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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 4 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
* Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse' <[link removed]>
At least 20 former Jehovah's Witnesses are suing the group over historical sexual abuse they say they suffered.
BBC
* We are being persecuted in Scotland, claim evangelical Christians – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Evangelists who promote biblical values are being treated like a persecuted minority in Scotland, a Christian group has claimed.
The Times (£)
* Jehovah's Witnesses told to pay rape victim £62k <[link removed]>
Leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses have been told to pay £62,000 in damages to a former member who was raped after door-to-door visits.
BBC
* ‘We urgently need to reboot our tactics for countering extremism’ <[link removed]>
Sara Khan says not enough is being done to counter hateful extremist narratives.
Evening Standard
* Ofsted inspectors to record visits to unregistered schools with body cameras <[link removed]>
Ofsted inspectors will wear body cameras to record visits to suspected illegal schools for their own safety.
Independent
* Pakistan delays decision on film that offended Islamists <[link removed]>
Pakistan's government on Monday postponed its decision on whether to lift a ban on a movie that had offended hard-line Islamists in this Muslim-majority country, after asking a high council of clerics to weigh in on the film.
The New York Times
* Hamburg court rules against school niqab and burqa ban <[link removed]>
The ruling stopped a school's attempt to ban a 16-year-old girl from wearing a full-face veil during classes.
DW
* ‘Why Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-making’ <[link removed]>
Ahmet Kuru says recent Islamisation has weakened the basis of citizenship in several Muslim-majority countries.
openDemocracy
* Catholic bishops oppose changes to assisted dying legislation in Canada <[link removed]>
The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau to voice "very serious concern" about proposed changes to medical assistance in dying legislation.
The Globe & Mail
* Belgium euthanasia: Three doctors cleared in landmark trial <[link removed]>
A court in Belgium has acquitted three doctors accused of unlawfully poisoning a woman whose life they helped to end.
BBC
** Latest from the NSS
* NSS refused permission to challenge faith school expansion in Wales <[link removed]>
The NSS has been refused permission for a judicial review against Vale of Glamorgan Council over a Church in Wales school's expansion.
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