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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 23 April

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

‘How the pandemic forced long-overdue abortion law reform’

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

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

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

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’

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'

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

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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