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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 31 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
* Home abortions approved during coronavirus outbreak <[link removed]>
Patients in England can now have home abortions during the Covid-19 outbreak, the government in England has said.
BBC
* Jehovah's Witness sexually abused children he met at Kingdom Hall <[link removed]>
A Jehovah's Witness sexually abused two young girls he met at their place of worship when he was a teenager.
Yorkshire Live
* Scottish abuse inquiry appeals for victims to continue to contact it <[link removed]>
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has appealed for victims to continue to contact it despite the coronavirus outbreak halting public hearings for the time being.
The Tablet
* Police say film of people visiting mosque in Birmingham was taken before lockdown <[link removed]>
Police have said that videos being circulated of people allegedly attending a mosque during the lockdown were taken before the measures were introduced.
Birmingham Live
* Coronavirus cases spike in ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli neighbourhoods <[link removed]>
Hundreds of new cases of the coronavirus appeared in ultra-Orthodox enclaves in Israel over a short period of time, figures show, revealing a growth rate that far exceeds the national average.
Haaretz
* ‘Sectarianism will not defeat coronavirus: no one is immune’ <[link removed]>
Are religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?
openDemocracy
* Iraqis accuse religious leader of ‘weaponising’ coronavirus by blaming the pandemic on same-sex marriage <[link removed]>
Iraqi Shia political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has been widely criticised online for claiming that the coronavirus pandemic was caused by same-sex marriage.
Pink News
* Cremation of first Jewish virus victim in Argentina stirs debate <[link removed]>
The first Jewish victim of the coronavirus in Argentina was cremated by local authorities, sparking a debate over respect for religious rituals during the outbreak.
Jewish News
** Latest from the NSS
* Don’t extend selection in Catholic schools, NSS urges council <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged Renfrewshire Council not to extend the priority given to baptised Catholic children for admission to Catholic schools.
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