Some see the end of the registry as a way to make it difficult for an incoming Donald Trump administration to target Muslims through such a program.

A new report found 70 percent of Catholics do not know a single Muslim.

Fewer than two in 10 U.S. Catholics hold a favorable view of Muslims, with many possessing little understanding when it comes to the beliefs of the world’s second largest religion.

Hundreds of Rohingya were killed and tens of thousands forced to flee their homes in 2012 unrest in Rakhine state, and many continue to be confined to squalid camps there.

In the Quran, Mary is twice chosen: as the pious girl dwelling in the Temple, and as the mother of Jesus.