聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 People across the country and around the world are very concerned with the number of refugees their country is taking in. This includes a large number of people worried in Canada about the 25,000 that Prime Minister Trudeau has promised to accept.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 People have been vocal in not allowing any refugees into Canada. The terrorist attacks in Paris didn鈥檛 help things, a Syrian passport was found amongst the devastation, although a Washington Post article explained it was in fact a forgery. The fake passport, however, created a great amount of fear and backlash against refugees.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The terrorists identified in the Paris attacks were all European Union nationals: five French (three of which were living in Belgium) and two Belgian (one of which was born in Morocco). French officials have said that the passport was actually 鈥減lanted鈥� by the Islamic State (IS) to continue increasing the fear of nations taking in refugees. I was with a few others when we found out about the Paris attacks and one of their first questions was actually, 鈥淗ow does a passport even survive a suicide bombing?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In Canada you are innocent until proven guilty. So, prove to me beyond a reasonable doubt that the refugees we are accepting are going to destroy us all. Yes, you鈥檙e probably all thinking I鈥檓 quite na茂ve, but shall we return to World War II鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Everybody knows the story of Anne Frank, she and her family along with another family lived in fear, hidden in a house, until Nazis found them and they were sent to a concentration camp.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 What many won鈥檛 know about her story is that Anne Frank鈥檚 family was one who attempted to flee Nazi Germany in the 30s and 40s. They had applied for and then denied access to the United States. In an article I read recently 鈥淎nne Frank was a refugee denied entrance to the United States鈥� by Hugh Wharton, would Anne Frank be alive today had they been issued the necessary papers by the United States. Would she be an old woman living happily today?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Americans were hesitant to help during the Holocaust and now the world is hesitant to help Syrian refugees. During WWII the United States was going through an economic depression and public opinion of Jewish people was low, sounds much like the situation today 鈥� our economy isn鈥檛 strong and people are thinking the worst of Syrian refugees.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Of the 25,000 refugees Canada is supposed to be accepting 10,000 are children. If denied entry, is that not like sentencing 10,000 children to the fate of Anne Frank?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I don鈥檛 deny that the IS is a threat, but I think the majority of Syrian refugees are good people. Would you like to leave your home and be uprooted from your country? No. But their choice is either to stay and be killed by IS, or attempt to flee and possibly survive. If we really are worried about the IS then why not create allies by accepting refugees.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 IS isn鈥檛 just a threat to Western countries, it鈥檚 a threat to Muslims as well. IS believes in following the Quran and Hadith exactly, which means modern Muslims who dress in Western clothes, shave their beards, put a higher faith in laws of individual lands than in Sharia Law, or by simply voting in an election can make a Muslim an apostate. By being an apostate you are sentenced to death. IS has even said that Shiite practices have no basis in the Quran, so 200 million Shia are sentenced to death in the eyes of IS.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This is why the Syrians are refugees, because they have been sentenced to death if they stay. They want peace. Obviously leave no stone unturned when conducting security checks; but, at the end of the day, they are people fleeing their homes in search of a better life. Canada was once that place for many people鈥� shouldn鈥檛 it continue to be a beacon of hope for others?
