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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 20 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

 

Illegal Orthodox Jewish schools held council to ransom over child safety

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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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