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title : #StopPresidentBannon Trends on Twitter Amid Muslim Ban Protests
summary : After Steve Bannon was promoted to a role on the National Security Council on Saturday by President Donald Trump, the hashtag #StopPresidentBannon hit the top of Twitter's U.S. trending chart as thousands objected to President Trump's chief strategist. Before his political career, Bannon served as executive chair of Breitbart News, which is considered a far-right news, opinion and commentary website that Bannon described as the platform of the Internet-based alt-right, anti-mainstream movement. Associated Press sources from the White House stated Bannon's addition was "essential to the commander in chief's decision-making process."
date : Jan 29, 2017 04:34 PM EST
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title : German Protestants Pass Resolution to Stop Converting Jews to Christianity: 'We Leave Up to God'
summary : Protestant churches in Germany have decided to stop any attempt to convert the Jews to the Christian faith and abandon their “Mission to the Jews.”
date : Nov 22, 2016 10:03 AM EST
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title : Religious Discrimination Now Can Be Reported, Measured in US Schools Via DOE
summary : U.S. Department of Education (DOE) leaders implemented new measures that will require schools to report the number and frequency of religion-based harassment of students. For the first time, every public school across the country will report to the department's Civil Rights Data Collection on the number of incidents of religious-based bullying or harassment in their schools in the 2015-2016 school year. This new data is intended to provide stakeholders, policymakers and educators critical details about religious discrimination problems, as well as a way to measure future progress.
date : Sep 26, 2016 03:09 PM EDT
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title : Israel's Secular Jews Prefer Children Marry Christians Than Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Shows New Pew Survey
summary : Jews and Arabs in Israel's religiously divided society are splintered to major degrees on morals, politics and day-to-day life issues, indicates a major new Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday (March 8). They especially differ about religion's role in public life.
date : Mar 08, 2016 10:15 AM EST
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title : Global Religious Freedom: New Scorecard Tracks Action Of U.S. Congress
summary : Religious minorities worldwide hope the creation of the new Wilberforce Initiative's International Religious Freedom scorecard will promote religious freedom as a "fundamental human right." The scorecard was introduced at the National Press Club on Tuesday. It measures the participation of Congressional members in promoting international religious freedom, chiefly through legislation and caucusing. It is planned to be released twice a year.
date : Feb 03, 2016 11:46 AM EST
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title : Arab Christian George Deek Works as High-Level Israeli Diplomat: 'We Must Work Together for Common Good'
summary : Many people view Israel as a Jewish state, which has both positive and negative connotations depending on what part of the world one lives in. However, one Christian Arab diplomat from Israel is tearing down such stereotypical assumptions about his country.
date : Jul 30, 2015 10:14 AM EDT
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title : Mike Huckabee Stands by Holocaust Remark to Describe US-Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘I Will Stand With Our Ally, Israel’
summary : Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has refused to apologize for drawing references from the World War II atrocities of the Holocaust to describe the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration as a bad one for Israel. His comments have led others within the GOP to keep their distance from him.
date : Jul 28, 2015 01:28 PM EDT
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title : Prominent Yale Professor Argues That Jews Should Care about Future of Christianity in Europe
summary : Prominent computer scientist and Yale University professor David Gelernter wrote a column stating the case on why the Jewish people should care about the fate of Christianity in Europe.
date : Mar 25, 2015 03:24 PM EDT
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