And that concludes our live coverage from the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 26 May 2015.

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Mr Biagi says the Scottish government has made great efforts to engage with all communities.

He says it values the relationship it has with the Muslim Council of Scotland.

The minister says the government has put its money where its mouth is, citing an investment of £3.1m in organisations which tackle racist and religious intolerance.

Marco Biagi, SNP MSP, winds up proceedings by praising the cross-party support for the issue.

He says: "Together we can do everything we can to ensure that Scotland is Islamophobia free.

"Hate crimes embarrass society as a whole if they take place and everyone has a right to feel safe."

Anti-Islamic graffiti has been written on the wall of the new Central Gurdwara in Glasgow.

Members of the Sikh community discovered the green paint with the Islamaphobic message next to a Nazi swastika sign.

The graffiti was discovered two weeks ago and the Gurdwara decided to publicise the incident following the community meeting.

Police Scotland is appealing for information.

Surjit Singh Chowdhary, Vice-President of Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha, said: "The Sikh community completely abhors the hateful ideology of Islamophobia.

"We are in complete shock that such disgraceful words were put on the walls of this great Gurdwara.

"The Sikh community's gift to Glasgow has been commandeered as a platform for the hateful messages which do not belong in our country."

Hanzala Malik says that the graffiti on the New Central Gurdwara in Glasgow and acts like it show the "ignorance of a few individuals who do not appreciate Scotland's rich diversity".

He criticises the Scottish government for failing to deal with the issue and insists it has a "responsibility" to take action.

Mr Malik says that people in Scotland are facing regular acts of racism and many of them have given up reporting instances because they have lost confidence in the authorities.

He warns that this "encourages" people to perpetrate crimes of this nature.

Mr Malik says he is concerned at the reported growing Islamophobia in Scotland.

He says the there are calls for cross-party action to ensure community cohesion, with funding made available to enable a range of outreach events that will help communities live together,

The Labour MSP says that Sikhs are often victimised by extremists who believe that they are Muslims, which causes a divide between Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

The Glasgow MSP calls for all faiths to come together with a view to cleaning the racist graffiti from what it considers the gorgeous new Central Gurdwara Glasgow and all other religious buildings in Scotland.

Labour MSP Hanzal Malik leadas a debate on Islamophobia in Scotland.

MSPs vote against the general principles of the Assisted Suicide Bill, meaning the legislation falls.

36 MSPs backed the bill, 82 voted against.

In proposing this bill, Mr Harvie says he is not asking anybody to approve of suicide, but there has been a change of culture away from "the doctor knows best" approach to empowering individuals.

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He calls on MSPs to back the general principles of the bill and to send a very clear signal the law as it stands should not last.

The Scottish Green Party co-convener concludes by saying there is no substantial evidence from abroad about a negative impact of legalising assisted suicide on the doctor patient relationships.

Mr Harvie says he accepts this is Margo's bill.

He says the majority of the general public back the bill, saying there is strong support amongst disabled people as well.

Mr Harvie says the judgement about the acceptability of a person's life in the bill is for the individual themselves, no-one else.

The Green MSP says the bill demands that there can be no prospect of improvement in a person's condition.

He says nothing in the legislation prevents improvements being made in palliative care.

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Green MSP Patrick Harvie says there are some shared concerns about the bill, shared concepts equally important to both sides of the argument: the place of compassion; the value of life and the need to ensure all of our lives have equal value.

Mr Harvie says there are those who have cited very serious concerns, which he places a high level of importance on, about the social and cultural attitudes which might imply the devalued status of some lives.

He says passing this bill is not an alternative to allowing people to live full and independent lives for as long as possible.

Mr Harvie says many of us will face difficult circumstances at the end of life and there will come a time when an independent life is not possible.

SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson says he finds himself the 32nd speaker in this debate which has been well balanced.

Mr Stevenson says while he agrees with Patrick Harvie's sentiments, if not his words, he has come to a different answer than him.

He says from the start his instinctive reaction was to be opposed to assisted suicide, having been brought up in a doctor's household.

The former minister says he shares the view that the bill is fatally flawed.

Jim Eadie, SNP MSP, says he agrees with Scottish Greens MSP Patrick Harvie who is leading that the debate, that the law as it stands is "not fit for purpose" and there is a need for clarity.

He adds that the people are "ahead of the politicians" on this issue.

Mr Eadie says he has changed his position on assisted suicide, in part because of discussions he has had and letters he has received from his constituents.

In answer to concerns that palliative care might suffer as a result of the introduction of assisted suicide, he cites examples of Belgium and Luxembourg where, he says, right to die Acts have had no impact. He says, in some areas, cases of patients receiving palliative care have risen.

Mr Eadie also offers a very personal example of the months leading to the death of his own father and says that it is no longer acceptable to "extend human suffering".

Labour MSP Paul Martin says Margo advised him that her method of seeking public opinion was a visit to her hairdresser, this is not a method he favours but he says 70% of the representations he has received have been opposed to a change in the law.

Mr Martin asks is it not a poor reflection on this parliament that there continues to be a debate about the standards of palliative care.

He says he wants real action from the government on this issue.

The Labour MSP says he has no doubt about the good intentions of Patrick Harvie, but he says he does not accept this bill protects the vulnerable.

Mark McDonald, SNP MSP, opens with a personal memory of the bill's champion, the late Margo MacDonald, who he says would often "share a glance" with him in the chamber when called by the presiding officer to speak, owing to their similar sounding names.

He says he supports the bill at stage one but adds that here is need for amendments.

Mr McDonald cites the inclusion of "life-shortening" as a definition as one example, which he believes leaves too wide a scope for interpretation.

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Virtually every MSP has paid tribute to the late independent MSP Margo MacDonald for her work on the issue of assisted suicide.

More than 1,000 people gathered to celebrate her life, following her death at the age of 70.

Her widower Jim Sillars told Edinburgh's Assembly Hall: "She was dusted with magic".

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Actress Elaine C Smith and Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil also paid tribute at the event, which included a live performance by The Proclaimers.

Ms MacDonald had been suffering from Parkinson's disease.

She was a hugely influential in the Scottish independence movement, rising to prominence after winning the Glasgow Govan Westminster by-election for the SNP in 1973.

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser begins his speech by quoting "Invictus":

"It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul."

William Ernest Henley

Mr Fraser says we may be individuals but we must consider the affect of assisted suicide on wider society.

He says it is little wonder that so many disability rights groups are opposed to this bill.

Many people live with pain and suffering every day but that does not mean their lives are worse less than others, he says.

SNP MSP Colin Keir says if this bill as it is written was handed out at Stage 3 proceedings he could not support it, but he believes it can be amended.

Mr Keir congratulates Patrick Harvie for his efforts and his speech and of course Margo.

He says he hopes this bill gets the full parliamentary scrutiny it deserves.

Mr Keir cites the case of his father who as he neared death, "looked like a picture from Auschwitz".

He says when you see your father crying, asking to be helped it is absolutely horrifying.

Labour MSP Dr Richard Simpson says the palliative care on offer in Scotland is "wholly inadequate".

Mr Simpson goes on to say that the bill would not be a step forward and has major flaws.

He says that if the chamber disagrees and votes for it to reach the second stage, he will fight for it to ultimately be a decision made by the court.