The U.S. District Court also stated that maintaining sex-separated bathrooms for religious reasons in the pre-school is protected by freedom of religion.
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Pakistan: Even Children Are Taught to Hate Ahmadis
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Pakistan Has a Serious Candidate for Miss Universe—But There Is a Problem: She is a Christian
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Pakistan, Court Summons Prime Minister to Crack Down on “Inauthentic Qurans”
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Pakistan, Police to Christian Churches: “Hire Private Guards, We Cannot Protect You”
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