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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 28 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 ‘very open’ to changing hate crime bill
Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has revealed he is open to extending the "breadth and depth" of freedom of expression clauses contained in Scotland's draft hate crime laws.
The Press and Journal
* US evangelical group takes legal action against UK venues <[link removed]>
Action comes after appearances by Franklin Graham were cancelled amid protests from LGBT rights campaigners.
The Guardian
* Manchester Arena Inquiry: Security 'did not approach bomber over racism fears' <[link removed]>
A security guard had a "bad feeling" about suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist, an inquiry has heard.
BBC
* France warns citizens to be cautious as anger seethes in Muslim world over cartoons
France warned its citizens living or travelling in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammad.
Reuters
* Huge Bangladesh rally calls for boycott of French products <[link removed]>
Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, demanding a boycott of French goods amid a row over France's tougher stance on radical Islam.
BBC
* Vatican court hears unprecedented sexual abuse criminal trial <[link removed]>
A young priest is charged with sexually abusing an altar boy over a five-year period inside Vatican City walls. An older priest is charged with covering up the abuse.
NPR
* 'Gay marriage and the Vatican’s secretive China deal' <[link removed]>
The Pope's statements on same-sex civil unions has distracted from the extension of a mysterious deal with the Chinese government, says James Somerville-Meikle.
CapX
* 'Viktor Orbán’s use of religion serves as a warning to Western democracies' <[link removed]>
Garret Martin and Carolyn Gallaher argue that Orbán's embrace of religion has served to consolidate his power, "other" his opponents and shield Hungary from EU criticism of its attacks on the rule of law.
The Conversation
* $280m ‘dark money’ spent by US Christian right groups globally <[link removed]>
US Christian right groups, many with close links to the Trump administration, have spent at least $280m in 'dark money' fuelling campaigns against the rights of women and LGBTIQ people across five continents, researchers say.
openDemocracy
* 'Amy Coney Barrett has joined the Supreme Court. The consequences will be dire' <[link removed]>
The Justices of the Supreme Court have a view that, in reality, privileges religion above virtually any other Constitutional right, says Eric Lewis.
The Independent
** In case you missed it...
* The Church of England’s culture of entitlement has to end <[link removed]>
The furore over John Sentamu not being handed a life peerage reveals an ugly culture of entitlement that has not served church or state well, argues Richard Scorer.
** 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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