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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 23 October
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
* Humza Yousaf confirms Hate Crime Bill amendments <[link removed]>
Scotland's justice secretary Humza Yousaf has confirmed his U-turn on the controversial Hate Crime Bill by outlining changes he wants to make to the proposed legislation.
The Scotsman
* Church of England bishop sexually abused children and adults for 15 years, report finds <[link removed]>
Church officials mishandled allegations from late 1970s until 2012, says report.
The Independent
* ‘Postcode lottery’ preventing women in Northern Ireland accessing abortion services <[link removed]>
A third of women in Northern Ireland have no access to abortion services amid a postcode lottery, human rights campaigners have warned.
The Independent
* NI: Same-sex couples can convert civil partnership to marriage <[link removed]>
More than 1,000 same-sex couples will be able to convert their civil partnerships to marriage.
The Irish News
* Minister denies linking spread of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland to religion <[link removed]>
Stormont minister Edwin Poots has denied linking the spread of Covid-19 to religion, accusing rivals of "twisting and distorting" his comments on infection rates in nationalist areas.
Shropshire Star
* Islamist extremist who made Festival Hall ‘attack’ video found guilty of terrorism <[link removed]>
An extremist who made a "chilling" video of London's Royal Festival Hall with the message "Attack, attack" has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism.
Ilford Recorder
* France: Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoons projected onto government buildings in defiance of Islamists <[link removed]>
Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad were projected onto government buildings in France as part of a tribute to history teacher Samuel Paty, who was murdered by an Islamist terrorist last week.
The Independent
* 'The importance of blasphemy' <[link removed]>
The brazen intimidation of free expression and the innocent blood being shed is evidence of a severe problem within the Islamic faith that requires criticism, says Brian Stewart.
Quillette
* Polish court ruling amounts to almost total ban on abortion <[link removed]>
Protests gathered across Poland after the Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that abortion due to foetal defects was unconstitutional, banning the most common of the few legal grounds for ending a pregnancy in the largely Catholic country.
Reuters
* Venezuela's Maduro, citing Pope, asks congress to consider same-sex marriage <[link removed]>
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday asked the country's National Assembly to discuss same-sex marriage during its next term beginning in January, citing Pope Francis' comments this week supporting civil unions for same-sex couples.
Reuters
* Indonesian president warns not to rush vaccines amid halal concern <[link removed]>
The president of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, has called for Indonesia not to rush the rollout of vaccines, citing concerns over public awareness about whether they were halal.
Reuters
* Kenyan efforts to end FGM suffer blow with victims paraded in 'open defiance' <[link removed]>
Almost 3,000 girls from the Kuria community have undergone female genital mutilation in recent weeks, despite crackdown
The Guardian
** In case you missed it...
* NSS gives evidence to Senedd committee over Welsh curriculum reform <[link removed]>
The NSS has said children's rights should take priority over religious interests in a new curriculum for Wales in evidence to the Senedd.
** Online Bradlaugh Lecture 2020
* Geoffrey Robertson to argue for disestablishment in NSS lecture <[link removed]>
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson will make the case for disestablishing the C of E in the NSS's 2020 Bradlaugh Lecture.
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