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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 25 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
* Assisted dying could be legalised in the UK within four years, leading MP predicts <[link removed]>
Andrew Mitchell believes there is growing support among MPs for a change in the law that would give choice to people who are nearing the end of their lives.
Yorkshire Coast Radio
* British Islamic State twin sister alive with young son in Syrian detention camp <[link removed]>
A woman from Manchester who joined Islamic State as a teenager alongside her twin sister is alive and being held with her young son in a controversial camp run by Syrian Kurdish forces, sources in north-east Syria have confirmed.
The Telegraph
* Muslim group appeals after council refused plans to expand mosque in semi-detached house
The Boulevard Community has lodged an appeal after expansion plans were knocked back because of the impact they could have on local residents due to noise and parking issues.
Lancashire Post
* 'A confusing question in census' <[link removed]>
The census will ask "What is your religion?" This is clearly open to misinterpretation, says Paul Kaufman.
Barking and Dagenham Post
* Australia: New push to scrap scripture lessons from public schools because they 'interrupt learning' <[link removed]>
The New South Wales Teachers Federation is leading a campaign to scrap the weekly 30 to 60 minute studies, particularly throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Mail Online
* Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election <[link removed]>
Rasheed is among at least a dozen Myanmar citizens from the Rohingya Muslim minority who have applied to be candidates in the Nov. 8 general election. Six of them have been rejected after officials said they failed to prove their parents were citizens at the time of their birth, a requirement under the election law.
Reuters
* Kanye West slammed for 'making a mockery' of Islam for naming trainers after Islamic angels <[link removed]>
Social media users have called them 'insulting' and demanded an apology.
Mail Online
* 'Joe Biden’s acceptance speech caps off an unusually faith-filled Democratic National Convention' <[link removed]>
'While Biden's faith mentions were uncharacteristically minimal, the convention itself was unusually spiritual.'
Religion News Service
* 'Kano’s theocracy stands against constitutional democracy' <[link removed]>
Being a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the recognition of blasphemy as a crime in Nigeria contradicts the articles of that declaration, as well as sections 38 and 39 of the 1999 Constitution, which guarantee freedom of expression, thought and religion.
Punch
* 'Hindu nationalism and rising violence against India’s Christians' <[link removed]>
Hindu Nationalism, Hindutva, is rising in India. The PM is a member of extremist organisation RSS, and violence against religious minorities is celebrated, says an Indian Christian writer.
Uncommon Ground Media
** The latest from the NSS
* Ditch ‘stirring up’ offences in hate crime bill, say NSS and others <[link removed]>
The NSS is among signatories to a letter which expresses "grave reservations" over proposed 'stirring up hatred' offences in Scotland.
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