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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 11 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
* Couple set for first same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland <[link removed]>
A Belfast couple are set to make history as they become the first same-sex pair to get married in Northern Ireland.
Evening Standard
* Independent Muslim school shut down after ‘serious incident’ <[link removed]>
A Birmingham primary school at the centre of a year-long probe has been shut down under government orders.
Birmingham Live
* Head of closing primary in NI says school 'let down' by churches <[link removed]>
The head of a County Londonderry school has said staff and pupils have been "let down" by NI's four main churches.
BBC
* Emergency terror law to be presented to parliament <[link removed]>
Emergency legislation designed to end the release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentence will be presented to parliament later.
BBC
* Man plotted Madame Tussauds attack after 2018 terror acquittal <[link removed]>
A man acquitted of terrorism in 2018 after he was arrested with a metre-long samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace has been convicted of planning an attack at tourist hotspots in London.
The Guardian
* Pupil sent home over afro hairstyle wins £8,500 payout from C of E school in race discrimination case <[link removed]>
A pupil has won an £8,500 payout after she was repeatedly sent home from a Church of England school over her afro hair.
iNews
* Consultation over closure of small Church of England school <[link removed]>
The potential closure of a C of E school which has lost more than 60% of its pupils since the start of the academic year is currently being consulted on.
The Westmorland Gazette
* Trump-linked religious ‘extremists’ target women with disinformation over abortion and contraception worldwide <[link removed]>
A global network of 'crisis pregnancy centres', backed by US anti-abortion groups linked to the Trump White House, has been condemned by lawmakers, doctors and rights advocates for targeting vulnerable women with "disinformation, emotional manipulation and outright deceit".
openDemocracy
* Mila: French teen who criticised Islam on Instagram moves school <[link removed]>
A French teenager who criticised Islam on Instagram has moved to a new school after receiving death threats.
BBC
* Argentinian government confirms it will try to legalise abortion <[link removed]>
A minister has confirmed Argentina's government is preparing a "project to legalise abortion—and not just decriminalisation".
Buenos Aires Times
** Latest NSS podcast
* Ep 22: Bishops in the Lords - Dick Taverne interview <[link removed]>
Is it time to remove the bishops' bench in the House of Lords? Emma Park travels to Westminster to ask Liberal Democrat peer Dick Taverne why he's introduced a private members' bill to do just that.
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