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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 24 April

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** Secularism in the media

* Health secretary thanks Muslims for staying at home during Ramadan <[link removed]>

Health secretary Matt Hancock has thanked Muslims across the UK for their "sacrifice" as they mark Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Belfast Telegraph

* Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle <[link removed]>

The Jewish Chronicle has been sold to a consortium fronted by Theresa May's former director of communications, saving the historic newspaper following a brief but messy takeover battle.

The Guardian

* ‘As the world looks for coronavirus scapegoats, Muslims are blamed in India’

Some reactions to the pandemic are bringing out one of the oldest — and ugliest — human impulses: the desire to blame calamity on those who are different.

The Washington Post (£)

* Women resist Poland’s attempt to restrict abortion rights <[link removed]>

Campaigners and academics say the country's ruling party is using the current pandemic to restrict women's reproductive rights and continue chipping away at democracy.

CNN

* Christian group says coronavirus restrictions on religious freedom mustn’t endure <[link removed]>

The campaign group, which supports persecuted Christians, is concerned that legitimate restrictions on assembly will remain in place even once the pandemic has started to recede.

Christian Today

** From the blogs

* ‘The fine line between criticising Islam and demonising Muslims’ <[link removed]>

It is possible to attack Islam, the religion, the scripture, the culture surrounding it, and the actions of some Muslims without being bigoted and unfairly throwing the rest of them under the bus, argues Abdullah Sameer.

Medium

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An NSS series of lectures on the history of secularism will air during the current period of lockdown and social distancing.

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