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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 13 August

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

* 'Why new Scottish hate crime laws can’t be allowed to stifle free speech' <[link removed]>

Fraser Sutherland argues that a new "stirring up" law is a dangerous road to go down.

The Scottish Sun

* County Derry man fighting to ban 'conversion therapy' <[link removed]>

The co-founder of the Ban Conversion Therapy organisation, Matthew Hyndman, says the practice is harmful because it 'doesn't work'.

Derry Now

* 'Will segregation come to King’s College London?' <[link removed]>

A new report entitled 'Inclusivity at University: Muslim Student Experiences' suggests students should be allowed to pick the race, gender and religion of their tutors.

Spiked

* Irish Court of Appeal: Order dismissing application for family reunification in polygamous marriage affirmed <[link removed]>

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of the High Court refusing family reunification where the applicant's marriage was, at the time of contracting, actually polygamous.

Irish Legal News

* Georgia appeals ruling that blocked restrictive abortion law <[link removed]>

Georgia is appealing a federal judge's ruling that permanently blocked the restrictive abortion measure lawmakers passed last year.

Yahoo! News

* India's Supreme Court bolsters inheritance rights for Hindu women <[link removed]>

India's top court has ruled that daughters have equal rights to Hindu family property.

DW

* Myanmar bars Rohingya Muslim candidate from election <[link removed]>

A Rohingya Muslim has been barred from standing in Myanmar's upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminatory and a symptom of the "ongoing genocide" against the persecuted minority.

Kashmir Reader

* 'Vatican’s China deal may protect Chinese Catholics, keep Pope Francis silent' <[link removed]>

Vatican officials believe a deal with China could improve the lives of Chinese Catholics, especially those in the underground church. But critics fear the deal is already keeping Pope Francis silent on human rights abuses by the Chinese government, including its crackdown on Muslim Uighurs.

Religion News Service

* 'The Dalit rapper who said no to Bollywood' <[link removed]>

Dule, from the Dalit community, formerly known as "untouchables" and considered at the bottom of India's caste hierarchy, says he has finally found his calling in rap music.

BBC

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* We all need the freedom to offend – including the most marginalised <[link removed]>

Scotland's new hate crime bill could easily be weaponised to silence any speech deemed offensive. This will disempower, rather than protect, society's most vulnerable, says Megan Manson.

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