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Obama Says Screening Syrian Refugees Based on Religion is 'Shameful'

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Channel: Mashable Deals · 2015 · News & Politics

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President Barack Obama on Monday said it was "shameful" for political leaders to call for imposing a religious test on refugees to screen out terrorists in the wake of the Paris attacks.

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"That's shameful. That's not American. That's not who we are. We don't have religious tests to our compassion," Obama said Monday during a news conference in Antalya, Turkey, after the conclusion of the G-20 summit there.

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