Normally I would agree with Ted, but knowing the islamic tradition of Taqiyya, and that a muslim could lie and say he was a Christian, I say there’s too much risk.
Make them draw a picture of Moehammad and eat some bacon first.
Actual Syrian Christians almost certainly have provably Christian relatives in either Lebanon or the U.S. who could vouch for them.
It would also be easy to pick out fakes by observing their behavior at a Divine Liturgy or Mass (depending on which Christian confession they profess): real Christians will have the service essentially memorized and will fluidly cross themselves at all the right places even if it’s being served in English when they only speak Arabic or Aramaic. (And fluent Aramaic or Assyrian is hard to fake so the real Jacobites and Nestorians should be easy to pick out — my fellow Orthodox and the various Uniate groups who only speak Arabic will be a little harder to verify.)
You’re right and Ted is delusional on this. If the most of the horde has LIED about being a “refugee”, why wouldn’t they also lie and claim to be a Christian?
There is always the bacon test, Or the pork chop test or the Mohammed joke. Show a cartoon of Mohammed and read a retina scan. Muslims will always fail that test!
-— Normally I would agree with Ted, but knowing the islamic tradition of Taqiyya, and that a muslim could lie and say he was a Christian, I say there’s too much risk. -—
Christians from the ME are Orthodox or Eastern Rite Catholics. Their churches are well-organized. Christian aid societies simply contact the bishop of the diocese of which refugees claim membership.