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Subject NSS mentioned: 'The SNP’s hate crime bill is turning the law into a culture war'
Date August 12, 2020 8:12 AM
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** Secularism in the media

* 'The SNP’s hate crime bill is turning the law into a culture war' - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>

There will be no need to beat your opponents in debate or at the ballot box when you can simply seek criminal sanction against them and anyone else who espouses their views, says Stephen Daisley.

The Spectator

* Actors join chorus against hate bill - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>

More than 20 artists, authors and campaigners including leading nationalists and allies of Nicola Sturgeon have joined calls for the proposals to be altered.

The Times (£)

* Humza Yousaf to give hate crime bill letter 'serious consideration' <[link removed]>

Humza Yousaf has said he plans to give an open letter about the hate crime bill "serious consideration".

The National

* Commissioner: Engaging with yeshivas on safeguarding is ‘like playing whack-a-mole’ <[link removed]>

The commissioner charged with engaging unregistered yeshivas (Jewish faith schools) on child safeguarding has said it is "like playing whack-a-mole" because they up sticks and move once detected.

Jewish News

* Non-stun halal charity wins UK case after feud with butchers <[link removed]>

The Halal Monitoring Committee persuaded a judge to throw out the case brought by a group of butchers and wholesalers who said it was unreasonable for the charity to withdraw its approval from companies that sold the meat of animals that were stunned before killing.

The National

* Islamic faith school charity's unfiled accounts investigated <[link removed]>

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Birmingham Education Trust, which is based at the Al-Huda Girls' School in Saltley. The trust funds and operates an independent school which promotes the teaching of Islam to Muslim girls.

BBC

* Businesses run by a UK cult get a massive COVID-19 cash bonanza - No More Faith Schools campaign quoted <[link removed]>

The government have reportedly paid companies connected to the Exclusive Brethren hundred of millions of pounds to provide ventilators and PPE equipment during the pandemic.

The Freethinker (Patheos)

* Charity Commission asked to tackle C of E safeguarding ‘failings’ <[link removed]>

The Charity Commission has been urged to intervene to address "the failures of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England to devise a safe consistent and fair system of redress" for victims and survivors of abuse.

Church Times

* Three killed in Bangalore clashes over post about Islamic prophet Muhammad <[link removed]>

Crowds gathered outside the house of a local politician whose relative was accused of making an "offensive" post about the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

BBC

* 'Nigeria's blasphemy cases in focus' <[link removed]>

Two young men have landed on the wrong side of Islamic law via social media.

DW

** The latest from the NSS

* Our schools should promote social cohesion – so educate children together <[link removed]>

As research shows social integration is key to fostering positive attitudes toward people of different religions and beliefs, Megan Manson says we should challenge the segregation and division inherent to faith schools.

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