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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 10 December
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** Secularism in the media
* Free speech provisions must be strengthened in Hate Crime Bill, MSPs say <[link removed]>
The Hate Crime Bill must be amended to strengthen its free speech provisions, Holyrood's Justice Committee has concluded.
Holyrood
* Sexually abusive priest was reinstated as minister on Cardinal Nichols’s watch <[link removed]>
A "sado masochistic" priest who abused a boy was sent to the US for "therapy" before being reinstated as a minister on Cardinal Nichols's watch, it has emerged.
The Telegraph (£)
* UK editors reject pleas to outlaw discrimination against religious groups in IPSO code review <[link removed]>
Top editors have rejected calls to adopt a provision in the Editors' Code of Practice banning discrimination against groups such as Muslims, Jews and migrant communities in the press.
Press Gazette
* Stourbridge bar applies to become place of worship so it can open under Tier 3
A Black Country bar and restaurant has applied to become a place of worship – to allow it to open under Tier 3 restrictions.
Express and Star
* Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber brother's confession 'propaganda' <[link removed]>
A confession by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber amounts to "pro-Islamic State propaganda", a public inquiry has heard.
BBC
* Cambridge University votes to safeguard free speech <[link removed]>
A vote on free speech at Cambridge University has strongly rejected guidelines requiring opinions to be "respectful" - after warnings this could limit freedom of expression.
BBC
* French cabinet backs law targeting extremism <[link removed]>
The French cabinet has approved a bill aimed at tackling radical Islam after a recent series of attacks by extremists.
BBC
* ‘What is actually contained in France's new law against Islamic extremism?’ <[link removed]>
A cacophony of complaints - some justified, most plain wrong or wilfully distorted - has been hurled at Emmanuel Macron's proposed new law to defend French democracy from radical Islam, writes John Lichfield.
The Local
* Trump's new religious exemptions for employers an invitation to discriminate, critics say <[link removed]>
The Trump administration has issued new guidance on religious exemptions for federal contractors that critics say grants them carte blanche to discriminate against LGBTQ workers, women, religious minorities and others.
NBC News
* Pakistani film explores social media's role in anger over blasphemy <[link removed]>
The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence.
Reuters
** The latest from the NSS
* Religious pressure resisted as Welsh RE reform plans progress <[link removed]>
A bill which would replace religious education with a more pluralistic alternative in Wales will proceed to the next parliamentary stage.
* C of E’s control of RE damages subject’s credibility, says study <[link removed]>
The C of E's theological approach to RE has come to dominate the subject amid a lack of government leadership, research has found.
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