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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 31 March

  

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

 

Home abortions approved during coronavirus outbreak

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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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