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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 20 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
* Illegal Orthodox Jewish schools held council to ransom over child safety <[link removed]>
A council's efforts to safeguard 1,500 Jewish boys attending illegal yeshivas were "frustrated" after Orthodox Jewish leaders warned they would only co-operate on a "quid pro quo" basis.
Jewish News
* Victims of church-related abuse asked to come forward <[link removed]>
Victims and survivors of church-related abuse are being asked to come forward as part of a safeguarding review across all 42 dioceses in the Church of England.
ITV News
* Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to make it Labour policy to scrap Prevent <[link removed]>
Rebecca Long-Bailey has vowed to make it Labour policy to scrap the anti-extremism programme Prevent if she is elected to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.
The Guardian
* Nine dead after two attacks on shisha bars in Germany <[link removed]>
A gunman opened fire on two shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, police say. The motive for the attack is currently unclear.
BBC
* ‘How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart’ <[link removed]>
For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi's BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others.
The Guardian
* France to end imam and teacher deals to counter extremism <[link removed]>
French president Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced measures intended to counter Islamic extremism in France by giving the government more authority over the schooling of children, the financing of mosques and the training of imams.
Yahoo! News
* Jägermeister logo does not offend Christians, Swiss court rules <[link removed]>
A Swiss court has ruled that Jägermeister may expand its trademark amid claims its logo was offensive to Christians.
BBC
* Children stage mass-walkout after teachers were forced to quit for being gay at Catholic school in US <[link removed]>
Students at a Catholic school in Seattle have walked out in protest at the resignations of two teachers who allegedly resigned because they were gay.
Metro
* Offended Christian group tries to shut down Disney cartoon <[link removed]>
A Christian group has branded new Disney cartoon The Owl House 'demonic' for depicting a child wanting to learn to become a witch. A petition calling for the cartoon's removal has generated 16,000 signatures.
Metro
** In case you missed it: from the NSS
* Challenge to new Catholic school in Peterborough rejected <[link removed]>
A challenge to a decision to open a new selective Catholic school has been rejected, despite strong backing from local residents.
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