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* President Biden reverses Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries <[link removed]>
President Biden, in one of his first moves in office, reversed the immigration restriction put in place by the Trump administration covering five Muslim-majority nations.
Los Angeles Times
* Head of US bishops' conference warns Biden's pro-abortion policies 'will advance moral evils’ <[link removed]>
President Joe Biden became just the second Catholic to take the oath of office on Wednesday, but the nation's top bishop is warning that his pro-choice policies will 'advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity.'
Mail Online
* ‘Militant Christian nationalists remain a potent force’ <[link removed]>
The post-election expressions of right wing Christian protest suggest that Christian militancy on occasion can lead to political extremism, says Tom Gjelten.
NPR
* Abortion: Westminster warns it is ready to intervene again over access in NI <[link removed]>
The government has warned that it may intervene directly if abortions are not made more freely available in Northern Ireland soon.
News Letter
* Religious institutions ‘willing to engage’ on payments to abuse victims <[link removed]>
Religious institutions have been willing to come forward to discuss compensating abuse victims, Stormont officials said.
Belfast Telegraph
* Polish clinic wants to care for man in life-support dispute <[link removed]>
A specialist clinic in Poland said Tuesday it is ready to admit and treat a Pole who is at the centre of a life-support dispute in Britain.
The Associated Press
* ‘Britain’s prisons are a breeding ground for Islamist terror’ <[link removed]>
Britain's prisons, perhaps as never before, are well evidenced incubators and accelerators of violent extremism, says former prison governor Ian Acheson.
The Spectator*
* Amazon Prime drama agrees to changes after Hindu nationalist pressure <[link removed]>
An Indian political drama on Amazon Prime has been forced to edit out scenes that were accused of being an "insult to Hindu gods", the first time that streaming platforms have been subjected to Indian government censorship.
The Guardian
* Hungary's government orders disclaimers on books with gay content <[link removed]>
Hungary's government ordered a publisher on Tuesday to print disclaimers identifying books containing "behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles".
Reuters
* ‘From the hijab to freedom’ <[link removed]>
A new documentary "Women Leaving Islam", by the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, tells the story of six women escaping the violence of Islam's modesty culture.
New Humanist
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Former headteacher John Mapperley says the school he ran was given a vastly reduced range of options when considering academy status – and he believes the church puts its own interests above those of pupils.
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