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Your daily media briefing - Friday 29 May

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Coronavirus: Blackburn Eid street prayers a 'serious lockdown breach'

A gathering of worshippers on a street to observe prayers during Eid was a "serious breach" of lockdown measures, a council has said.

BBC News

 

Reported cull of bishops, cathedrals, and dioceses is misleading, says senior bishop

The Archbishop-designate of York, the Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, has dismissed a Sunday-newspaper report that he was to lead a review involving "massive shrinkage" in the number of cathedrals, dioceses, and parish churches.

Church Times

 

'A very narrow escape from "conversion therapy"' - NSS quoted

Barry Duke nearly underwent 'gay conversion therapy'. He now calls for the practice to end; we're quoted.

Euro Weekly News

 

MPs bring bill to ban late abortions for minor physical abnormalities

The abortion (cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot) bill, which is led by the Conservative MP Fiona Bruce and supported by 13 MPs, will be presented in parliament on 3 June.

The Guardian

 

'Muslims are frightened of calling out Jew-hate within their own community'

Antisemitism within some small sections of Muslims and which remains stubbornly entrenched needs to be taken on and called out repeatedly, says Fiyaz Mughal.

The JC

 

Archbishop issues statement after public Mass in Dublin

A senior Catholic bishop in Ireland has urged churches to continuing applying lockdown restrictions after it emerged that a church reopened for public Mass in Co Dublin.

Irish News

 

US: House passes Uighur human rights bill

The House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a measure that would punish top Chinese officials for detaining more than one million Muslims in internment camps, sending President Trump a bill intended to force him to take a more aggressive stand on human rights abuses in China.

The New York Times

 

Malaysia’s religious ban on gay sex is to be challenged

A man in Malaysia has won the right to challenge a religious state law banning gay sex.

Pink News

 

Christian fundamentalists petition Disney to drop film about gay couple

To One Million Moms, a wing of the Christian fundamentalist group American Family Association, Out is "promoting sin to children" and are petitioning Disney leaders to drop the film entirely.

Pink News

 

"Now even secularism is ‘Islamophobic'"

Quebec's ban on public-sector employees in positions of authority wearing religious symbols is neither exceptional nor unreasonable, says David Rand.

Spiked

  

Latest from the NSS

 

The state must act to protect children in unregistered faith schools

Eye-opening evidence at a public inquiry has shown the dangers presented by unregistered schools. Richard Scorer, a lawyer at the inquiry, says the authorities mustn't leave children to languish in unsafe environments.

  

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