Media Round-up
Media Round-up is a daily collation of news and opinion relevant to secularism. Links may be provided to articles peripheral to secularism when we think they are likely to be of particular interest to secularists. Links are provided to external websites for information and in the interests of free exchange. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of those sites, nor does a link indicate approval or imply endorsement of those sites.
Sun, 21 Apr 2013
More on Islam and New Atheism
Harry's Place, 21 April 2013
Violence grows as gay marriage bill divides France
Observer, 21 April 2013
Pope doesn’t like soft Christians
Radio Vaticana, 21 April 2013
Casualty was right to take on Female Genital Mutilation
Observer, 21 April 2013
Teach Arabic in Scottish schools says Muslim charity
The Herald, 21 April 2013
Taliban amputate thieves’ limbs in Herat
Tribune, 21 April 2013
Sat, 20 Apr 2013
Most religious organisations exaggerate their membership
Herald, 20 April 2013
Humanist weddings set to overtake those in Kirk
Herald, 20 April 2013
New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of “Islamophobia”
New Statesman, 20 April 2013
Medical misadventure verdict on woman refused abortion in Ireland
Independent, 20 April 2013
Spanish anti-clerical group send Bishop explosive parcels with vibrators inside
Guardian, 20 April 2013
After Boston: Can you have faith without God?
Huff Post, 20 April 2013
With £8bn in the bank, CofE wages “war on greed”
Daily Mail, 20 April 2013
Boston bombing suspect’s web page venerates Islam and Chechen independence
Irish Times, 20 April 2013
Inside the First Amendment: messing with religious liberty
Star Press, 20 April 2013
Anatomy of a blasphemy case: Faizal Say, Turkish pianist
Al Arabiya, 20 April 2013
Bill allows refusal of health care on moral basis
WSBTV, 20 April 2013
Religion and after: Bangladesh identity since 1971
Open Democracy, 20 April 2013
US boy scouts proposing to lift gay ban – but not on leaders
ABC News, 20 April 2013
Supreme Court rules taxpayers’ money can be sent to religious schools
Examiner, 20 April 2013
Four fascists detained for attack on gay bar as French gay marriage bill progresses
Washington Post, 20 April 2013
Fri, 19 Apr 2013
Welby still evolving on gay marriage
Guardian, 19 April 2013
Taunton priest banned after sex abuse reports
This West Country, 19 April 2013
Humanist weddings on the increase in Scotland
BBC, 19 April 2013
Spanish Government, under pressure from Church, vows to tighten abortion law
AFP, 19 April 2013
The new Pope dislikes nuns as much as the last Pope
Jezebel, 19 April 2013
Right-wing Catholic group criticises new Pope
Reuters, 19 April 2013
Fatwa to kill apostates sparks fierce controversy in Morocco
Middle Eastonline, 19 April 2013
Australian PM reassures Catholic schools that their big bucks are secure
SMH, 19 April 2013
Teacher fired from Ohio Catholic school for being gay
NY Daily News, 19 April 2013
Francis will open files on Hitler’s Pope, says friends
Telegraph, 19 April 2013
How long before men as well as women have to start covering up in Saudi Arabia?
Telegraph, 19 April 2013
Freedom of speech in Turkey: a secularist’s lament
Economist, 19 April 2013
Bangladesh in turmoil over proposed anti-blasphemy law
Christian Today, 19 April 2013
Labour tables libel law amendment
Guardian, 19 April 2013
Islamist fanatics who plotted to bomb TA base are jailed
Guardian, 19 April 2013
Thu, 18 Apr 2013
AC Grayling upsets Catholic Church in Scotland
Herald, 18 April 2013
Ex-choir boy tells of horrific abuse by Church of England priest
Bexhill Observer, 18 April 2013
Church agrees to settle over abuse case
Portsmouth News, 18 April 2013
Sex pest priest jailed for attacking teenager in church
Pontefract Express, 18 April 2013
Government make final effort to deport Islamic fanatic
Harrow Times, 18 April 2013
Catholics divided over new pope’s crackdown on radical feminist nuns
CBC, 18 April 2013
New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
Pink News, 18 April 2013
New Zealand parliament bursts into song after same-sex marriage vote
Telegraph, 18 April 2013
Editing homophobia out of the “Islamic tradition”
Vice, 18 April 2013
Kermit Gosnell and the anti-abortion movement’s intelligence failure
The Atlantic, 18 April 2013
Trial of Islamists accused of chopping off hands of man they said had “blasphemed”
Business Standard, 18 April 2013
Sikhs press ahead with free school plans in Leeds
YEP, 18 April 2013
Monks gone bad
NY Times, 18 April 2013
Is religion above criticism?
Examiner, 18 April 2013
