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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 5 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
* Abortion in NI: Health bodies want laws for 'safe and compassionate' care <[link removed]>
Health bodies have recommended a legal framework be set up to "prioritise safe and compassionate abortion care" in Northern Ireland.
BBC
* Streatham terror attacker devoted to ‘sheikh’ who inspired London Bridge killer <[link removed]>
The jihadist who stabbed two shoppers had boasted of trying to join Islamic State and was devoted to a notorious preacher who inspired another convicted terrorist behind a similar knife attack.
The Times (£)
* Hackney's unregistered Jewish faith academies 'put on notice' over child safety <[link removed]>
Unregistered educational settings in the London borough of Hackney, the vast majority of which are Jewish faith academies or yeshivas, have been "put on notice" by safeguarding bosses over child safety.
Hackney Gazette
* Funding change for faith school transport in Telford <[link removed]>
Funded school transport will not be provided automatically to faith school students in Telford, under plans due to come into force this summer.
Shropshire Star
* C of E synod member calls out 'deep' hypocrisy over sex guidance <[link removed]>
The Church of England has "leaders who preach one thing and practise something completely different" when it comes to sex, according to a prominent member of the church's ruling body.
The Guardian
* Justice Minister Naomi Long would 'consider' return of ‘50/50 policing’ in NI <[link removed]>
Northern Ireland's justice minister has said she is willing to consider the policy of '50/50 recruitment' to encourage more officers from Catholic backgrounds to join the force.
Belfast Telegraph
* ‘I’m a new MP. Parliament needs dragging into the 21st century’ <[link removed]>
Daisy Cooper criticises parliamentary prayers, along with other eccentricities related to life in parliament.
The Guardian
* Three held after bail dismissal in blasphemy case in Pakistan <[link removed]>
Three people have been sent to prison after a court cancelled their pre-arrest bail in a blasphemy case, police in Pakistan said on Monday.
Dawn
* French teenager who received death threats for insulting Islam speaks out in interview <[link removed]>
A French teenager who received death threats after footage of her criticising Islam went viral online has come out of hiding to defend her atheist convictions.
Mail Online
* ‘Would most Iranians vote no to an Islamic republic?’ <[link removed]>
Ammar Maleki and Pooyan Tamimi Arab say the majority of Iranians yearn for a political system that is accountable and can uphold the truth.
openDemocracy
* Trump invokes God as he calls for ban on ‘late-term’ abortion during State of the Union address <[link removed]>
Donald Trump has said he will ask Congress to pass legislation to ban what he called "late-term" abortions, adding that people of all political beliefs must "agree that every human life is a sacred gift from God".
The Independent
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Council plans to open CoE school on site of non-faith school <[link removed]>
The NMFS campaign has criticised a plan to close a community school and open a new Church of England school on its site in Surrey.
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