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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 22 September
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 activists sue to force UK doctors to change policy <[link removed]>
Activists are threatening the Royal College of General Practitioners with legal action for continuing to oppose the legalisation of assisted dying.
BioEdge
* ‘Restrict new hate crime laws to situations where there is ‘intention’ to stir up hate’ <[link removed]>
The Scottish government should restrict new hate crime laws to behaviour or material that is threatening, rather than abusive, write Dr Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie.
Aberdeen Evening Express
* Paris court hears how kosher supermarket attacker killed four <[link removed]>
A trial of 14 suspects in connection with three days of terrorist attacks in Paris in January 2015, including on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, has heard how a gunman picked off four men at a kosher supermarket in the city.
The Guardian
* Christian school assistant sacked in LGBT classes row says she was 'defending Biblical truth' <[link removed]>
A Christian school assistant sacked for posting on Facebook about plans to teach LGBT relationships in primary schools claims she was trying to "defend Biblical truth", a tribunal has heard.
Mirror
* Glaswegians do not want to ban sectarian marches, new research reveals <[link removed]>
Glaswegians do not want to ban sectarian marches - but they would like to see fewer of them, according to new research.
The Herald
* Sikh taxi driver in Reading attacked by four passengers <[link removed]>
A Sikh taxi driver was attacked in his car as he drove four passengers home from a casino.
BBC
* Engineer wins religious discrimination claim after Sikh manager told her "I don't like Muslims" <[link removed]>
An engineer who helped develop Sir James Dyson's electric car has won a religious discrimination and unfair dismissal claim against the company after her manager told her "I don't like Muslims".
Mail Online
* ‘Notable opinions of US Supreme Court contender Amy Coney Barrett’ <[link removed]>
Amy Coney Barrett, a favourite of the religious right, has emerged as the favourite to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court. Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that if appointed, Barrett could help overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide.
Reuters
* ‘Amy Coney Barrett’s judicial record should alarm liberals’ <[link removed]>
A quick review suggests that conservatives should be assuaged, and liberals alarmed, by Barrett's record in her first years as a judge.
The Washington Post
* Second coronavirus lockdown exposes tensions between secular and religious Israelis <[link removed]>
Israel has entered a second national coronavirus lockdown. Parts of secular Israel feel that Benjamin Netanyahu is allowing businesses to perish while going to extreme lengths to allow religious gatherings.
The Guardian
* ‘My husband wants our baby circumcised, but it’s against my religion’ <[link removed]>
The Dear Deirdre column considers the case of a woman who is expecting a baby boy and whose husband wants him to be circumcised.
The Sun
** The latest from the NSS
* The Scottish hate crime bill is a threat to free and open debate <[link removed]>
As ministers reportedly consider changing Scotland's hate crime bill to address free expression concerns, Stephen Evans says their insistence to date that the bill won't undermine legitimate debate has been unconvincing.
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Note: Yesterday's media briefing suggested a proposed assisted dying bill had been tabled in Northern Ireland. It was instead tabled in the Republic of Ireland.
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