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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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