Historian group will reject panels that are all white men

Historian group will reject panels that are all white men

A society of American historians has announced it will not be accepting panels at its upcoming conference if those panels don't include women or racial minorities.

State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’
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State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’

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(CNSNews.com) – Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Wednesday while announcing the release of the latest international religious freedom report that "there is no more egregious form of discrimination" than targeting members of another religion with the intention of "murdering or enslaving" them.

"It used to be that our annual reports focused almost exclusively on the actions of states, but we've also seen certain non-state actors, including terrorist organizations like Daesh, al Qaeda, al Shabab, Boko Haram posing a major threat to religious freedom. There is after all no more egregious form of discrimination than separating out the followers of one religion from another whether in a village, on a bus, in a classroom, with the intent of murdering or enslaving the members of a particular group," he said.

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