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** Secularism in the media
* US: China 'committed genocide against Uighurs' <[link removed]>
China has committed genocide in its repression of the Uighurs and other mainly Muslim peoples, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.
BBC
* UK free to make trade deals with genocidal regimes after Commons vote <[link removed]>
The government has narrowly defeated a move requiring the government to reconsider any trade deal with a country found by the high court to be committing genocide.
The Guardian
* ‘The Guardian view on Xinjiang and crimes against humanity: speaking and acting’ <[link removed]>
The US has accused China of genocide against the Uighurs, while British MPs are pressing the government to take a tougher stand
The Guardian
* Police ponder £10,000 fine for organiser of 'large party' at synagogue <[link removed]>
Police say they found evidence of "a large party" after visiting a place of worship in Stamford Hill twice on Saturday.
The JC
* ‘My mum was born into one of Ireland’s mother and baby homes – this is why everyone should know her story’ <[link removed]>
"Now that the mother and baby homes report has been published, I want everyone to know what happened to thousands of Irish women and children, in dark, patriarchal Ireland."
The Independent
* Swiss government urges voters to reject burqa ban in March referendum
The Swiss government recommended on Tuesday that voters reject a proposal in a planned March 7 referendum to ban full facial coverings such as burqas and niqabs worn by some Muslim women, saying the move would hurt tourism.
Reuters
* Egyptian woman arrested for baking 'indecent' cakes <[link removed]>
A woman in Egypt was briefly detained after being accused of baking "indecent" cakes, local media say. A religious body warned that such baked goods were forbidden by Islam.
BBC
* US woman who tweeted about dream gay lifestyle in Bali to be deported <[link removed]>
An American woman is being deported from Bali over suspected immigration violations after her tweets that celebrated the Indonesian resort island as a low-cost, LGBT-friendly place for foreigners to live went viral.
The Guardian
* Actors scramble to apologise amid backlash against Amazon show for ‘insulting Hindu deities’ <[link removed]>
The stars and makers of a new Amazon Prime TV series in India have had to issue an "unconditional" apology after politicians called for the show to be banned following an uproar over alleged insults to Hindu gods.
The Independent
* ‘Mahatma Gandhi's killer venerated as Hindu nationalism resurges in India’ <[link removed]>
Gandhi's vision of a secular India with equal rights for all religions has been eroded and subjugated since the BJP came to power in 2014, says Hannah Ellis-Petersen.
The Guardian
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Mother has to send three children to separate schools due to religious discrimination <[link removed]>
A mother must send her three children to different schools due to discriminatory faith school admissions policies, a complaint has shown.
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