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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 5 May
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 <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Yeshivas could face inspections for first time following schools consultation <[link removed]>
A government consultation on the definition of schools could lead to more settings, including some religious educational institutions, being classed as 'independent schools' and subject to inspection.
Jewish News
* NHS says “reasonable adjustments” should be made for religious beards during coronavirus outbreak <[link removed]>
A Sikh doctors' group and the Sikh Council have complained after a doctor who refused to shave his beard was moved to a different role because his mask would not fit. In response the national medical director has said "reasonable adjustments should be made by providers in this area".
The Telegraph
* Coronavirus: MPs urge churches to allow small funerals <[link removed]>
A group of Tory MPs are calling on the Church of England to ease restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak to allow small-scale funerals in churches.
BBC
* Report gives Pakistan failing grade on human rights <[link removed]>
An annual human rights report released this week gives Pakistan a failing grade. It cites failings including unabated honour killings, forced conversions of minority Hindu under-age girls and continued use of a blasphemy law that carries the death penalty.
The New York Times (£)
* Former Pope Benedict XVI links gay weddings to ‘the Antichrist’ <[link removed]>
The former pope has vented about subjects including gay marriage and society's treatment of homophobes.
Pink News
* ‘Why religious freedom stokes coronavirus protests in the US, but not Canada’ <[link removed]>
The two countries have very different national attitudes about individual and collective responsibility for public health – and very different histories of using religious freedom as a rallying cry.
The Conversation
* France may ease coronavirus curbs on worship earlier than planned, says its PM
France's prime minister has said the country might allow religious services to resume before the end of May, depending on the impact of a gradual easing of lockdown rules.
Reuters
* ‘Religious leaders with a sideline in snake oil’ <[link removed]>
Andrew Brown says the religious contribution to the news was not something to be proud of this week.
Church Times
* New Zealand marriage rates lowest since 1960s, new data reveals <[link removed]>
Marriages are at an all-time low in New Zealand, new data shows.
NZ Herald
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* Ep 24: The history of the NSS – Interview with Bob Forder <[link removed]>
How did the secularist movement begin in Britain? And why should we care?
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