Secularism in the media

Assisted dying travel allowed during lockdown, says Hancock

People travelling abroad for the purpose of assisted dying will not be breaking coronavirus travel rules, the health secretary has said.

BBC

Leader of Catholic church in England and Wales expects government U-turn on lockdown services ban

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has predicted the government will shortly abandon the ban on church services during the new lockdown.

The Independent

Church pastor exposed as a career con artist

SPAC Nation claims it is helping disadvantaged young people – but former members say that its leaders encourage young congregants to take out loans and give huge sums to the church.

BBC

Boohoo, Nike and H&M deny Uighur forced labour in supply chains

Fashion brands including Boohoo and Nike have denied the use of suppliers or manufacturing in the Xinjiang region of China as they expressed "shock" surrounding allegations regarding the forced labour of Uighur Muslims.

Shropshire Star

Dutch teacher goes into hiding after cartoon mocking jihadists prompts online threats

Police are investigating online threats against the unnamed teacher - who works at the Emmauscollege high school in Rotterdam - after they were accused of blasphemy by some Muslim students over a cartoon in support of the controversial French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Mail Online

Macron clarifies French fight against Islamist extremism, not Islam

French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country is fighting "Islamist separatism, never Islam", responding to a Financial Times article that he claimed misquoted him and has since been removed from the newspaper's website.

RFI/Yahoo

Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

A Paris criminal court sentenced a 29-year-old Algerian man Thursday to life in prison for killing a woman and trying to bomb a church near the French capital in a failed 2015 attack that investigators said was plotted by Islamic State group extremists in Syria.

The Independent

'Attacks on Christians show hypocrisy of "blasphemy" controversy'

Why would being offended by a cartoon lead a man to attack a church, asks Seth J. Frantzman.

The Jerusalem Post

UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined

The UN special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right of minorities to worship and hold beliefs, pointing as examples to China's detention of Uighurs, 21 countries that criminalize apostasy, and sweeping surveillance of Christians in North Korea and Muslims in Thailand.

Associated Press

Pakistan: Bank manager shot dead by security guard over ‘blasphemy’

A senior manager of the National Bank of Pakistan was killed by the bank's security guard over the allegation of blasphemy, police said on Thursday. The deceased's family said that it was a murder by the accused over a personal grudge, claiming that the guard took the cover of blasphemy to save himself.

Kashmir Reader

Egypt university professor suspended for ‘insulting the Qur’an’

Egypt's minister of higher education has suspended a university professor following claims that he 'insulted the Qur'an'.

Middle East Monitor

Caste discrimination taints corporate India

A sixth of India's 1.3-billion population are Dalits, whose low status in Hinduism's hereditary social hierarchy exposes them to daily violence and abuse.

Yahoo!/APF

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Secularism in the media

Assisted dying travel allowed during lockdown, says Hancock

Leader of Catholic church in England and Wales expects government U-turn on lockdown services ban

Church pastor exposed as a career con artist

Boohoo, Nike and H&M deny Uighur forced labour in supply chains

Dutch teacher goes into hiding after cartoon mocking jihadists prompts online threats

Macron clarifies French fight against Islamist extremism, not Islam

Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

'Attacks on Christians show hypocrisy of "blasphemy" controversy'

UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined

Pakistan: Bank manager shot dead by security guard over ‘blasphemy’

Egypt university professor suspended for ‘insulting the Qur’an’

Caste discrimination taints corporate India

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