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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 3 February
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Streatham stabbings thought to be Islamist terror attack <[link removed]>
A man has been shot dead by police after stabbing people in south London in what police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident.
BBC
* People afraid to call out segregation in schools because of religious sensitivity, Ofsted chief warns <[link removed]>
People are afraid to call out segregation in schools because of religious, cultural and ethnic sensitivities, Ofsted's chief inspector Amanda Spielman has said.
Sky News
* Government set to make Christian persecution a foreign policy priority <[link removed]>
A religious literacy programme will be rolled out in an attempt to ensure civil servants and diplomats understand the threats facing Christians around the world.
Express
* Children being circumcised 'without consent of both parents' at Leicester clinic <[link removed]>
Children are being circumcised without both of their parents' consent at a private clinic in Leicester, according to health inspectors.
Leicester Mercury
* Father facing prosecution for withdrawing son from relationships lessons says he’s willing to go to jail <[link removed]>
The first parent to face prosecution after withdrawing his child from a school because it teaches about LGBT people says he is willing to go to jail.
The Sunday Times (£)
* Calderdale Council adopts anti-semitism and Islamophobia definitions <[link removed]>
Councillors in Calderdale in West Yorkshire have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism and the All Party Parliamentary Group definition of Islamophobia.
Telegraph & Argus
* Oxford college replaces chapel with multi-faith space <[link removed]>
St Hilda's College will abolish its chapel from next year, replacing the space with a multi-faith room. The announcement makes St Hilda's the third undergraduate college in Oxford not to have a dedicated Anglican chapel.
Cherwell
* ‘The world needs secularism to survive in India’ <[link removed]>
Andrew Copson says the failure of secularism may turn the clock back not just for India but for the world.
The Times (£)
* ‘Many Muslims are still in denial about sexual abuse’ <[link removed]>
Amina Lone calls for a reformist human rights and child-centred approach to reinterpreting Islamic texts.
The Times (£)
* Female genital mutilation: Parents arrested after death of girl in Egypt <[link removed]>
Police in Egypt have arrested the parents and aunt of a 14-year-old girl who died while undergoing female genital mutilation.
BBC
* ‘The perils of mixing religion and politics: the case of Turkey’ <[link removed]>
Haldun Gülalp says mixing religion with politics does not even serve religious purposes.
openDemocracy
** Latest from the NSS
* The bishops’ bench is an affront to democracy. Let’s scrap it <[link removed]>
A new bill proposes to end Church of England bishops' automatic right to sit in parliament. This religious privilege is part of an unjust status quo and should be addressed, says Stephen Evans.
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