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, 23 Apr 2013
Thousands rally in UK to demand end to anti-Islam speeches
News International, 23 April 2013
Myanmar authorities aided violence against Muslims
Reuters, 23 April 2013
Hijab ‘should be as English as bangers and mash’
Metro, 23 April 2013
Egypt suspends prosecutor who ordered drunk man to be flogged on religious grounds
Washington Post, 23 April 2013
Qatar sentences barber to be lashed for drinking alcohol
Al Arabiya, 23 April 2013
Tied in knots by radical Islam
The Washington Post, 23 April 2013
Head of centre for autistic children says all atheists are autistic
Hurriyet, 23 April 2013
Why atheists can speak in the West
Discover Magazine, 23 April 2013
Rift grows in Spanish Catholic Church over “right to life” debate
El Pais, 23 April 2013
Marriage Bill sparks a divorce – of church from state
Stuff, 23 April 2013
Bike helmet laws will change to allow religious exemptions
Brisbane Times, 23 Apr 2013
Mon, 22 Apr 2013
21st century Britain is no place for caste discrimination – NSS blog
Politics.co.uk, 22 April 2013
Panorama programme about sharia courts in UK - tonight, 8.30 BBC1
BBC, 22 April 2013
Richard Dawkins attacks Muslim journalist for belief in winged horse
HuffPost, 22 April 2013
Anglican school where 75% of pupils are Muslim drops hymns from assembly
Daily Mail, 22 April 2013
What can “faith schools” teach us?
Scotsman, 22 April 2013
Battle over gay marriage in France as much in the streets as in parliament
Guardian, 22 April 2013
Daft 'celebs' and their penchant for outrageous cults
Daily Mail, 22 April 2013
Iran to create “halal internet”
New Scientist, 22 April 2013
China wants to replace superstition with science
Newser, 22 April 2013
Sex abuse priest extradited from Rome back to Australia to face charges
The Age, 22 April 2013
Church culture helped abuse go undetected
Brisbane Times, 22 April 2013
Vatican increasingly approving civil partnerships in effort to hold back gay marriage
NCR, 22 April 2013
Burmese officials filled mass graves with Muslims
Telegraph, 22 April 2013
Religious freedom being restricted
Bismarck Tribune, 22 April 2013
All religion promote violence
Iranian, 22 April 2013
Promises, promises: gay rights in America
AP, 22 April 2013
“Witch doctor” sentenced to death after beheading 11 year old boy
Digital Journal, 22 April 2013
The skeleton in the papal closet
Huffington Post, 22 April 2013
Christian parents fight back at effort to remove religious observance from Scottish schools
Scotsman, 22 April 2013
Sun, 21 Apr 2013
Christian activists in final push to gain special privileges at work for religion
Telegraph, 21 April 2013
Mistaken belief
Scotsman, 21 April 2013
Catholic schools are not to blame
Belfast Newsletter, 21 April 2013
Are religion and secularism incompatible? Think...
Daily Star, 21 April 2013
Imagine no religion – Hieronymus Bosch did
Big Think, 21 April 2013
More on Islam and New Atheism
Harry's Place, 21 April 2013
Violence grows as gay marriage bill divides France
Observer, 21 April 2013
Pope doesn’t like soft Christians
Radio Vaticana, 21 April 2013
Casualty was right to take on Female Genital Mutilation
Observer, 21 April 2013
Teach Arabic in Scottish schools says Muslim charity
The Herald, 21 April 2013
Taliban amputate thieves’ limbs in Herat
Tribune, 21 April 2013
Sat, 20 Apr 2013
Most religious organisations exaggerate their membership
Herald, 20 April 2013
Humanist weddings set to overtake those in Kirk
Herald, 20 April 2013
New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of “Islamophobia”
New Statesman, 20 April 2013
Medical misadventure verdict on woman refused abortion in Ireland
Independent, 20 April 2013
Spanish anti-clerical group send Bishop explosive parcels with vibrators inside
Guardian, 20 April 2013
After Boston: Can you have faith without God?
Huff Post, 20 April 2013
With £8bn in the bank, CofE wages “war on greed”
Daily Mail, 20 April 2013
Boston bombing suspect’s web page venerates Islam and Chechen independence
Irish Times, 20 April 2013
Inside the First Amendment: messing with religious liberty
Star Press, 20 April 2013
