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, 09 Apr 2013
Sam Harris defends himself against charges of “Islamophobia”
Sam Harris, 9 April 2013
Wikileaks: Vatican dismissed Pinochet massacre reports as “Communist propaganda”
HuffPost, 9 April 2013
Bill banning sharia law in Florida family cases passes Senate panel
Palm Beach Post, 9 April 2013
Buddhist monks incite Muslim killings in Burma
Irrawaddy, 9 April 2013
Post-revolution, women are Tunisia’s biggest losers
Al Arabiya, 9 April 2013
Mon, 08 Apr 2013
Vegans and druids have workplace rights under new rules, just like Christians – NSS quoted
Daily Telegraph, 8 April 2013
Daily Mail’s bizarre headline: giving Christians workplace rights is “an insult”
Daily Mail, 8 April 2013
Veil row reignites in France as girl is expelled from school for “too religious” dress
Daily Mail, 8 April 2013
Whither America’s religious right?
Guardian, 8 April 2013
French president excluding Muslim women from society
Scoop, 8 April 2013
Putting Pakistan’s politicians to a piety test: are you Muslim enough?
Time, 8 April 2013
Poll shows most Filipino Catholics think about leaving the Church
GMA, 8 April 2013
Religious fanatics in Gaza forcibly shaving the heads of young men with stylish haircuts
Express, 8 April 2013
The cowardly pettiness of some religious people
Machines Like Us, 8 April 2013
Femen are brave women, but their anti-Muslim rhetoric is dangerous
HuffPost, 8 April 2013
Bangladesh PM rejects blasphemy law
BBC, 8 April 2013
Tunisian feminist “fears for her life”
Guardian, 8 April 2013
Christians under siege as mob attacks Cairo cathedral
Independent, 8 April 2013
Filipino Catholics organise to destroy legislation permitting contraception
Washington Post, 8 April 2013
Sun, 07 Apr 2013
Scottish Catholic Church’s handling of child abuse “a sham”, says insider
Observer, 7 April 2013
Shocking report into the Catholic Church’s callous neglect of victims of its priestly abusers
Observer, 7 April 2013
Britain's Sharia councils causing misery for women
BBC, 7 April 2013
Cancer fear over “miracle worker” councillor – NSS quoted
Scotland on Sunday, 7 April 2013
Islam, equality and inclusivity
Cranmer, 7 April 2013
Police go back over cases of FGM
Independent, 7 April 2913
Police go back over cases of FGM
Independent, 7 April 2913
Lord Carey says he will continue his campaign against gay marriage
Pink News, 7 April 2013
Christianity as state religion favoured by a third of Americans
HuffPost, 7 April 2013
Thousands of fanatics rally in Bangladesh demanding blasphemy laws
Voice of America, 7 April 2013
Man accused of “blasphemy” given life sentence in Pakistan
Global Post, 7 April 2013
Hang the atheists, demand Bangladeshi madmen
RT, 7 April 2013
Egyptian judge refuses to ban TV show that satirised Muslim Brotherhood
Guardian, 7 April 2013
I’ve seen Jesus and thanks to Ian Duncan Smith, She’s in a bad way
Observer, 7 April 2013
Sex education in schools banned by Catholic Church in New York
NY Daily News, 7 April 2013
Five die in religious clashes in Egypt
ITV, 7 April 2013
Sat, 06 Apr 2013
Pope Francis on clerical sex abuse: Something must be done! (so carry on as before)
Catholic Culture, 6 April 2013
Priest and organist face jail for sexually abusing boys
Daily Mail, 6 April 2013
Priest cases show sex abuse issue persists
Chicago Tribune, 6 April 2013
Church must end silence on child abuse
Herald-Sun, 6 April 2013
Feminists burn flag of Islam in Paris
Israel National News, 6 April 2013
A gloriously crude topless ‘jihad’ from a Femen activist
Guardian, 6 April 2013
Malala’s happiest day as she launches girls education charity
Daily Mail, 6 April 2013
“Forbidden in Islam” women are punished for love in Timbuktu
Arab Times, 6 April 2013
Obama fights back against Catholic Church’s new attack on birth control
Chicago Tribune, 6 April 2013
Black atheists particularly shunned by a culture steeped in religion
Kentucky, 6 April 2013
Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas governor
AP, 6 April 2013
Keeping God out of science classes in an Obama administration
Religion Dispatches, 6 April 2013
Why North Carolina can’t have its own official church
LA Times, 6 April 2013
What can animals tell us about our morality?
Daily Beast, 6 April 2013
Federal judge orders morning after pill be made available to women of all ages
NY Times, 6 April 2013
