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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 30 January
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
* South Yorkshire Police protect Sheffield girls from FGM following court order <[link removed]>
Two girls from Sheffield who risked being subjected to female genital mutilation have been protected following a court order against the "barbaric and horrendous" practice.
The Star (Sheffield)
* Bury Council adopts APPG definition of Islamophobia <[link removed]>
Bury Council has adopted a new definition of Islamophobia – one which the government rejected it last year.
Bury Times
* Police investigated councillor’s social media posts which said Islam was “domination not integration” <[link removed]>
West Midlands Police launched an investigation into a councillor's social media posts which said Islam was "domination not integration" and asked whether people in Iran were "all on the dole". The force then said the posts did not "meet the threshold for criminal prosecution".
Express & Star
* Teachers need help on ‘emotional’ RSE change <[link removed]>
The Department for Education and teaching unions are meeting today to discuss supporting teachers' wellbeing over a feared parental backlash against new relationships and sex education lessons.
Tes
* Child cruelty case triggers call for home schooling review <[link removed]>
Child protection experts have called for a national review of home schooling following an inquiry into a case in which a violent stepfather and his partner subjected their young son to extreme neglect and abuse.
The Guardian
* 641 out of 643 MPs sign up to IHRA definition of antisemitism <[link removed]>
A total of 641 of the 643 MPs who sit in the Commons have personally signed up to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
The Jewish Chronicle
* Franklin Graham's Glasgow event axed after council pressure <[link removed]>
A US evangelist's event in Glasgow has been cancelled following pressure from the council and religious groups.
BBC
* Scottish government announces £500k in security funding for places of worship <[link removed]>
Scottish ministers have announced half a million pounds of security funding for places of religious worship during a visit to a Glasgow synagogue.
Jewish News
* Conservatives investigate Jewish councillor in Hackney over anti-gay comments <[link removed]>
The Conservative Party's head office is investigating Stamford Hill councillor Aron Klein over homophobic comments.
Hackney Gazette
* Indian primary school faces sedition charge after play about citizenship law <[link removed]>
The Indian police are investigating a primary school for sedition over a student play which voiced opposition to the prime minister and his discriminatory new citizenship law.
The Guardian
* 'Finally free': Asia Bibi breaks silence after Pakistani death row hell <[link removed]>
Recounting the hellish conditions of eight years spent on death row on blasphemy charges but also the pain of exile, Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi has broken her silence to give her first personal insight into an ordeal that caused international outrage.
France 24
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Councillors to challenge new discriminatory Catholic school <[link removed]>
Three councillors in Peterborough have formally challenged a decision to open a new religiously selective Catholic school.
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