria is extremely small and only lives in the tiny area of Afrin. They are much smaller than the bigger Yazidi population of Sinjar in in Iraq. The Yazidis in Afrin are under the control of the PKK-YPG Kurdish forces and have not come under attack by ISIS unlike Yazidis in Iraq. Syrian Yazidi Council in Syria were part of the Kurdish National Council and Syrian National Council which is pro Syrian rebel before they recently withdrew.
There is no reason for the Yazidi refugee population from Syria to be high. Only the Yazidi refugee population from Iraq is high.
Geppetto says
The number is 12,578. A trite comment? Picky, picky? Trivia in the extreme? Has anyone noticed that this effort to educate the masses regarding the factual basis for so called Islamic terrorism, more accurately the Islamic religious obligation to wage Jihad, has been ongoing, in earnest, since 9/11 with very little success??
This little, ‘inconsequential” mathematical transcription error will be successfully portrayed as the stupidity inherent in the unhinged, “Islamophobia” crowd, that which permeates among those who are aware of the truth and doing all they can to change the paradigm. The huge difficulty involved in achieving the latter is not helped by such simplistic, easily corrected errors.
Kathy says
Geppetto: Don’t know where you get your numbers from, but the number of 12,587 Syrian refugees is taken from the CNSNews article – check the breakdown in the article and you will see that the numbers add up correctly, in the headline they left out the ‘eight refugees with religion given as “other”, and one with “no religion” (see paragraph 4)!
Picky, picky? I’d say so!