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Your daily media briefing - Friday 4 January

  

In the Media, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.

  

Secularism in the media

 

'We must be free to criticise Islam’ – NSS mentioned

Hardeep Singh says the government should not adopt a proposed definition of 'Islamophobia'.

Spiked

 

Jewish father claims human rights violation over child’s sex education

Lawyers acting for a Charedi Jewish father have written to the government alleging that it is violating his human rights by requiring teachers to teach his children about different genders and sexualities.

Jewish News

 

Terror plotter scouted sites on same day as Prevent deradicalisation meeting

A Muslim convert was going through a Prevent deradicalisation programme while plotting a terror attack in central London, a court has heard.

Sky News

 

Christians claim religious discrimination over lack of religious services at NHS trust

A group of patients in Hackney in north London are taking legal action against an NHS trust. They claim it is discriminating against Christians by not holding Christian services while it does hold prayers for Muslims.

Hackney Gazette

 

Brazil’s new president Bolsonaro removes LGBT+ concerns from name of human rights ministry

The government of Brazil's new president Jair Bolsonaro has targeted LGBT+ rights in its first days in office.

Pink News

 

New US Congress has slightly fewer Christians but is still dominated by the religious

Members of the new US Congress are more likely to claim a religious affiliation than the country's public at large is.

NPR

 

Pope says US sex abuse scandal undermines Catholic Church's credibility

Pope Francis has said the credibility of the Catholic Church in the US has been severely damaged by the ongoing child sexual abuse scandal there.

BBC

 

‘Salmaan Taseer: the harbinger of inclusivity’

Taqdees Mahmood Mela pays tribute to Salmaan Taseer, a Pakistani politician who defended the rights of a woman accused of blasphemy, on the anniversary of his murder.

Daily Times

 

Canadian doctor suspended over circumcisions which severely injured multiple boys

A Canadian doctor has been suspended after causing severe injuries to several boys' genitals.

Patheos

 

Hindu hardliners clash with police over women at shrine in India

Hindu hardliners vandalised shops, shut businesses and clashed with police in a southern Indian state on Thursday to protest the entry of two women in one of India's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, police said.

AP News

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Just a third of public supports royal ties with CoE, NSS poll finds

Only a third of the UK public thinks the monarchy's ties to the C of E should remain intact, according to a poll conducted for the NSS.

  

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