Pew Research Center study shows government restrictions on religion rose in 2016, with Muslims the most common target

The Pew Research Center’s ninth annual study of global restrictions on religion, which analyses the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices, has revealed that restrictions on religion around the world continued to climb in 2016, with Muslims the most common target.

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Study finds Trump supporters and extreme far-right conservatives share the most ‘junk’ news on social media

A study from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that Trump supporters and extreme far-right conservatives share more ‘junk’ news on Twitter and Facebook than all other groups combined.

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Surveys allow new insights into Europeans’ rejection of Muslim immigration

Official condemnation of the ban In the aftermath of President Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the liberal media has often looked for European moral leadership in an age of Trumpism. Many of the continent’s politicians struck a similar tone, arguing for the need to uphold European values in the face…

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Virginia’s Eloquent Lawsuit Brilliantly Connects the Muslim Ban to Segregation

On Friday, a federal judge allowed Virginia to intervene in ongoing litigation over Donald Trump’s Muslim ban in order to protect Virginians who might be detained, deported, or denied re-entry under the executive order.  The state’s complaint eloquently explains why the ban infringes upon immigrants’ due process and equal protection rights while violating The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause….

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Confusion and caution: German Muslims and politicians react to Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

  The widespread confusion that has reigned since Donald Trump signed the executive order temporarily barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries on January 27 has not left German Muslims untouched. Not only were a number of Muslim travellers from these countries left stranded at German airports as they were unable to board their connecting flights…

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