The had the Red Carpet rolled out for them by the Obamatollah.
Per this 208 email, Muslim candidates for top Administration jobs are to be given preference, Christians explicitly excluded.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/32741 (see also the attachments)
“In the candidates for top jobs, I excluded those with some Arab
American background but who are not Muslim (e.g., George Mitchell).
Many Lebanese Americans, for example, are Christian.”