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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 10 September

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Stormont ministers vow to ban 'conversion therapy'

This week Communities Minister Carál Ni Chuilin agreed to lead the push to outlaw the practice, which seeks to "cure" people of their homosexuality.

Belfast Live

 

MSPs vote down bid to scrap hate crime bill

MSPs have rejected a bid by the Scottish Conservatives to bring down the government's controversial hate crime legislation.

BBC

 

'"Je suis Charlie": Time to start again with the hate crime bill'

The Scottish Government's Hate Crime Bill contains some measures that are worthy of support, but others that need to be reconsidered to safeguard free speech, writes Murdo Fraser MSP.

The Scotsman

 

'Remote access to early abortion medicine is a lifeline for women - it must continue post-Covid'

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic women up to 10 weeks gestation could access abortion services through telemedicine. The case to retain this change is overwhelming, says Diana Johnson MP.

Politics Home

 

Brits don’t feel safe in their places of worship as crimes rise

Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, gurdwaras, and other places of worship throughout the UK face crime daily, according to a new study.

London Loves Business

 

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber 'seen praying' at venue

The Manchester Arena bomber was spotted "praying" at the venue 50 minutes before he carried out the attack and asked what he had in his rucksack, an inquiry into the terror attack was told.

The Herald

 

Australia: Queensland passes law to jail priests for not reporting confessions of child sexual abuse

Priests in Queensland will now be compelled to break the seal of confession to report child sexual abuse or face three years in jail.

ABC News

 

'Nothing to regret' over Mohammed cartoons: Charlie Hebdo chief

The current director of France's Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in January 2015, on Wednesday said the magazine had "nothing to regret" for publishing cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

International Business Times

 

'For first time, Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya slaughter'

The soldiers' video testimony, recorded by a rebel militia, is the first time that members of Myanmar's military have openly confessed to taking part in what United Nations officials say was a genocidal campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority.

The New York Times

 

'Who supports freedom of speech?'

One study showed that of all religion/belief groups examined, atheists and agnostics were the most likely to extend rights to the groups they least liked.

Psychology Today

  

In case you missed it...

 

NSS welcomes plan to give couples more freedom over where they marry

The NSS has welcomed Law Commission proposals for comprehensive reform of England and Wales's wedding laws.

  

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