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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 1 August
In the Media <[link removed]>, 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
* Anti-abortion group to mount legal challenge against planned reforms in NI <[link removed]>
An anti-abortion group is to mount a legal challenge against plans to decriminalise terminations in Northern Ireland.
The Irish News
* ‘Forced marriage, murder and miscarriages of justice: 40 years of Southall Black Sisters and the battles ahead’
Pragna Patel, founding member of Southall Black Sisters and an NSS honorary associate, discusses past and future battles on gender violence, criminal justice and religious fundamentalism.
The London Economic
* Iranian women face 10 years for sharing videos of hijab removal <[link removed]>
Iranian officials have warned that posting video footage of women removing their mandatory headscarves in public could lead to up 10 years imprisonment, according to media reports yesterday.
The Telegraph
* New Jersey to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people <[link removed]>
Terminally ill adults in the US state of New Jersey will be able to decide when it's time to die from today, when the state begins allowing patients to self-administer lethal drugs.
New York Post
* Irish schools refusing tuition for students who opt out of religion <[link removed]>
State secondary schools are refusing to implement a directive which requires them to provide students who opt out of religious instruction with access to another subject.
The Irish Times
* Reported antisemitism hit record high in first half of 2019, says report <[link removed]>
The first six months of the year saw the highest number of antisemitic incidents ever recorded in the UK in the same period of any year, according to a new report by the Community Security Trust.
The JC
* China orders Islamic symbols and Arabic language signs be ripped down in Beijing in latest crackdown on Muslims <[link removed]>
China has ordered the removal of Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from halal restaurants and food stalls in the latest crackdown on its Muslim population.
The Sun
* Catholic diocese criticised over list of priests accused of abuse <[link removed]>
The Roman Catholic diocese of Manchester in the US state of New Hampshire has released a list of priests accused of sexually abusing children. Survivors have criticised the list as it provides no details of the allegations or the dates when the events happened.
Mail Online
* President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is 'tolerant' as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism <[link removed]>
Indonesian president Joko Widodo has denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his country, saying that the Islam practiced there is tolerant and progressive.
CNN
* Twitter account which protests against same sex education in schools mass blocks LGBT rights advocates <[link removed]>
Advocates for LGBTQ+ rights have found themselves mass-blocked by a Twitter account which protests against same sex education in schools.
ITV News
** Latest from the NSS
* ‘No Outsiders’ offers a vision of tolerance and equality <[link removed]>
The current wave of religious protests outside schools began with objections to the No Outsiders scheme of work. As its author prepares to give the NSS's Bradlaugh Lecture, Megan Manson asks what the fuss was about.
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