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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 29 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
* UK calls on NATO allies to defend free speech
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called on NATO allies to stand shoulder-to-shoulder on values of tolerance and free speech, in a veiled rebuke to NATO member Turkey which has been calling for a boycott of French goods.
Reuters
* Egypt says freedom of expression 'stops' when Muslims offended <[link removed]>
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday freedom of expression should stop if it offends more than 1.5 billion people.
Reuters
* Malaysia summons French diplomat over Macron's speech <[link removed]>
Malaysia's foreign ministry said it had summoned France's charges d'affaires in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to express concern over alleged 'defamation of Islam'.
Reuters
* 'Imran Khan and Erdoğan have no right to give Macron lessons on secularism'
"Erdoğan is Imran Khan's closest buddy among global leaders. Both leaders should perhaps take a harder look at what's happening at home before targeting Macron."
Times Now News
* 'Hate crime law risks creating an informants' charter' <[link removed]>
As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and it's never been better illustrated than the Hate Crime Bill now making its way through the Scottish Parliament, says John McLellan.
Edinburgh Evening News
* 'The problem with sex education in Catholic schools' <[link removed]>
The encouraged method of "abstinence until marriage," stands at the focal point of any teaching done on the topic, giving students very little resources for safe sex practices or contraception.
This Is Local London
* Poland abortion ruling sparks 'women's strike' <[link removed]>
A strike is under way in Poland by women opposed to a court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion.
BBC
* 'Poland's abortion ban is a cynical attempt to exploit religion by a failing leader' <[link removed]>
Kaczyński's populist move aims to keep the Catholic church on side, but mass protests suggest he's gone too far, say Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz.
The Guardian
* Pakistan high court upholds forced marriage of abducted Catholic minor <[link removed]>
The Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, has validated the marriage of a 13-year-old Catholic girl to a Muslim man who abducted her.
Catholic Herald
* US official says UN has 'lack of curiosity' on Xinjiang <[link removed]>
The U.S. envoy for women's issues says the United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China's Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups.
The Independent
** The latest from the NSS
* Human rights should not be at the mercy of the pope’s pontifications <[link removed]>
Amid widespread interest in the pope's views on same-sex civil unions, Megan Manson says states shouldn't allow themselves to be used to further the Catholic Church's agendas.
** New NSS podcast
* Ep 37: Christian nationalism and the US election <[link removed]>
Andrew Seidel returns to the NSS podcast to discuss the role secularist issues and Christian nationalism are playing in the ongoing US presidential election.
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