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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 4 March
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
* Catholic RE certificate "disproportionately affects" women teachers in NI <[link removed]>
A Religious Education certificate needed to get a job in Catholic schools in Northern Ireland "disproportionately affects" the job prospects of women teachers.
BBC
* London religious groups ‘to relax burial requirements in coronavirus pandemic’ <[link removed]>
Faith groups in London will be asked to relax requirements for funerals and burials if a coronavirus pandemic leads to a steep increase in deaths.
Evening Standard
* Delhi riots: How Muslims' homes were targeted and burnt <[link removed]>
Three days of fire and fury in north-east Delhi last week consumed more than 40 lives, leaving hundreds wounded and many missing.
BBC
* ‘What next for India's Muslims? More suffering and a further crackdown on their rights’ <[link removed]>
If identity documents are lost – including in attacks such as those seen in Delhi – it is not difficult to envisage a scenario in which a proportion of the country's Muslims are moved to detention centres.
The Independent
* Russia's Putin wants traditional marriage and God in constitution <[link removed]>
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants marriage to be defined as the union of a man and woman in a revised constitution, ruling out gay marriage.
BBC
* Madrid court acquits Spanish actor of blasphemy complaint <[link removed]>
A Madrid court has acquitted Spanish actor Willy Toledo in a blasphemy case after he was accused of making comments offensive to religious sentiment, according to court documents.
The Local (Spain)
* Newly conservative supreme court to hear arguments in US abortion rights case <[link removed]>
A remade conservative majority on the US supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case this week that could result in grave new restrictions on abortion access.
The Guardian
* Christian youth tortured to death for ‘polluting’ tube-well water in Pakistan <[link removed]>
A Christian labourer, who was brutally tortured by local landowners in Kasur three days ago on accusations that he had 'polluted' their tube-well water by bathing in it, succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
Pakistan Today
* Pakistan court gives green light to women's march – with conditions <[link removed]>
A Pakistani court on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the country's largest women's rights event but told organizers to ensure participants adhere to "decency and moral values".
The New York Times
* Colombia court upholds law restricting access to abortion <[link removed]>
Colombia's Constitutional Court has voted in favour of upholding the nation's restrictive abortion law in a ruling that had been closely watched around Latin America.
AP News
* New archbishop makes attacking same-sex marriage his first act <[link removed]>
The new head of the Anglican Church in Uganda, Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, has spoken out against same-sex couples at his enthronement.
Gay Star News
* Conversion therapy for minors to be banned in Virginia
The Democratic governor of the US state of Virginia has signed a bill banning conversion therapy for minors, the first LGBT rights measure to reach his desk this year.
The Washington Post
** Latest from the NSS
* Most Brits don’t pray. It’s time for our institutions to stop imposing worship <[link removed]>
As figures show most people in Britain never pray, Megan Manson says institutionalised prayer has no place in our parliament, councils, schools or public ceremonies.
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