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, 03 May 2013
National Prayer Day and the insidious coercive religiosity of its promoters
Guardian, 3 May 2013
UAE’s human rights record must be questioned on president’s visit to UK
Guardian, 3 May 2013
Rhode Island is 10th US state to allow same-sex marriage
Midland Daily News, 3 May 2013
Believers, atheists, why can’t we all get along?
HuffPost, 3 may 2013
University chief apologises for “blasphemous mockery of pope”
Tribune, 3 May 2013
Turkish Airlines starts implementing sharia law
Middle East Online, 3 May 2013
Secular Turks see red over airline lipstick ban
Sowetan, 3 May 2013
Backlash against gay teacher firing may hit diocese in the pocket
Dispatch, 3 May 2013
Catholics paid $36m to 600 Victoria abuse victims
NZ Herald, 3 May 2013
French reactionary hypocrisy – the hijab, gay marriage and secularism
Open Democracy, 3 May 2013
Thu, 02 May 2013
Diocese stops expansion of school to ensure no non-Catholics are enrolled
Telegraph & Argus, 2 May 2013
Muslim leaders need to be clear what they mean by Sharia
Telegraph & Argus, 2 May 2013
The Irish abortion debate
Irish Times, 2 May 2013
Catholic bishop defends sacking of lesbian teacher
Pink News, 2 May 2013
Protest after Polish prosecutors refuse to stop ritual slaughter of animals
The News, 2 May 2013
War on women: the Nevada front
News Review, 2 May 2013
Scientology is still a red flag in Germany
DW, 2 May 2013
Motion to treat all religious institutions as charities is dropped
Third Sector, 2 May 2013
Tolerance: What does Muslim-Western relations mean?
I on global Trends, 2 May 2013
Gays shouldn't badmouth Christians (but apparently it’s OK the other way round)
Belfast Telegraph, 2 May 2013
Police end religious clashes in Burma
The Herald, 2 May 2013
Saudi female students who hug each other will be punished with therapy, religious education
Bikya News, 2 May 2013
Bishop complains at “blasphemy” in University Parade
Post-Gazette, 2 May 2013
Calls for Malta’s Church-state concordat to be challenged
Malta Independent, 2 May 2013
Paedophile priests told never to admit to anything by insurers
Herald Sun, 2 May 2013
Wed, 01 May 2013
It’s time for the CofE to drop the culture wars
Spectator, 1 May 2013
Academies scheme allows Catholic Church to gain control of schools without spending a penny
Huddersfield Examiner, 1 May 2013
Misjudgements of stupid Islamic extremists foiled a bomb attack in West Yorkshire
Yorkshire Post, 1 May 2013
The ten stupidest Islamic terrorists
Telegraph, 1 May 2013
Extremists wanted to spark sectarian war with attack on EDL
Independent, 1 May 2013
Cumbria’s CofE schools will receive more than £1m from Government
Westmoreland Gazette, 1 May 2013
Unionists defeat Northern Ireland gay marriage bil
Guardian, 1 May 2013
Ireland drafts a very limited abortion rights bill
Guardian, 1 May 2013
How will Saudi Arabia’s anti-domestic violence campaign work?
Guardian, 1 May 2013
Gaza police shaving the heads of young men in crackdown on Western fashion
Guardian, 1 May 2013
Should churches be tax exempt?
Arkansas Traveller, 1 May 2013
Moroccan atheist sought by police
Freearabs, 1 May 2013
Euro religious ruling could prove a headache for employers
Yorkshire Post, 1 May 2013
The seven joys of secularism (we think he means atheism - ed)
Cheers, 1 May 2013
Many in Muslim countries want sharia as law of the land
Reuters, 1 May 2013
Don’t expect new Pope to change anything, Vatican warns
AP, 1 May 2013
Review: How the West lost God: a new theory of secularisation
Economist, 1 May 2013
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
France shows us how to deal with jihadis
Telegraph, 30 April 2013
Sex abuse probe after man accuses 2 priests
Glasgow Evening Times, 30 April 2013
Northern Ireland colleges polarised on sectarian lines
BBC, 30 April 2013
Can Christians and atheists work together?
RNS, 30 April 2013
Archbishop allowed priest who molested boy to continue working with children
News Sentinel, 30 April 2013
9 killed as Taliban target secular campaigns in Pakistan
NBC, 30 April 2013
