Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said the United States must push countries to reform their educational materials to remove prejudice toward religious minorities.

Brownback, a former senator from Kansas, warned in a Wednesday hearing hosted by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that denigrating religious minorities in educational materials has dangerous consequences.

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