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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 12 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
* Ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools glue biology pages together and redact Childline number, inquiry hears <[link removed]>
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools are gluing together human biology pages and redacting the Childline number from educational materials, a government-ordered inquiry has heard.
The Telegraph
* Cultural barriers stop Orthodox Jews reporting child abuse, inquiry hears <[link removed]>
Child sexual abuse is going widely unreported among the UK's Charedi Jewish community because victims need the permission of a rabbi before they can go to the police, an inquiry has heard.
Belfast Telegraph
* Far-right posing as journalists to spread fake news about Muslims, government Islamophobia advisor warns <[link removed]>
Far-right activists are posing as journalists in a "deplorable" bid to spread fake news about Muslims breaking lockdown, a government advisor has warned.
The Telegraph
* 'Portable priest' leads mobile services as churches close <[link removed]>
A priest has taken to the streets to carry out mobile church services and sermons via loudspeaker, despite admitting he risks breaching social distancing regulations.
The Telegraph
* Clergy to start streaming services from churches this week, archbishop designate confirms <[link removed]>
Clergy will begin streaming services from their churches this week, the archbishop of York's successor has confirmed.
The Telegraph
* Sikhs to take legal action over Scottish census claim <[link removed]>
The Sikh Federation has said legal action is inevitable after the Scottish government confirmed it had no plans to include a separate tick box for Sikhs in the ethnicity section of its 2021 census.
The Times (£)
* Lancashire college moving away from Catholic sixth form status <[link removed]>
St Mary's College looks set to move away from being a Catholic sixth form due to a fall in numbers of students from the faith attending.
Lancashire Telegraph
* Ukrainian police official requests list of Jews in western city of Kolomyya <[link removed]>
A Ukrainian Jewish group accused the nation's police force of "open anti-Semitism" after a high-ranking police official requested a list of all Jews in the western city of Kolomyya as part of an inquiry into organised crime.
The Times of Israel
* ‘Religious freedom’ part of the reason why Trump administration rejected public health guidelines, says report <[link removed]>
The Trump administration reportedly rejected proposed guidelines on how to take public health precautions to safely reopen the economy partly on the grounds that guidance in churches would restrict religious freedom.
The Hill
* US Supreme Court sounds split in case on rights for Catholic school teachers <[link removed]>
The US's Supreme Court justices sounded split on Monday on whether to broadly deny civil rights protections to hundreds of thousands of teachers in religious schools.
Los Angeles Times
* ‘Pandemic corrodes church-state ties in Russia’ <[link removed]>
Even as the monasteries of the Orthodox Church are besieged by the coronavirus, apocalyptic-minded priests balk at state restrictions on public worship.
The New York Times (£)
** The origins of secularism & the NSS: latest lecture
* Episode 8: Bradlaugh’s parliamentary campaigns & final years <[link removed]>
Bob Forder looks at the struggle of the NSS's founder, Charles Bradlaugh, to take his seat in parliament in the 1880s.
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