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* Sadiq Khan urges Johnson to close places of worship as Covid cases surge <[link removed]>
Places of worship in the capital should shut immediately because of the risks of Covid infection, Sadiq Khan has said, amid signs that churches, mosques and synagogues are already closing their doors.
The Guardian
* 120 people attended church or place of worship with Covid in Scotland <[link removed]>
A total of 120 Scots attended at church or other places of worship while infectious with coronavirus, the latest weekly figures have shown.
The Scotsman
* UK ministers face legal action over lack of abortion services in NI <[link removed]>
Northern Ireland's human rights commission (NIHRC) has launched a landmark legal action against the UK government for its failure to commission safe and accessible abortion services more than a year after abortion was made legal in the country.
The Guardian
* Beijing funds British YouTubers to further its propaganda war <[link removed]>
The Chinese government is funding British YouTube stars to produce pro-China propaganda videos, an investigation has revealed.
The Times*
* Raab to clampdown on firms linked to forced Uighur Muslim labour in Xinjiang <[link removed]>
Dominic Raab is to address concerns over UK complicity in the use of forced labour in China's Xinjiang province with more requirements on companies that buy goods there and possible sanctions on Chinese officials believed to be instrumental in the abuse.
The Guardian
* Twitter blocks Chinese Embassy tweet claiming Uighur women are no longer 'baby-making machines' <[link removed]>
On Saturday morning, a tweet posted by the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC was removed by Twitter for violating the platform's rules against dehumanisation.
Business Insider
* Prison chaplain who revealed bible meetings were hijacked by Islamist extremists taking legal action <[link removed]>
Pastor Paul Song was banned indefinitely from working in London jails after exposing the influence of Muslim gangs at HMP Brixton.
Mail Online
* Marriage Foundation proposes simpler wedding ceremonies ‘ for all’ <[link removed]>
Its report showed that the "'marriage gap' between rich and poor" had "almost doubled from 22 per cent to 41 per cent".
Church Times*
* Locked-down women turn to pills amid Malta abortion ban <[link removed]>
Catholic Malta has the strictest ban on abortion in the EU, but during the pandemic more Maltese women have been ordering abortion pills from abroad, unable to travel because of the lockdown.
BBC
* Islamabad court sentences three men to death for blasphemy on social media <[link removed]>
A court in Islamabad has sentenced three men to death for publishing 'blasphemous' content on social media.
Geo News
* US group appeals for Pakistani woman jailed on blasphemy <[link removed]>
The US religious watchdog appealed Friday for the rights of a Pakistani woman from the country's minority Ahmadis who has been jailed on blasphemy charges, declaring her a prisoner of conscience and urging Prime Minister Imran Khan's government to immediately set her free.
The Associated Press
* ‘A Christian insurrection’ <[link removed]>
Many of those who mobbed the Capitol on Wednesday claimed to be enacting God's will, says Emma Green.
The Atlantic
** In case you missed it...
* The lockdown exemption for communal worship represents a dangerous double standard <[link removed]>
With the country again plunged into a strict lockdown, Stephen Evans questions the rationale behind and wisdom of an exemption for religious worship in England.
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