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Need to know: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration policies
One faith leader called the new policies “malicious,” and another deemed them “violent.
Trump rescinds rules on bathrooms for transgender students
It showed how President Trump, who has taken a more permissive stance on gay rights and same-sex marriage than many of his fellow Republicans, is bowing to pressure from the religious right.
Vice President Mike Pence visited the vandalized Jewish cemetery
At the suburban St. Louis cemetery, Pence said there is "no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism."
Police investigate threats against Muslim activist as she takes national platform
Linda Sarsour, who helped raise more than $116,000 for the repair of a vandalized Jewish cemetery, received online threats.
Doug Coe, behind-the-scenes leader of National Prayer Breakfast, dead at 88
Coe headed the International Foundation, a secretive Christian organization responsible for bringing politicians, diplomats and presidents since Dwight Eisenhower to Washington each year on the first Thursday in February.
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Pope suggests ‘better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic’
(Reuters) 'It is a scandal to say one thing and do another,' Francis said. 'That is a double life.'
Muslim groups raise funds to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — 'We want the Jewish community to know that the Muslim community stands with you in solidarity as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and hate in general is on the rise in our nation,' Imam Djilali Kacem said.
Bavaria pushes ahead with burqa ban as elections loom
(Reuters) The move comes seven months before a federal election where immigration will be a prominent issue and the Bavarian conservatives that govern the regionare worried about losing votes to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
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