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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 11 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
* Christian foster agency challenges Ofsted’s censure on equality in court <[link removed]>
A Christian fostering agency has told a court that Ofsted "came in on a white charger" and went beyond its powers in censuring it for not accepting same-sex couples as foster carers.
The Times (£)
* Coronavirus: Churches may not be back to normal by end of year <[link removed]>
Social distancing will be impossible in some places of worship if government ministers allow them to reopen, religious leaders have said.
BBC
* Abortion regulations remain in place, says NI Office <[link removed]>
Abortion regulations introduced in Northern Ireland remain in place despite a delay to a Westminster vote, the UK government has said.
The Irish News
* Doubts cast over claim that people are turning to prayer during pandemic <[link removed]>
This report says a survey which purported to show Britons turning to prayer during the coronavirus pandemic also found that slightly more people have stopped praying.
Church Times
* Archbishop of Canterbury gives address during VE Day commemorations <[link removed]>
Justin Welby was among those who addressed the nation during the VE Day commemorations.
BBC
* Trump commemorates National Day of Prayer amid pandemic <[link removed]>
A ceremony at the White House on Thursday was dominated by prayers from religious leaders for an end to the coronavirus.
CNN
* Uganda using coronavirus laws to target marginalised LGBT groups <[link removed]>
Video footage shows a town mayor and other officials interrogating people at a shelter about their families and sex lives.
Sky News
* Germany passes law banning 'gay conversion therapy' for minors <[link removed]>
Germany's parliament has passed a law banning so-called 'gay conversion therapy' for young people nationwide.
BBC
* Pakistan excludes religious sect from minority commission <[link removed]>
Pakistan's cabinet has declined to include a religious sect that rights groups say suffers widespread persecution in a newly formed commission for minorities, after opposition from conservatives in the government, officials said on Thursday.
Reuters
* Coronavirus has unleashed ‘tsunami of hate and xenophobia’ across the world, says UN chief <[link removed]>
The coronavirus pandemic has brought on a "tsunami of hate and xenophobia" internationally, according to the United Nations secretary general.
The Independent
* Sikh doctors in Canada take ‘extremely difficult decision’ to shave beards amid Covid-19 <[link removed]>
Two Sikh doctor brothers in Canada have made an "extremely difficult decision" to shave off their beards so they can wear the masks necessary to treat patients suffering from coronavirus.
The Tribune
** Latest NSS podcast
* Bonus Ep 2: Leo Igwe #FreeMubarakBala <[link removed]>
An emergency update on the plight of Mubarak Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria (HAN). Bala was arrested for blasphemy in northern Nigeria on 28 April.
Leo Igwe, founder of the HAN, speaks to Emma Park about what has happened to Bala, why his situation is so dangerous, and what we can do to support him.
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