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US, England Reject "Tolerance" Portion of Global Exam
January 31, 2018
The BBC reports that education systems in the US and England have opted not to require students to take a "global competences" portion of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests designed to measure students' openness to diversity, "cultural awareness," and susceptibility to "fake news."
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US Legislation Targets Hateful Language in Saudi Textbooks
January 31, 2018
Human Rights Watch has published an article on US congressional legislation called the Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act, which places pressure on the US State Department to push Saudi authorities to remove violent and intolerant speech in the country's textbooks targeting non-Muslims and Muslims who do not practice the country's "official brand" of Islam.
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Instagram, Google Plus Sign up to EU "Hate Speech" Code
January 31, 2018
EUobserver reports that European Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová has announced tech firms Instagram and Google Plus are the latest social-media companies to join an EU code of conduct requiring them to remove online "hate speech," which she described as "anything that has the potential to incite violence," from their platforms within a day of its posting.
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Skeptics Criticize Motive of New Saudi Rules on Religious Fundraising
January 30, 2018
Skeptics of a draft law under consideration by the rulers of Saudi Arabia’s theocratic regime tightening rules on fundraising for religious charities suggest that the new rules aim at cracking down Islamists who have targeted the Saudi royal family while continuing to channel monies to global groups propagating Sunni sectarian fundamentalism.
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Archive Shows Iran Persecutes Baha’is as Religious Minorities
January 30, 2018
A new internet archive released by the Baha’i International Community details systematic, decades-long persecution of the religious-minority community in Iran’s Islamic Republic and under the previous regime, including denial of education, pension, employment, and other rights.
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