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** Secularism in the media
* ‘How the pandemic forced long-overdue abortion law reform’ <[link removed]>
Sensible policy changes may leave women wondering: why wasn't it like this before?
Prospect
* Catholic Church lobbies MLAs for review of NI’s new abortion laws <[link removed]>
The Catholic Church has asked lawmakers at Stormont to debate the liberalisation of abortion laws in Northern Ireland.
News Letter
* Fears of rise in UK terrorist recruits as anti-radicalisation referrals collapse <[link removed]>
Counter-terrorism officials fear a rise in terrorist recruits after a collapse in referrals to the UK's main anti-radicalisation scheme during the lockdown, as extremists pump out propaganda urging British attacks.
The Guardian
* Two Muslim students face 'bogus' charges of inciting Delhi riots <[link removed]>
Delhi police have been accused of slapping two Muslim student activists with "bogus" charges of conspiring to incite the recent riots, the worst religious violence in India's capital for decades, and in which the police were accused of being complicit.
The Guardian
* India’s Hindu nationalists denounce Muslims as ‘human virus bombs’ <[link removed]>
With a fearful public eager for a scapegoat, Hindu zealots and an obedient right-wing press have fanned the flames, leading to a surge in hate crimes.
The Times (£)
* UK government urged to ban import of Chinese cotton ‘made using Uighur Muslim forced labour' <[link removed]>
The UK government is being urged to ban the import of cotton sourced from the Chinese province of Xinjiang, a region where Uighur Muslims are being put to work in factories in conditions that amount to forced labour.
The Independent
** Latest from the NSS
* Make Northern Ireland’s schools integrated and secular, say MLAs <[link removed]>
Members of NI's legislative assembly from a variety of parties have called for children to be educated together in integrated schools.
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