“After the war with Islamic State people were looking for the right path, and distancing themselves from Islam,” said Omar Firas, the founder of the church.
An Evangelical Christian church for Muslim converts has opened in the Syrian city of Kobani, which was previously besieged by the Islamic State .
A member of the Syrian Arab-Kurdish forces places a cross in the rubble ahead of a Christmas celebration at the heavily damaged Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in the city center of Raqa, in eastern Syria, on December 26, 2017. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images Western leaders and rights groups have long raised concerns about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, particularly in the region’s predominantly Muslim countries. Historically, the U.S. and other nations have more easily granted asylum to Christians fleeing persecution from these countries, but the Trump administration—which implemented a ban on travelers coming from Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya and Somalia—has effectively kept Christians and other minorities within the region.
“Those are still being granted, but what's happening this time is that the administration has leaned in and said we want to be able to allow these historic communities to be able to stay in the region and be able to have a safe, free life,” he explained.
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