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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 6 August
In the Media <[link removed]>, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.
** Secularism in the media
* Calls for end of prayers before meetings at Flintshire County Council – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
The NSS as called for the end of the practice of holding prayers before council meetings in Flintshire.
Deeside.com
* BBC apologises after presenter calls Muslim prayer sign 'IS salute' <[link removed]>
The BBC has apologised and amended a Panorama documentary presented by Stacey Dooley after she inadvertently described a Muslim prayer sign as a terrorist salute.
The Guardian
* Church of England invests in sports outreach in major drive to attract newcomers to church <[link removed]>
The Church of England is launching a £12m drive to attract new people to church through sporting activities.
Christian Today
* Scottish anti-abortion group slammed over ‘cynical’ Toy Story marketing ploy <[link removed]>
One of Britain's largest anti-abortion organisations has been accused of a "cynical marketing ploy" after it launched a Toy Story-themed campaign aimed at young children, which claims that foetuses can feel pain just 10 weeks after conception.
The Sunday Times (£)
* ‘Dying the Christian Science way: the horror of my father’s last days’ <[link removed]>
Caroline Fraser says the anti-medical dogma of Christian Science led her father to an agonising death – and the church's decline can't happen fast enough.
The Guardian
* Campaigners call for increased awareness as victims of FGM treated in part of West Yorkshire <[link removed]>
More victims of female genital mutilation living in the North Kirklees area were seen for the first time by health services last year, figures show.
Dewsbury Reporter
* ‘The nuns who bought and sold human beings’ <[link removed]>
Rachel Swarns says America's nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it's still a long road to repentance.
The New York Times
* ‘Trump often blames mass shootings on mental health. When the perpetrator is Muslim, he blames Islam’ <[link removed]>
Aaron Blake says the US president tends to resist talking about the ideology behind mass shootings unless the perpetrator is a Muslim.
The Washington Post
* Republican who blamed US shootings on gay marriage, godless culture and more urged to resign <[link removed]>
A Republican representative in the US state of Ohio who blamed gun massacres on "homosexual marriage", godlessness and other factors is facing calls from her own party to resign.
The Guardian
* Freed Mauritania ‘blasphemy’ blogger arrives in Europe, says Amnesty <[link removed]>
A Mauritanian blogger released last week after more than five years in jail on blasphemy charges has said he only "saw the sun six times" during his incarceration, according to Amnesty International, which said he has now arrived in Europe.
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)
** Latest from the NSS
* The government must respond to pressure to end compulsory school worship <[link removed]>
As opposition to compulsory worship gathers and its defenders grow increasingly out of touch, Alastair Lichten says ministers should reconsider the law and its implementation.
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