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* Coronavirus: Fake news 'causing ethnic minorities to reject Covid jab' <[link removed]>
Fake news is likely to be causing people from ethnic minorities to reject the Covid vaccine, a doctor has warned. Some of the disinformation is religiously targeted.
BBC
* Catholics in Scotland attempt legal challenge against inclusion of churches in coronavirus restrictions <[link removed]>
A religious minister in Scotland has launched a crowdfunding drive in an attempt to bring a judicial review against the inclusion of churches in lockdown restrictions.
Express
* ‘Church leaders need to get rid of the assumed superiority’ <[link removed]>
Two letters question religious leaders' resistance to lockdown measures in Scotland.
The Herald
* MPs call for political action against China over Uyghur persecution <[link removed]>
Senior MPs and activists have spoken of the UK's urgent need to take a political stand against the genocide being inflicted on Uyghur Muslims in China.
Jewish News
* Train driver loses discrimination claim over ‘Allahu akbar’ in bomb training exercise <[link removed]>
A Muslim train driver has lost his religious discrimination claim after suing a security firm for using a fake bomb with the words 'Allahu Akbar' on it as part of a training exercise.
Mail Online
* Bishop said Irish state was defying canon law when seeking details of mothers in home <[link removed]>
Conditions at a mother and baby home in Cork led to a clash between church and state, when the former bishop of Cork said the state was seeking to ask a religious order to go against canon law.
The Irish Times
* Ireland’s religious congregations asked to contribute to mother and baby redress fund <[link removed]>
The two main churches in Ireland and the religious congregations that ran the mother and baby homes have been asked to make a contribution to the intended redress fund for former residents and survivors.
The Irish Times
* Petition calls for removal of church bells before the news in Ireland after mother and baby home scandal <[link removed]>
Ireland's national broadcaster is facing calls to remove the Angelus from the air in light of the mother and baby home report released earlier this week. The Angelus, or the church bells, is a one-minute-long programme which has aired at 6pm every evening on RTÉ One since 1950.
The Irish Post
* Argentina legalising abortion will spur reform in Latin America, minister says <[link removed]>
Argentina's historic decision to legalise abortion will help spur reform across Latin America, the country's gender minister has said, as a new law allowing the practice goes into effect.
The Guardian
* Pakistan attempts to prosecute Ahmadi US citizens for digital blasphemy <[link removed]>
Pakistani authorities have asked leaders of the American Ahmadiyya Muslim community to take down its official website, claiming that the US-based site violates Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws and new cybercrime regulations.
Religion News Service
* French court sentences Deliveroo courier who refused to deliver kosher meals <[link removed]>
A French court sentences a 19-year-old Deliveroo courier to four months in prison on discrimination charges after he refused to deliver meals from Jewish restaurants.
The Times of Israel
** Latest from the NSS
* "Being offended is the price we pay for living in a free society": NSS CEO talks to Charlie Hebdo <[link removed]>
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans was interviewed in a recent edition of Charlie Hebdo which marked six years since the attack on its staff. The interview is reproduced here in English.
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