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.
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
Gay man allegedly stoned to death in Somalia
Identity Kenya, 21 March 2013
Liberal Protestantism is in full retreat across Europe
The Herald, 21 March 2013
Like something from the 16th century, the Wee Frees preach against lesser denominations
Hebrides News, 21 March 2013
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
Malala returns to school in UK
Guardian, 20 March 2013
Church leaders criticised over Sunday parking claims
This is South Wales, 20 March 2013
Honest questions about the Argentine pope
Washington Post, 20 March 2013
Catholic Church persuades Philippines Supreme Court to halt contraceptive law
Washington Post, 20 March 2013
Faith and the Obama administration
Economist, 20 March 2013
Abu Hamza’s son as fanatical as his father
Daily Mail, 20 March 2013
Contradictions of Catholicism laid bare
Socialist Worker, 20 March 2013
What drives jihadism? (It’s not what you think)
Independent, 20 March 2013
Boy Scouts of America’s exclusions: gays and the godless
Guardian, 20 March 2013
Cyprus church offers to pawn its assets to help country out of financial mess
SF Gate, 20 March 2013
America’s new breed of Catholic politicians
Daily Beast, 20 March 2013
Evolution is mere pseudo-science, says Wee Free crank
Christian Observer, 20 March 2013
Wee Frees say gay marriage could make Jedi Knights a recognised religion
Daily Mail, 20 March 2013
Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster vows to take Poland to European Court
Telegraph, 20 March 2013
Indonesia’s vicious sharia law enforcer crashes his car while high on pot
ABC, 20 March 2013
Pakistan’s toxic blasphemy laws continue to be toxic
Human Rights First, 29 March 2013
Abuse victims want pope to open Argentina files
CBC, 20 March 2013
Organised religion is on the decline
PolicyMic, 20 March 2013
Religious affiliation is increasing
Christian Today, 20 March 2013
Iranian atheists: waiting to come out
Albany Times, 20 March 2013
Media propaganda and religious defamation
Cool Age, 20 March 2013
The bodies of 40 Sri Lankan housemaids are returned from Middle East each month
Sri Lankan Guardian, 20 March 2013
Egyptian Muslims attack Christians over allegations that girl was abducted
Washington Post, 20 March 2013
Ken Barlow goes all mystical – and upsets abuse victims
Channel 4, 20 March 2013
Tue, 19 Mar 2013
British man, 83, intends to be first dementia sufferer to die at Dignitas
Daily Mail, 19 March 2013
Aberdeen church opens its doors to Muslims
Guardian, 19 March 2013
If atheists don’t like religious indoctrination in schools let them emigrate
News24, 19 March 2013
Philippines Supreme Court halts introduction of family planning bill
Missoulian, 19 March 2013
FGM in Ghana
Independent, 19 March 2013
Pope Francis is innocent of all accusations – even the ones we don’t know about yet
CWP, 19 March 2013
Blasphemy laws and Pakistan– whose Islam is it, anyway?
HuffPost, 19 March 2013
Vatican drags out papal election with more inflated flim-flam
Daily Mail, 19 March 2013
Muslim Brotherhood has shown its contempt for Egypt’s women
Guardian, 19 March 2013
Local Russian hijab ban puts squeeze on Muslims
NY Times, 19 March 2013
Pak Islamic varsity head sacks staff for speaking to women
Indian Express, 19 March 2013
Mon, 18 Mar 2013
The BBC doesn’t understand religion
Spectator, 18 March 2013
MPs call teaching of RE by teaching assistants “unacceptable”
Independent, 18 March 2013
All the Vatican’s diversionary tactics can’t quite bury the new pope’s Argentine accusers
Guardian, 18 March 2013
Abortion: Ireland needs to secularise - and soon
Guardian, 18 March 2013
Why do we cosy up to these Wahhabi tyrants?
Independent, 18 March 2013
Religious opponents of euthanasia are a minority and should get out of the way of reform
SBS, 18 March 2013
My imam abused me almost every day for four years at the local mosque
Birmingham Mail, 18 March 2013
Former Scientologist reveals brutal church-run child labour camp
NY Daily News, 18 March 2013
The Queen must quash Chris Bryant’s anti-Anglican obsessions
Cranmer, 18 March 2013
Catholic Church is irredeemably corrupt from top to bottom, says David Starkey
Telegraph, 18 March 2013
Plans for Islamic free school in Bedford
ABNA, 18 March 2013
Teaching creationism is child abuse
News24, 18 March 2013
