“Jordan, escape hatch for fleeing Syrians, also shelters most of the Mideast’s Arab Mormons”

“Jordan, escape hatch for fleeing Syrians, also shelters most of the Mideast’s Arab Mormons” February 21, 2017

 

A US government aerial photo of Jordan's Za‘atri refugee camp
An aerial view of the Za‘atri refugee camp in Jordan, as it appeared in 2013
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

Jordan shelters most of the Mideast’s Arab Mormons?

 

Yes, it does.

 

It’s not a huge group, of course — as several braying jackasses predictably pointed out on the Tribune website in response [sic] to the article  — but the number is higher than some might imagine.  I know several.  I had two of them in one of my classes last term.

 

In any case, this is an affecting piece:

 

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4966919-156/jordan-escape-hatch-for-fleeing-syrians#disqus_thread

 

Posted from Hilo, Hawaii

 

 


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