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2017-36 JT Chapter 3: Comparative analysis 39 Reageer Interestingly, while the views on refugees professed by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation do not agree entirely with the Geneva Convention, neither do the statements by Catholics and Lutherans who are critical of their church’s positive attitude towards refugee resettlement in Europe and North America. Yet neither the Convention nor its subsequent protocol includes a disclaimer excluding particular subgroups, such as Muslims, from protection once their numbers reach alarming heights. The Refugee Convention could therefore be said to be an example of indiscriminate respect for human dignity, regardless of religion. The Catholics and Lutherans of this study, then, would regard the Geneva Convention either as too limited or as too unrestricted .