叙利亚穆斯林和基督教人口比例大约是9：1，但是美国收的叙利亚难民中，96%是穆斯林，只有不到3%是基督徒
侯赛因在周一的时候还说，偏好难民的宗教是可耻的。显然对他来说，歧视白人不是种族歧视，歧视基督教不是宗教歧视
Less than 3 percent of the Syrian refugees admitted to the United States sofar are Christian and 96 percent are Muslim, the result of a referral systemthat Republican Sen. Tom Cotton says “unintentionally discriminates”
against Christians.
State Department figures released Monday showed that the current systemoverwhelmingly favors Muslim refugees. Of the 2,184 Syrian refugees admittedto the United States so far, only 53 are Christians while 2,098 are Muslim,the Christian News Service reported.
Mr. Cotton and Sen. John Boozman, both Arkansas Republicans, called Mondayfor a moratorium on resettlements, a White House report on vettingprocedures, and a re-evaluation of the refugee-referral process.
“[T]he United States’ reliance on the United Nations for referrals ofSyrian refugees should also be re-evaluated,” said Mr. Cotton in astatement. “That reliance unintentionally discriminates against SyrianChristians and other religious minorities who are reluctant to register asrefugees with the United Nations for fear of political and sectarianretribution.”
The current system relies on referrals from the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees. Syria’s population in 2011 was 90 percent Muslimand 10 percent Christian, CNS said.
At a news conference Monday in Turkey, President Obama described as “
shameful” the idea of giving religious preferences to refugees, apparentlyreferring to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s suggestion that the United States shouldaccept Christian refugees while Muslim refugees are sent to majority-Muslimcountries.
“That’s not American. That’s not who we are. We don’t have religioustests to our compassion,” Mr. Obama said.
Figures from the State Department Refugee Processing Center updated Mondayshowed that 96 percent of the Syrian refugees accepted so far are Muslim,while less than 3 percent are Christian. The other 33 identified asbelonging to smaller religious faiths or said they had no religion.
Ben Rhodes, Obama deputy national security adviser, said Sunday that theWhite House still plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees despite last week’
s deadly terrorist attack on Paris. Republicans have countered that it’sall but impossible to conduct background checks on those seeking refuge.
Mr. Cotton and Mr. Boozman called Monday for a temporary moratorium onresettlements and “a requirement that the President certify the integrityof the security vetting process as a condition of lifting the moratorium.”
“The American people have long demonstrated unmatched compassion for theworld’s persecuted and endangered. But when bringing refugees to our shores, the U.S. government must put the security of Arkansans and all Americansfirst,” Mr. Cotton said. “No terrorist should be able to take advantage ofthe refugee process to threaten the United States.”
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