What if parliament were to follow the advice of right-to-die campaigners and legalise assisted dying? As it happens, we have the published experiences of Oregon and the Netherlands to guide us in the UK.
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July 12th, 2016
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July 11th, 2016
With stories now becoming too numerous to document, the war against religious liberty seems to accelerate with each passing week.
But two episodes in the last week deserve extra attention because they demonstrate that there now appears to be no limit to how far the opponents of religious liberty are willing to go in requiring every individual—even Pastors, Imams, and Rabbis—to affirm same-sex marriage and other basic tenets of the sexual revolution.
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July 11th, 2016
This week, Republican delegates are meeting in committee to lay out the 2016 version of their party’s platform document ― a non-binding declaration of #squadgoals that will generate a few days of stories like this one before being largely forgotten. This year’s platform committee has taken dead aim at one of the few successful industries left in America, besides drone warfare and hot takes about Kevin Durant’s free agency decisions. I refer, of course, to pornography.
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July 11th, 2016
A damning report from city academics has revealed that some Muslim parents in Birmingham do not trust police and would not speak out if their children travelled to Syria.
Researchers Dr Imran Awan and Dr Surinder Guru conducted focus groups with parents to explore how they view the current counter-terrorism policing strategy employed by West Midlands Police.
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July 11th, 2016
The use of Sharia councils in the UK to settle disputes using Islamic religious law has been criticised for discriminating against women. With rare access, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme looks at what takes place inside one such council.
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July 11th, 2016
A call for examiners to report racist, antisemitic and jihadist comments in end-of-school test papers has sparked a row in France about snooping on pupils and freedom of speech.
Teachers marking history and geography papers for the baccalauréat — the equivalent of A levels — believe the information was requested by intelligence agencies. Critics say the demand risks turning examiners into informers while proponents say the move makes sense in times of a heightened Islamist terror threat.
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July 10th, 2016
The Archbishop of Canterbury has reportedly persuaded the government to drop some aspects of a counter-terror law after arguing it would unfairly affect church Sunday schools.
According to The Sunday Times, Justin Welby met with senior ministers to argue against draft measures in the new counter-extremism bill intended to test "fundamental British values".
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July 10th, 2016
The Church of England is preparing a major expansion of its influence in the nation’s education after embracing the Government’s free schools programme.
It has set its sights on opening around 125 new schools in England in the next four years alone – more than a quarter of all new schools planned in England under a scheme announced by David Cameron.
The Church, which already educates more than a million children in England, currently runs just 10 free schools with another eight about to open.
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July 10th, 2016
Theresa May's review of sharia courts has been branded a “whitewash” before it has even begun, with more than 200 individuals and human rights groups signing an open letter urging her to dismantle the panel chosen to oversee the inquiry.
They claim that by appointing an Islamic scholar as chair and placing two imams in advisory roles, the panel’s ability to make an impartial assessment of how religious arbitration is used to the detriment of women’s rights will be seriously compromised.
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July 10th, 2016
The number of Britons taking steps to change their gender has shot up dramatically in recent years, leaving vulnerable people waiting years for treatment.
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal increases in the number of referrals to all of the UK’s 14 gender identity clinics (GICs) in recent years, with a number of clinics experiencing increases of several hundred percent.