I am not a biblical scholar. I don’t have a list full of bible verses to reference in this matter. But I do know this:
Jesus wants us to love our neighbors. Help the poor. Welcome and befriend strangers.
The most real way we can show a Muslim what it means to be a Christian is to be welcoming to them. This means we help them in their time of need. Whether their reasons for leaving their home country are political, economical or for physical survival… they came for help. And we need to step up and do so.
And as we show what compassion in the name of Christ (and decency) looks like, we are doing exactly what we need to: we’re being defiant to the terrorists. “The greatest act of defiance against terrorism is to refuse to be afraid, to refuse to be so ruled by our fear that we compromise our most important values,” is what Jen Hatmaker puts forth. She also lists a few bible verses if you really want those…
To live is Christ, to die is gain… We really don’t have anything to fear if we believe that.
What matters more is our heart attitude than the migrants’ motivations.