Syrian refugees
Born in tragedy, Refugee Shabbat honors our 110 million neighbors looking for a home
By Joshua Hammerman — February 1, 2024
(RNS) — The sheer numbers of people displaced should tell us this is a shared problem.
A gunman opens fire at a Lebanon mosque, killing one person and wounding several others
By Bassem Mroue — July 10, 2023
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army issued a statement saying that the armed man opened fire at a group of people as they were leaving the mosque, killing one of them.
Lebanon’s unique religious diversity is under threat
By Knox Thames — May 8, 2023
(RNS) — The influx of more than 1 million Syrian refugees, hyperinflation and government impotency have created existential challenges.
Earthquake survivors face a ‘dark’ Ramadan in Turkey
By Kathryn Post — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — Relief workers are pivoting to meet the evolving needs of Muslims during the holy month of fasting.
Pope calls on world to welcome refugees and immigrants
By Thomas Reese — September 14, 2021
(RNS) — During his visit to Hungary and Slovakia, Pope Francis was at his prophetic best, standing up for refugees who have been bloodied by war, starved by famine and displaced by persecution.
Caring more for each other could have ameliorated the pandemic. It’s not too late.
By Thomas Reese — March 24, 2020
(RNS) — A crisis either makes us better or worse people; it never leaves us the same.
Texas’ misguided decision on refugees is state-sponsored Islamophobia
By Omar Suleiman — January 15, 2020
(RNS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision rests in part on the lie that Muslims from war-torn countries are dangerous, which is itself the most dangerous view out there.
Aid workers Jessica and Jeremy Courtney on the fallout from Trump’s Syria moves
By Roxanne Stone — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — 'They were refugees, they did what the world wanted them to do. They went back home, they tried to rebuild and then we just opened the gates for more terror to come back again into their lives after they were trying to rebuild.'
The economic (and Christian) case for hiring refugees
By Chris Chancey — October 8, 2019
(RNS) — As a white evangelical Christian from a rural town in Georgia, I grew up around people who looked and thought like me. But refugees have taught me profound lessons about friendship, hospitality and God’s vision for our world.
Four decades after Saigon fell, we still need refugees as much as they need us
By Juliet Liu — April 16, 2019
(RNS) — While our government turns away families in need, I’m paying forward the generosity shown to my mother’s Vietnamese family by extending compassion to two Syrian refugee families.
In rural Canada, churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees
By Bobby Ross Jr. — March 23, 2017
DAUPHIN, Manitoba (RNS) A year and a half ago, three churches put aside theological differences and came together to sponsor the resettlement of three Syrian refugee families to this rural Canadian community.
Judge suggests Mike Pence’s Syrian refugee ban rooted in religious bias
By Stephanie Wang — September 16, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS — On Wednesday (Sept. 14), a panel of three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit lashed into Ind. Gov. Mike Pence's attempted ban of Syrian refugees resettling in the state.
Evangelicals commit to refugee resettlement efforts
By Timothy C. Morgan — December 18, 2015
WHEATON, Ill. (RNS) They said there are nearly 60 million displaced or refugee people worldwide, “a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented size.”
Churches settling refugees against governors’ wishes
By Adelle M. Banks — December 10, 2015
(RNS) More than half of the nation’s governors declared their state’s borders closed to Syrian refugees after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. But some churches and faith-based agencies are defying the orders.
For Syrian refugees, faith groups want a US welcome mat
By Lauren Markoe — November 19, 2015
(RNS) Religious groups are pushing back against a wave of opposition toward Syrian refugees and are working to preserve the U.S. as a haven for them.
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