Edited sentence: As Western and Eastern European countries fell into line on the matter of accepting large numbers of refugees fleeing violence in the Middle-East, Orbán stood alone with the extreme view that "Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity", asking "Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian.Orbán's incendiary views painting the 2015 refugee crisis as a battle between Christianity and Islam were not shared by fellow European leaders, who on September 3rd agreed to a new burden-sharing framework according to a German-backed quota system.Other leaders, notably Francois Holland and Angela Merkel walked a more humane and pragmatic line, with Germany agreeing to accept around 800,000 refugees and the French President calling for a "permanent and obligatory mechanism" on receiving refugees in the EU.The efforts of the Orbán led Government to block refugees en route to Germany (deploying riot police, detaining families and shutting down the main railway station in Budapest) drew press attention in early September 2015, at a time when their Czech and Greek counterparts were abandoning the antiquated practice of indefinitely detaining migrants who were passing through their countries