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Your daily media briefing - Monday 3 February

  

In the Media 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 and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Streatham stabbings thought to be Islamist terror attack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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’

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

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’

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

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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