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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 9 July
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
* Scottish Hate Crime Bill is 'threat to free speech' <[link removed]>
An editorial in the Scottish Daily Mail says the proposed Hate Crime Bill risks endangering the fundamental principles of free speech.
Scottish Daily Mail (via PressReader)
* Widow loses benefits claims case over Islamic 'marriage' <[link removed]>
Law lords have ruled a 2010 nikah (Islamic 'marriage') ceremony between parties at Oldham Register Office did not qualify under English law.
The Oldham Times
* Neo-Nazis telling followers to ‘deliberately infect’ Jews and Muslims with coronavirus, report warns <[link removed]>
Research by the Commission for Countering Extremism said groups of all kinds had been seeking to "breed hate" and spread conspiracy theories feeding into their worldview.
The Independent
* Church of England awards major grants to spread Christianity in towns and cities <[link removed]>
A funding package worth £24 million has been announced by the Church of England to help spread Christianity in urban and deprived areas.
Episcopal News Service
* Religious leaders press equalities minister to ban conversion therapy <[link removed]>
Religious leaders have written to the equalities minister calling for the government to deliver its promised ban on so-called gay 'conversion therapy'.
ITV
* LGBT asylum seekers routinely see claims rejected in Europe and UK <[link removed]>
People seeking asylum in the UK and Europe on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity are routinely seeing their claims rejected because of a widespread "culture of disbelief" and an "impossible burden of proof", researchers have said.
The Guardian
* US: Supreme Court rules job discrimination laws don’t protect church-school teachers <[link removed]>
The Supreme Court on Wednesday barred teachers who work at church-run schools from filing discrimination lawsuits against their employers, ruling that the Constitution's protection for religious liberty exempts church schools from state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
Los Angeles Times
* US anti-abortion groups received millions in federal Covid-19 aid <[link removed]>
Christian anti-abortion lobbying organisations received millions in taxpayer-backed forgivable loans from the US government's coronavirus aid program, even as lawmakers demanded the nation's largest abortion provider return federal loans.
The Guardian
* 'Churches were eager to reopen. Now they are a major source of coronavirus cases.' <[link removed]>
More than 650 cases have been linked to reopened religious facilities.
The New York Times (£)
* Islamic activists halt construction of first Hindu temple in Islamabad <[link removed]>
The controversial construction of the first Hindu temple in Pakistan's capital has been halted after it was challenged in the courts.
The Guardian
** News from the NSS
* Christian charity can’t discriminate against gay carers, court rules <[link removed]>
The National Secular Society has welcomed a ruling that a Christian fostering service acted unlawfully by refusing to let gay people be carers.
* Overhaul of RE in Wales begins with new bill <[link removed]>
The Welsh Government has published legislation to replace religious education (RE) with a more pluralistic 'religion, values and ethics' (RVE) subject.
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* How faith schools are spreading without scrutiny or consultation <[link removed]>
A lack of transparency in faith academy proposals is seriously undermining inclusive education, argues Alastair Lichten
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