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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 9 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.
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Jewish school considers split to avoid treating children equally <[link removed]>
A Jewish school which unlawfully segregated pupils could split into three schools so it can continue to avoid treating children equally.
** Secularism in the media
* Dozens of FGM victims came forward in London borough of Newham last year, new figures show <[link removed]>
Dozens of women suffering from female genital mutilation were seen for the first time by Newham doctors last year, new NHS figures show.
Newham Recorder
* Sikh man is 'detained by police in Birmingham for openly carrying a kirpan dagger in public' <[link removed]>
A video purporting to show a Sikh man being detained by a police officer for openly carrying a ceremonial dagger in public has been circulated on social media. Sikhs are currently legally allowed to carry daggers for religious reasons.
Mail Online
* St Albans parents debate Christian focus in school education <[link removed]>
Parents from St Albans in Hertfordshire debate whether collective worship is appropriate in modern Britain.
Herts Advertiser
* ‘Modi's vision of a Hindu India advances with move to absorb Kashmir’ <[link removed]>
Amrit Dillon says Narendra Modi's vision of a Hindu India has leaped forward with his government's decision to eliminate the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir.
The Japan Times
* Concert in Lebanon cancelled after church pressure <[link removed]>
A festival in Lebanon has cancelled a concert by an indie rock band "to prevent bloodshed" after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and death threats on social media.
Reuters
* ‘Lebanon’s blasphemy wars strike a popular rock band’ <[link removed]>
Kim Ghattas says a decision to cancel a concert by Mashrou' Leila is jolting the Lebanese out of their complacency about the withering of their country's freedoms.
The New York Times
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