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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 21 May
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* 'The hate crime bill must be properly scrutinised' - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
The dust has barely settled on the Scottish Government's recently published draft hate crime bill, and there is already a growing swell of dissenting voices, say Dr Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie. We're quoted.
* Judge says girls still need to be protected from female genital mutilation <[link removed]>
Three teenage girls thought to be at risk of female genital mutilation after their names appeared in an internet article about a foreign 'initiation' ceremony can now travel the world if they want to, a judge has said. However she said the girls remain at risk if they return to their homeland and said FGM orders need to stay in place.
Bichester Advertiser
* Record low proportion of Leeds weddings being held in religious venues <[link removed]>
A record low proportion of couples in Leeds are choosing to get married in a religious venue, new figures reveal.
Yorkshire Evening Post
* Ireland: Man to be sentenced for 'crude' circumcision on baby <[link removed]>
A circuit court judge has been told a 55-year-old Nigerian who was masquerading as a doctor had carried out a crude medical circumcision on a ten-month-old infant at the child's home in Co Longford.
RTE
* 'Schools need more support to tackle extremist views' <[link removed]>
With young people spending more time online and extreme groups using the pandemic to sow division, teachers must be better supported to handle a rise in extremism, say Ian Jamison and Cleo Blackman.
TES
* 'Jane Roe’s deathbed confession exposes the immorality of the Christian right' <[link removed]>
The plaintiff in the landmark supreme court case revealed she was paid to change her mind about abortion. Have anti-abortion activists no shame, asks Arwa Mahdawi.
The Guardian
* UN at 'pivotal moment' in bringing Islamic State fighters to justice for enslavement of Yazidis <[link removed]>
UN investigators are helping the Iraqi authorities build a case against Islamic State fighters for attempted genocide and enslavement.
The Telegraph
** NEW: NSS podcast
* Ep 26: Hindutva with Gita Sahgal <[link removed]>
Emma Park speaks to Gita Sahgal, a human rights activist and honorary associate of the NSS, about secularism in India, and the threats it is facing from the Hindutva movement endorsed by Modi's government.
** In case you missed it...
* Review status of charity promoting ‘conversion therapy’, NSS says <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged NI's charity regulator to review the status of an organisation which promotes "change oriented therapy" for gay people.
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