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When Syria Came to Fresno: Refugees Test Limits of Outstretched Hand
NYT ^ | 07/20/2017 | By  MIRIAM JORDAN 

Posted on 07/20/2017 3:10:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604

FRESNO, Calif. — The police responded to a call about a loud party on East San Ramon Avenue, but it wasn’t just any party: A sheep was reportedly being slaughtered in a backyard.

“Muslim refugees were unaware that slaughtering sheep is not allowed in the city,” the police wrote afterward in their report, which also stated that those involved “were advised to clean up the blood and mess” and warned that in the future “they could be cited.” The animal, actually a goat, was killed by a Syrian refugee who later skinned, roasted and shared it with his Syrian neighbors in the apartment complex where they all live.

Refugees are typically placed in towns and cities such as Buffalo, N.Y.; Boise, Idaho; and Fayetteville, Ark., where resettlement agencies ease their transition to life in a new country. But they are free to move about the country like anybody else, and they sometimes land in places like Fresno that are not exactly prepared for their arrival.

Since late 2016, more than 200 Syrian refugees originally settled elsewhere in the United States have made a fresh start in Fresno, the largest city in California’s agricultural belt. They have been drawn there mainly by cheap housing.

But behind the low rent is a city struggling with high poverty and unemployment, making it more difficult for the refugees to secure jobs. And Fresno has no federally funded agency to help them find work, learn basics like bus routes and understand United States culture and rules, like with the practice of animal slaughter. Syrian children turned up unexpectedly at Ahwahnee Middle School, needing vaccinations, trauma counseling, English-language instruction and academic support ... “It was a shock at first,” said Jose Guzman, the principal. “We never had to teach students who speak Arabic.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: fresno; immigration; refugeecrisis; refugeeresettlement
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Last fall, a few members of Fresno’s 15,000-strong Muslim community — Pakistanis, Yemenis, Iranians and Palestinians, among others — offered to help. Soon, they were welcoming four Syrian families to apartments that they had found for them.

Word traveled fast to Turlock and elsewhere that rent in Fresno was a relative bargain — about $450 a month for a two-bedroom unit in some places —

“Helping one or two families, that’s easy,” said Reza Nekumanesh, director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno. “But soon, one family after another was arriving — from San Diego, out of state.”

“They didn’t realize rent is low here for a reason,” he said.

1 posted on 07/20/2017 3:10:02 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

Sacrifices made to Ba’al....

A few slivers of the flesh were cast into the flames as the “portion” for Ba’al, the rest was enjoyed by the participants and the Imam, who got first choice of the portions remaining.

But everybody feasts.


2 posted on 07/20/2017 3:15:56 PM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between Illinois and Venezuela, is that toilet tissue is still available in Illinois.)
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To: Rusty0604
What is happening to our country .

The Muslims are everywhere.

How many are really here ?

Not the Obama media figures which are lies.

This is the nightmare that Trump admin needs to stop now ..

This are the 13 century dangerous animals being rammed into this country .

3 posted on 07/20/2017 3:17:16 PM PDT by ncalburt (ll)
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To: alloysteel

All cultures are alike!

Enjoy it, California!


4 posted on 07/20/2017 3:18:22 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Rusty0604

I bet those same amateur butchers would be squealing to the police if their next door neighbor had a pig roast.


5 posted on 07/20/2017 3:18:28 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: ncalburt

7th Century.


6 posted on 07/20/2017 3:21:01 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Rusty0604

Woman invites Sudanese refugee to live in her home, months later he calls her a heartless racist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3570391/posts


7 posted on 07/20/2017 3:21:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Rusty0604

Fresno had a group of muslims in the nineties who were training and arming the compound they had in the Sierras


8 posted on 07/20/2017 3:22:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That woman was lucky she wasn’t robbed, raped or killed. And I’m not being racist, as I wouldn’t take any strange person that needed help into my home. I might help them any other way, but I have to think about my own safety.


9 posted on 07/20/2017 3:30:45 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

thank God they didn’t sell the goat’s raw milk.


10 posted on 07/20/2017 3:32:45 PM PDT by stylin19a
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11 posted on 07/20/2017 3:34:24 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

good point .


12 posted on 07/20/2017 3:35:28 PM PDT by ncalburt (ll)
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To: Rusty0604

Bammy’s legacy.


13 posted on 07/20/2017 3:36:12 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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Syrian children turned up unexpectedly at Ahwahnee Middle School, needing vaccinations, trauma counseling, English-language instruction and academic support ... “It was a shock at first,” said Jose Guzman, the principal. “We never had to teach students who speak Arabic

Just wait. Soon they'll be demanding we teach them IN Arabic.

14 posted on 07/20/2017 3:43:17 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: KarlInOhio
I bet those same amateur butchers would be squealing to the police if their next door neighbor had a pig roast.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

15 posted on 07/20/2017 3:44:10 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: stylin19a

Yep, we used to sell raw goat milk when I was a kid. Unfortunately I was the one that had to milk the goats. And back then, it wasn’t unusual to see a sheep or goat or pig barbecue, but now these people need to realize they ha e to follow the same rules as everyone else.
The load on the school systems and everything else is not fair to our own citizens.


16 posted on 07/20/2017 3:45:15 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: metmom

Just like Spanish speaking aliens. They know we’re a bunch of suckers.


17 posted on 07/20/2017 3:47:25 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Fiddlstix

Couldn’t agree more.

The average Paki or Somali has an IQ of 65 or less and has been inbred for centuries.

We don’t need the cultural or genetic pollution.

Not to mention the religion is demonic.


18 posted on 07/20/2017 3:51:11 PM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: Rusty0604

Ignorance of the law is always an excuse for Muslim pigs.


19 posted on 07/20/2017 3:53:08 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unar)
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To: ncalburt

These jerks forget Tours, Charles Martel, and the 1350’s. Look at France now. Their police do not dare to go in Muslim areas in Paris and almost every other city in the damn country.

Wake up America as 22 states or more have Muslim Jihad training camps. Throw these bums OUT NOW.


20 posted on 07/20/2017 3:55:30 PM PDT by Lumper20
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