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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 11 February
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** Secularism in the media
* Reasonableness test for abusive and insulting language added to Scottish Hate Crime Bill <[link removed]>
The Scottish Government's controversial Hate Crime Bill has been changed to ensure that charges of stirring up hatred offences, as a result of abusive or insulting language, will have to pass a "reasonable person" test.
The Scotsman*
* Uighur campaigners 'disgusted' after government 'blocks' vote on genocide bill <[link removed]>
Rebel Tories are threatening to back a House of Lords amendment potentially forcing ministers to withdraw from any free trade agreement with a country the High Court rules is guilty of genocide.
ITV
* IS terror plotter rapped about bombing, Old Bailey told <[link removed]>
A man who planned an Islamic State-inspired terror attack made a rap recording in which he stated "I'll be sending bombs and you'll be getting smoked", a court has heard.
BBC
* ‘Ending school apartheid the only hope of real inclusion’ <[link removed]>
For Northern Ireland to be tied to a church-driven school system seems crazy, says Cahair O'Kane.
The Irish News
* ‘Banning safe home-use abortion pills will leave more women in crisis’ <[link removed]>
It is vital that women are continued to be allowed access to drugs for use at home for early medical abortions, says Emma Milne.
The Conversation
* ‘The IHRA definition of antisemitism should not be used to ban free speech’ <[link removed]>
Lord Mann, the government's independent adviser on antisemitism, says IHRA must not be abused in seeking to ban people with whom we disagree.
The JC
* Saudi women's rights activist released from prison <[link removed]>
Loujain al-Hathloul was instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive in the kingdom. She was detained in 2018, just weeks before the ban was lifted.
BBC
* Four arrested as Israeli police, ultra-Orthodox Jews clash <[link removed]>
Four people were arrested in Jerusalem after clashes between Israeli security forces and ultra-orthodox Jews opposed to coronavirus restrictions, the police said Wednesday.
Mail Online
* Russian Jehovah's Witness sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison <[link removed]>
The Jehovah's Witnesses say a member of the religious denomination that is banned in Russia has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, the harshest punishment in scores of cases.
The Associated Press/Mail Online
** Latest from the NSS and the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Apology issued after church accuses residents opposed to faith school <[link removed]>
A Catholic diocese has apologised over a message in a church's newsletter about local opposition to a new faith school in Peterborough.
* Four new C of E faith schools moving forward with little scrutiny <[link removed]>
Four new state-funded Church of England faith schools have moved closer to opening, despite a lack of public scrutiny around the plans.
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