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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 11 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

 

Couple set for first same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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