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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.
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".
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.
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 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.
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.
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