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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 14 September
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** Secularism in the media
* Islamists are 'calling critics Islamophobic', counter-extremism expert warns <[link removed]>
Sara Khan, who leads the Commission for Countering Extremism, said "extremists are exploiting both the anti racism agenda and free speech cause, weaponising them to further their own extremist propaganda."
The Telegraph
* Young people more likely to agree with extremist statements if they do not mix with people from different religions, poll shows <[link removed]>
Experts said the research, which compared beliefs held by British Muslims and white non-Muslims, showed that "Islamist and far-right ideas are resonating with young people in the UK".
The Independent
* 'Why do churches have a right to run our schools?' <[link removed]>
Almost all schools in Northern Ireland are paid for by the state. So why should churches, as of right, have an automatic role in the education of our children, asks Fionola Meredith.
Belfast Telegraph (via PressReader)
* Concerns about hate crime bill from across civic Scotland have to be addressed, says MSP - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has urged the Justice Secretary to go back to the drawing board to address fundamental problems with the Scottish Government's proposed Hate Crime Bill.
Central Fife Times
* 'SNP Hate Crime Bill is attempt to criminalise our democratic values' - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
The Hate Crime Bill represents a serious risk to the democratic freedoms we all cherish, says Thomas Kerr.
Glasgow Times
* London Lib Dems suspend mayoral race hopeful over past ‘Don’t vote for a Jew’ campaigning <[link removed]>
Geeta Sidhu-Robb used the tactic to try to woo Muslim voters when seeking to be election as a Conservative MP in 1997.
On London
* Bereaved SNP activist in new bid for assisted dying law <[link removed]>
Josh Aaron-Mennie is to put proposals to the SNP annual conference next month which could lead to new assisted dying legislation being published in Holyrood after the election next May.
The National
* Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision <[link removed]>
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Frederiksen on Saturday for opposing the bill, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
The Jerusalem Post
* Israel: Parents flee hospital with seriously hurt baby after circumcision gone wrong <[link removed]>
Police launched a search Friday afternoon for a couple and their baby, after they fled a hospital in northern Israel with their son who had been seriously injured during his brit milah circumcision ceremony.
The Times of Israel
* Taliban renew call for 'Islamic system' during historic talks with Afghan government <[link removed]>
The Taliban's political leader reiterated his group's demand for Afghanistan to adopt an "Islamic system" as peace talks with the Afghan government began in Doha on Saturday.
France 24
* 'Hindutva backlash against Atheist Republic’s founder echoes Islamist reaction to blasphemy' <[link removed]>
The actions of Islamists and Hindu nationalists underline why there must be no free speech exception for religion, says Kunwar Khuldune Shahid.
Newslaundry
* 'Iran's secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs' <[link removed]>
Iran's census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state's active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious minorities.
Phys.org
** In case you missed it...
* NSS welcomes decision not to hire chaplain to say council prayers <[link removed]>
The NSS has welcomed a decision by the mayor of Swale borough council in Kent not to appoint a civic chaplain to conduct council prayers.
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