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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 25 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

 

Government: unregistered yeshivas illegal, unsafe and will be closed

The government has responded to news that yeshivas in Hackney sought a "quid pro quo" on the curriculum in return for safeguarding Jewish boys by calling the yeshivas "illegal and unsafe".

Jewish News

 

‘Why the UK has the only parliament with reserved places for clerics - aside from Iran’

The House of Lords seats 26 Church of England bishops - and politicians from the all-party parliamentary humanist group are calling for reform.

iNews

 

‘End the British Medical Association’s opposition to assisted dying’

Campaigners and medical campaigners urge BMA members to vote in support of reform this Thursday.

The Guardian

 

Tories must talk about anti-Muslim hate or risk boosting Islamists, says interfaith pioneer

Boris Johnson's Conservative government must be seen to be tackling all forms of hatred equally - including that against Jews and Muslims - or risk giving a boost to Islamists, the director of the leading inter-faith organisation Faith Matters has warned.

The Jewish Chronicle

 

Ryanair boss criticised for Muslim profiling comments

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has been criticised for saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports.

BBC

 

Top Catholic cardinal admits church destroyed documents on clergy sexual abuse

German cardinal Reinhard Marx said on Saturday that documents that could have contained proof of clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church were destroyed or never drawn up.

CNN

 

Four New York babies get herpes from Jewish circumcision rite in past 6 months

At least four infants have contracted herpes in New York City in the past six months after undergoing a circumcision rite in which the ritual circumciser cleans the circumcision wound by oral suction.

Times of Israel

 

‘Iran’s ongoing war against its religious minorities’

Iran celebrates the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution by continuing its ongoing war against religious minorities.

openDemocracy

 

Canada opens door to expanding assisted dying

The Canadian government has put forward a bill to make medically-assisted death available to people who are not terminally ill.

BBC

  

In case you missed it: from the NSS

 

The bishops’ bench is an affront to democracy. Let’s scrap it

A new bill proposes to end Church of England bishops' automatic right to sit in parliament. This religious privilege is part of an unjust status quo and should be addressed, says Stephen Evans.

  

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