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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 25 November
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
* SNP announce further changes to controversial Hate Crime Bill <[link removed]>
Controversial hate crime legislation will be further watered down to address widespread concerns over its impact, the Justice Secretary has confirmed.
The Herald
* Javid advised of 'hostile public sentiment' to Shamima Begum, court told <[link removed]>
Home Office officials declared "public sentiment is overwhelmingly hostile" to Shamima Begum and argued removing her British citizenship would not affect community relations when they advised Sajid Javid to act against her last year.
The Guardian
* Man jailed over Islamist beheading images and terror magazines <[link removed]>
A man who downloaded instructions on how to carry out terror attacks, and images of beheadings, has been jailed for 32 months.
BBC
* Huge rise in Islamist and far-right propaganda during lockdown <[link removed]>
Experts have seen a huge increase in Islamist and far-right propaganda on social media as extremists try to exploit a captive audience during lockdown.
Evening Express
* MP speaks of 'bondage of tyranny and the fear of persecution' faced by Ahmadi Muslims <[link removed]>
A Yorkshire MP has spoken about the attacks levelled at him and his family due to being members of a particular sect of Islam.
The Yorkshire Post
* Catholic and Evangelical churches join court case to stop Dominica making gay sex legal <[link removed]>
The law currently punishes homosexuality with up to 10 years in prison.
Gay Star News
* Australia: Victoria to ban 'abhorrent' practice of gay or gender conversion therapy <[link removed]>
Government says legislation being introduced on Wednesday sends clear message that no one is 'broken' because of their sexuality or gender identity.
The Guardian
* Indian state outlaws religious conversion by marriage
The decree for the state of Uttar Pradesh was passed Tuesday and follows a campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party against interfaith marriages.
The Independent
* "Netflix's 'A Suitable Boy' hurt Hindu sentiments", says BJP youth wing leader <[link removed]>
The National Secretary of the youth wing of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded an apology and the removal of "objectionable scenes" showing a man and a woman kissing inside in a temple.
NDTV
* Russia police carry out mass raids on Jehovah's Witnesses across the country in new crackdown <[link removed]>
Authorities carried out the raids today and made arrests as part of a new criminal case against the group, the Investigative Committee said.
Mail Online
** The latest from the NSS
* Success: free speech clause in hate crime bill to be strengthened <[link removed]>
The NSS has welcomed the Scottish government's decision to strengthen a clause on free speech on religion in its current hate crime bill.
** New NSS podcast
* Ep 39: The war on Christmas <[link removed]>
What is the real meaning of Christmas in modern Britain, secular and multicultural as it is? Does the Christian tradition have a prerogative on its meaning, and if not, why not? And does anyone really get offended at the phrase 'Merry Christmas'?
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