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.
Fri, 19 Apr 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
Religion in schools
ACLU, 18 April 2013
Jehovah's Witness boy ordered to have blood transfusion
9 News, 18 April 2013
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
Section 5, legitimate protest and Thatcher’s funeral – NSS article
Politics.co.uk, 17 April 2013
Another Islamic free school mooted for Blackburn
Lancashire Telegraph, 17 April 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Peter Tatchell
Washington Post, 17 April 2013
Campaigners vow to fight on for law against caste discrimination
BBC, 17 April 2013
Should atheists fight for religion in Government?
Salon, 17 April 2013
Saudi Arabia’s morality police and their lack of tolerance
Al Arabiya, 17 April 2013
Media is not a secularist cabal
Religion Dispatches, 17 April 2013
Blasphemy conviction of Turkish pianist brings sharp reactions
WQXR, 17 April 2013
Bangladesh crackdown on bloggers escalates
Hill Post, 17 April 2013
At a checkpoint looking for bombs, the talk turns to religion
Independent, 17 April 2013
Why is the right of Muslim women to wear a veil so controversial in France?
Independent, 17 April 2013
Conviction of Turkish pianist sends a chilling warning to Twitter users
Ekklesia, 17 April 2013
The intolerance of Islamist politics
Harry's Place, 17 April 2013
Poet stirring the secularism pot
FT, 17 April 2013
Brave or foolhardy? Egyptian satirist puts his life on the line as he compares Muslim Brotherhood to Nazis
Harry's Place, 17 April 2013
Scores arrested in anti-gay protest in Paris
Pink News, 17 April 2013
French Cardinal says there will be violence over same-sex marriage proposals
Reuters, 17 April 2013
So what if Filipinos skip Sunday mass?
Manila Times, 17 April 2013
Secular Turks fear creeping Islamic takeover
RT, 17 April 2013
Advancing one religion is the opposite of freedom
Tennessean, 17 April 2013
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
Caste discrimination in the UK must be outlawed
Guardian, 16 April 2013
Religion has no place in the constitution
Malta Today, 16 April 2013
