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.
Wed, 20 Feb 2013
Nurse gives Archbishop Nichols a right old ear-bashing
GSN, 20 February 2013
Catholic Church is losing the battle with modernity
Japan Times, 20 February 2013
Bosnian Islamist wants “infidels” to be taxed
B92, 20 February 2013
In Pakistan, there’s no answer to terror
Guardian, 20 February 2013
Iraqis still held back by sectarian violence and politics
Guardian, 20 February 2013
Tue, 19 Feb 2013
UN body says US lax on clerical abuse cases – NSS quoted
Chicago Tribune, 19 February 2013
My mother had been a slave in the Magdalene Laundries since the age of 4
Telegraph, 19 February 2013
“Committed Christians” desert the Conservatives
Cranmer, 19 February 2013
Could Benedict be put on trial?
CNN, 19 February 2013
Filth, corruption and greed of the Legion of Christ exposed by new documents
ABC, 19 February 2013
Vaginal obsessions in Turkey: an Islamic perspective
Open Democracy, 19 February 2013
Concordats with the Catholic Church benefit everyone. Yeah, and black is white
Sunday Catholic Weekly, 19 February 2013
How will the Benny's run for cover affect the way the Vatican dictates Italian politics?
Fox News, 19 February 2013
Vatican to shield pope from child abuse arrest until he dies
Towleroad, 19 February 2013
Clerical training fostered a pre-disposition to abuse children, research shows
Medical Express, 19 February 2013
Islamists make violent progress in divided Syria
BBC, 19 February 2013
Muslim insurgents launch 50 attacks in Thailand’s deep south
Telegraph, 19 February 2013
Televangelist’s son is arrested for beating up deaf and dumb man at one of his father’s rallies
Daily Mail, 19 February 2013
Abuse scandal hits new pope selection
WA Today, 19 February 2013
No prison for man who left pig’s head at Muslim centre
Metro, 19 February 2013
Protestors try to stop Geert Wilders speaking
SBS, 19 February 2013
Nothing to fear from me, says Geert Wilders
SBS, 19 February 2013
A response to Geert Wilders: debunking Muslim myths
SBS, 19 February 2013
A documentary about the pathology of power in the Catholic Church
Irish Times, 19 February 2013
House of Representatives approves money to repair churches after hurricane
NY Times, 19 February 2013
Mon, 18 Feb 2013
Religion should be taught at home, not in school
The Conversation, 18 February 2013
Questioning of Cardinal in abuse suit scheduled for this week
NY Times, 18 February 2013
Claim jobseekers allowance and wage holy war, says Islamist fanatic
Daily Mail, 18 February 2013
An encounter with Anjem Choudary
Iain Dale, 18 February 2013
Man who put pig’s head outside Muslim centre to be sentenced
Huffington Post, 18 February 2013
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is losing popularity
Aswat Masryi, 18 February 2013
Thorny issue of secularism is bound to prick, but can’t be ignored inPakistan
The Daily News, 18 February 2013
Who owns “Humanism”?
HuffPost, 18 February 2013
Papal apocalypse! Wishful thinking about the end of the Vatican
Daily Mail, 18 February 2013
Libya arrests 4 foreigners accused of spreading Christianity
Washington Post, 18 February 2013
Muslims against Christians in Tanzania
The Citizen, 18 February 2013
Iran confiscates Buddha statues from shops
News Tribune, 18 February 2013
Why are religious schools so popular in secular Australia?
SMH, 18 February 2013
Catholicism Inc.
NY Times, 18 February 2013
Sun, 17 Feb 2013
Death threats for top Muslim MP after he voted for gay marriage
Mail, 17 February 2013
Scotland’s Muslim leaders to target politicians over same-sex marriage
Scotsman, 17 February 2013
Plans for Blackburn’s Muslim free school revealed
Lancashire Telegraph, 17 February 2013
Has the “Catholic moment” passed in USA?
NY Times, 17 February 2013
Leaked papers show a broken Vatican
Washington Post, 17 February 2013
Sat, 16 Feb 2013
Eweida and after
People Management, 16 February 2013
Pope resignation: the conspiracy theories
Daily Beast, 16 February 2013
Rhode Island judge orders release of Legion of Christ documents
AP, 16 February 2013
Christian Brother abused schoolboys
The West, 16 February 2013
Ratzinger will hide in Vatican in order to avoid arrest
Reuters, 16 February 2013
Pope’s resignation gets more bizarre by the minute – has he lost his faith?
Guardian, 16 February 2013
