Should the U.S. Prioritize Christian Refugees? No Thanks, Some Arab Christians Say

[TomSea]

Should the U.S. Prioritize Christian Refugees? No Thanks, Some Arab Christians Say

When President Donald Trump suggested recently the U.S. should prioritize persecuted Christian refugees, not all Christians in the Middle East rejoiced. “We want don’t priority visas. We don’t want him to take us,” says Habib Ephrem. “That’s the wrong message and the wrong policy.”

Ephrem, Secretary General of the Gathering of Christians in the Middle East, is one of a number of Christian leaders encouraging Christians to stay in the region and return to their homes in Syria and Iraq, as the areas are cleared of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other groups. Tens of thousands of Christians have been displaced in recent years, mostly languishing in camps and cramped apartments.

Continued: http://viralfeels.com/should-the-u-s-prioritize-christian-refugees-no-thanks-some-arab-christians-say/

[Cripplecreek]

True courage and faith in these people.

A century ago the Christian population of the mideast was nearly 40% and today its around 1 or 2 percent.