Media Round-up http://www.secularism.org.uk/feeds/rss/media?page=6 The National Secular Society exists to challenge religious privilege and is Britain's only organisation working exclusively towards a secular society. en-GB National Secular Society Sun, 19 May 2013 09:55:12 GMT http://www.secularism.org.uk/ communityPortals v1.1 by Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd admin@secularism.org.uk (Administrator) 30 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:58:38 GMT Welby thinks austerity presents “opportunity” to drive people into Church Telegraph, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10053574/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-found-religion-boring-he-admits.html http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144581 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:59:11 GMT Courts won’t be swayed by emotion, Judge tells right-to-die campaigner Daily Mail, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324056/Courts-wont-swayed-emotion-judge-tells-men-right-die-fight.html http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144582 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:59:49 GMT Ken Livingstone’s favourite Muslim cleric spreads Jew-hatred in Gaza Telegraph, 14 May 2013

]]> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alanjohnson/100216030/ken-livingstones-favourite-islamist-spreads-jew-hatred-in-gaza/ http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144583 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:00:25 GMT Bishop says freedom of speech does not mean freedom to criticise religion Think Progress, 15 May 2013

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/13/1999701/catholic-bishop-suggests-freedom-of-speech-does-not-allow-religious-disagreements/ http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144584 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:01:01 GMT Christian works Scotsman, 15 May 2013

]]> http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/letters/christian-works-1-2927603 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144585 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:01:46 GMT The political dominance of fundamentalism Patheos, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2013/05/the-political-dominance-of-fundamentalism/ http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144586 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:02:31 GMT Lord Ahmed resigns from Labour to avoid inquiry into anti-Semitic comments Independent, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-peer-lord-ahmed-resigns-from-party-over-alleged-antisemitic-comments-8614641.html http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144587 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:03:03 GMT Catholic Church claims huge numbers of followers – but how many are really Catholics? Catholic Culture, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=17853 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144588 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:03:31 GMT Lithuanian bishops oppose laws protecting women from domestic violence – in case it accidentally also protects gay people Catholic Culture, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=17843 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144589 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:04:10 GMT Islamification of Turkey continues as tighter limits on alcohol are considered Reuters, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/us-turkey-alcohol-restrictions-idUSBRE94C0P820130513 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144590 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:04:40 GMT Why I call myself an “atheist Muslim” Huffington Post, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-a-rizvi/why-i-decided-to-call-myself-an-atheist-muslim_b_3261226.html http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144591 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:59:23 GMT Young Muslims revive temporary marriages BBC, 14 May 2013

]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22354201 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144592 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:50:21 GMT You don’t have to believe in God to be a good Boy Scout USA Today, 13 May 2013

]]> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/05/12/boy-scouts-gay-atheist-members-column/2153827/ http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144561 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:51:02 GMT Extremist Islamists preaching to students, study shows Telegraph, 13 May 2013

]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10052872/Extremist-Islamist-leaders-preaching-to-UK-students-says-study.html http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144562 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:51:47 GMT Parliamentary fundamentalists get ready for next confrontation over same-sex marriage Conservative Home, 13 May 2013

]]> http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/05/from-davidburrowesmp-there-must-be-safeguards-for-religious-freedom-in-the-same-sex-marriage-bill-an.html? http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144563 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:52:50 GMT Shock at child abuse claims against former Carlisle clergyman News & Star, 13 May 2013

]]> http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.1055590? http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144564 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:53:27 GMT Why engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t as simple as it seems Spectator, 13 May 2013

]]> http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/05/why-engaging-with-the-muslim-brotherhood-isnt-quite-as-simple-as-it-seems/? http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144565 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:54:06 GMT Newark Archbishop slammed for handling of child abuse case NY Times, 13 May 2013

]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/nyregion/newark-archbishop-is-criticized-for-his-handling-of-an-abuse-case.html?_r=0 http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144566 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:54:46 GMT Russian man tortured to death for being gay Huffington Post, 13 May 2013

]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/12/russian-gay-man-torture_n_3263406.html? http://www.secularism.org.uk/#element-144567 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:55:19 GMT In the upside down word of sharia, it’s the victims of rape who end up in jail Yahoo News, 13 May 2013

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