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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 19 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
* Regulator opens inquiry into Islamic charity after National Secular Society criticism <[link removed]>
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a charity that funded a TV station that promoted extremist views. We're quoted.
Third Sector
* 'Harmful ‘gay cure’ outfit furious at being labelled harmful by NSS' <[link removed]>
The Core Issues Trust, headed by "ex-gay" Mike Davidson, came out fighting after the NSS last week wrote to Northern Ireland's Chief Charity Commissioner Nicole Lappin, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and Health Minister Robin Swann to point out the inappropriateness of CIT's status. We're quoted.
The Freethinker
* Christian TV channel sanctioned by Ofcom after falsely linking 5G to pandemic <[link removed]>
Ofcom said the Christian news channel Loveworld made a range of false claims about the pandemic, including touting a conspiracy theory it was being caused by 5G technology.
The Independent
* Presbyterian Church calls for guarantee that quoting the Bible will not be illegal
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has said freedom of speech must be protected under any government overhaul of "hate crime" laws.
News Letter
* 'Mubarak Bala: Why they hate him' <[link removed]>
Mubarak Bala points out those teachings of Islam which he finds mistaken and incompatible with human rights, science, and critical thinking, says Leo Igwe.
Sahara Reporters
* Albania has banned gay ‘conversion’ therapy for minors <[link removed]>
Just weeks after Germany issued a nationwide ban on gay 'conversion' therapy for minors, Albania has followed suit and issued its own ban.
Gay Times
* India: student’s suicide puts focus on dubious ‘conversion therapy’ <[link removed]>
The suicide of a woman who claimed that she had been taken to multiple de-addiction centres over three months against her will in an effort to cure her of her non-heterosexual orientation has drawn attention to 'conversion therapy' in India.
Hindustan Times
* DeVos funnels coronavirus relief funds to favoured religious schools <[link removed]>
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is using the $2 trillion coronavirus stabilization law to throw a lifeline to education sectors she has long championed, directing millions of federal dollars intended primarily for public schools and colleges to private and religious schools.
The New York Times
* 'The kind of evangelicals who support Trump are changing. And that could be a big problem' <[link removed]>
Even the President's musings about injecting bleach to cure coronavirus can, it seems, be traced back to the prosperity-gospel televangelists he has pivoted toward, says Patrick Geddis.
The Independent
* Young Tunisians eat in secret despite Ramadan and lockdown <[link removed]>
A Facebook group for Tunisians seeking to circumvent social pressures and eat during the day has attracted some 12,000 members.
Mail Online
** Latest from the NSS
* Regulator opens inquiry into charity which has promoted extremism <[link removed]>
The NSS has welcomed the Charity Commission's decision to open an inquiry into a charity over its funding for the channel Peace TV.
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