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• Texas test case: Do school IDs with locator chips violate religious freedom?
• Read all about it: Pope has not cancelled Christmas
• Turkey lifts headscarf ban in religious schools

Texas test case: Do school IDs with locator chips violate religious freedom? Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:15 PM PST If a school requires its students to wear IDs embedded with locator chips at all times, is that an infringement on their privacy? Or even, for some students, on their religious values?

Read all about it: Pope has not cancelled Christmas Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:16 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - And so it came to pass that in the eighth year of Pope Benedict's reign, some tabloid and social media decreed that he had cancelled Christmas. The day after Benedict's latest book "The Infancy Narratives - Jesus of Nazareth" - was published on November 20, Vatican officials found some headlines they were not expecting. "Killjoy pope crushes Christmas nativity traditions," read one tabloid headline, claiming that Benedict had snubbed traditions such as animals in nativity scenes and caroling. "Pope sets out to debunk Christmas myths," ran another. ...

Turkey lifts headscarf ban in religious schools Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:33 AM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has lifted a ban on female students wearing headscarves in schools providing religious education, in a move drawing criticism from secularists who see it as fresh evidence of the government pushing an Islamic agenda. Education has been one of the main battlegrounds between religious conservatives, who form the bedrock of support for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party, and secular opponents who accuse him of imposing Islamic values by stealth. ...

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