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.
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
America is losing faith with religion
Washington Post, 26 March 2013
Kentucky under pressure to give religious groups caret blanche to discriminate
WHAS11, 26 March 2013
Vendor arrested under Pakistan's blasphemy law
Times of India, 26 March 2013
Mon, 25 Mar 2013
Suburban mega mosques and the polite apartheid dividing Britain
Daily Mail, 25 March 2013
Sexual bullying is rife in the Catholic Church, says priest
The Herald, 25 March 2013
Pope is no liberal, he’s firmly in the mould of his predecessor
Belfast Telegraph, 25 March 2013
Christian Easter egg a flop at supermarkets
Independent, 25 March 2013
Big French protest against gay marriage
Guardian, 25 March 2013
Secularism: Eastern and Western concepts
Indolink, 25 March 2013
The Church can deny being homophobic as long as it likes, but its actions say otherwise
Independent, 25 March 2013
Why our campaign against creationism in schools matters for science in the US
Guardian, 25 March 2013
Burma: religious violence spreads
Guardian, 25 March 2013
Muslim influx into Bali threatens the holiday appeal of paradise island
The Age, 25 March 2013
Hardline Buddhists targeting Sri Lanka’s Muslims
BBC, 25 March 2013
Egypt’s Islamist president on the verge of becoming the country’s next dictator
Washington Post, 25 March 2013
Seven die in Mali clashes, Islamist threaten to kill hostages
The Star, 25 March 2013
French mother put on trial for toddlers jihad t-shirt
Japan Times, 25 March 2013
Sun, 24 Mar 2013
NHS paying salary of hardline Islamist “chaplain"
Daily Mail, 24 September 2013
Cardinal O’Brien’s accusers deny they are part of a “gay cabal”
Observer, 24 September 2013
Keep the faith, Andy Burnham tells NHS and church
Independent, 24 September 2013
CofE at war over gay marriage again
Telegraph, 24 September 2013
Black atheists search for a sense of belonging
Orlando Sentinel, 24 March 2013
Pakistan reopens “blasphemy” case on mentally handicapped girl
Bos News, 24 March 2013
Sat, 23 Mar 2013
Should Britain become a secular state?
BBC, 23 March 2013
Sunday parking charge is a “tax on religion” says Tory councillor in Sutton
Local Guardian, 23 March 2013
Atheists abandoned by the EU, human rights council told
Reuters, 23 March 2013
Former Christian Brother found guilty of sex abuse
Irish Times, 23 March 2013
The Church has failed me, says abuse victim
Derry Journal, 23 March 2013
Blasphemy: Murder in God’s name
Aljazeera, 23 March 2013
Religion might do some good things, but exploiting workers isn’t one of them
Guardian, 23 March 2013
Laugh at Cardinal O’Brien, not his victims
Independent 23 March 2013
Scottish government says it will work to keep discriminatory Catholic adoption agency open
Third Sector, 23 March 2013
The Charity Commission and “closed” religious orders
Third Sector, 23 March 2013
Tory MP tables motion for all religious organisations to be considered charities – even those with no public benefit
Third Sector, 23 March 2013
Bill Maher rips into crazy, fawning media coverage of pope's every move
Mediaite, 23 March 2013
Will the new pope be any different from the last two?
The Town Talk, 23 March 2013
Review: Book of Mormon
Guardian, 23 March 2013
Islam versus community group – community group wins
BBC, 23 March 2013
Christian group can appeal anti-gay bus ad decision
Pink News, 23 March 2013
Edinburgh airport security staff ask passengers their religion
Scotsman, 23 March 2013-03-22
Religious-secular clashes in Turkish politics
HuffPost, 23 March 2013
Fri, 22 Mar 2013
Complaints and revelations about Cardinal O’Brien continue to pile up
The Herald, 22 March 2013
New pope will “reduce secularism”
Daily Star, 22 March 2013
The rise of “multi-faith prayer rooms” – NSS quoted
Economist, 22 March 2013
Christian B&B owners say they have found a legal loophole to keep gays out
HuffPost, 22 March 2013
The Bonobo and the atheist: morals evolved, they didn’t come from God
NPR, 22 March 2013
An ambiguous Archbishop
Independent, 22 March 2013
Government reports says sex education should “promote abstinence”
Telegraph, 22 March 2013
How the internet is erasing the Religious Right’s political power
TechCrunch, 22 March 2013
Christians angry at Minister who shares his church with Muslims
HuffPost, 22 March 2013
