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    "definition": "The religious landscape of Germany, historically divided between Catholic and Protestant regions since the Reformation, with the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany recognised as public corporations funded by church tax, a large and growing share of people without religious affiliation especially in the east, and communities of Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and Baha is; the history includes the persecution and genocide of Jews and the pressures on churches under Nazi Germany, and regional patterns such as religion in Dresden reflect East German secularisation.",
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      "relay history with attribution",
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      "distinguish related topics"
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        "unit": "million",
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        "note": "Wittenberg"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "Frame debates on Islam and integration in a partisan or hostile way.",
        "Present stale membership figures as current.",
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        "Religious affiliation is recorded for church tax and is sensitive personal data."
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        "Jewish communities",
        "Muslim communities",
        "Church members and leavers"
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        "Church membership statistics"
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                    "text": "What debates exist about church membership decline, Islam and religious education, with positions attributed?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits Islam in Germany?",
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                    "text": "Why is eastern Germany among the least religious regions, as research explains?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits religion in East Germany?",
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                    "text": "How has Jewish life in Germany developed since 1945?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits Central Council of Jews in Germany?",
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    "Should religion in Nazi Germany be a separate primary entry?",
    "How should official and scholarly sources be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming faiths, a period and a city; should they be split off?"
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