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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 4 November

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** Secularism in the media

* UK terrorism threat level raised to 'severe' following Vienna shooting <[link removed]>

The move means security chiefs believe that an attack is highly likely but there is no specific intelligence of an imminent incident.

BBC

* A call from Muslim intellectuals: 'The boycott of France must stop' <[link removed]>

The French model respects the universality of values without pitting communities against each other, says a collective of Muslim intellectuals.

Le Monde

* 'The West can’t ignore Macron’s call to action' <[link removed]>

French president's defence of European values in the face of extremism must be supported, says Roger Boyes.

The Times (£)

* 'We Muslims in the West must stand with Emmanuel Macron — Islam and secularism aren’t mutually exclusive' <[link removed]>

European Muslims must honour the victims of jihadism and affirm our allegiance to religiously neutral governance, says Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

iNews

* Pressure grows on Prime Minister to allow public worship <[link removed]>

Members of the government-appointed 'Places of Worship Taskforce' have released a letter sent to the Prime Minister strongly disagreeing with the decision to suspend public worship for the duration of the month-long lockdown.

Church Times

* Islam Channel fined £20,000 after broadcasting show that contained ‘antisemitic hate speech’ <[link removed]>

The watchdog ruled that one episode of a religious education series contained three breaches of the Broadcasting Code.

The JC

* Calls for safe zone outside abortion clinic before prayer vigil returns <[link removed]>

A '40 Days For Life' vigil was staged every day outside a British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinic in York.

The Press

* Poland delays abortion ban as nationwide protests continue <[link removed]>

Poland's rightwing government has delayed implementation of a controversial court ruling that would outlaw almost all abortion in the country, after it prompted the largest protests since the fall of communism.

The Guardian

* Police in Pakistan recover teen girl after alleged forced conversion and marriage <[link removed]>

A 13-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan who was allegedly abducted and forced to convert and marry a Muslim man has been rescued, officials said.

BBC

* Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack

Afghans are mourning the 22 mostly students killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, an attack claimed by the Islamic State.

The Independent

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The NSS has urged the Scottish government to protect free expression after ministers hinted at possible concessions in a hate crime bill.

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