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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
* Only one suspected illegal Jewish school under Ofsted investigation <[link removed]>
Only one of 17 Jewish institutions that were suspected of being unregistered schools is currently under investigation by Ofsted.
The JC
* Man 'making threats to kill while shouting Allahu Akbar' arrested in Hyde Park <[link removed]>
A man was arrested in Hyde Park on suspicion of threats to kill today after assaulting a woman and shouting Allahu Akbar while threatening park goers.
Evening Standard
* 'Why we need freedom from, as well as for, religion' <[link removed]>
It isn't only religious communities that continue to face persecution around the world – so do the non-religious, too, says Alan McMichael.
Spiked
* Jewish doctors warn many Charedi Jews ‘have become very lax' over collective prayer <[link removed]>
Letter signed by GPs and hospital consultants before Shavuot said some in the strictly-Orthodox community were not adhering to government guidelines.
Jewish News
* Coronavirus: 'Religious groups should wait for scientific advice like everyone else' <[link removed]>
In a letter to the Independent, Neil Barber criticises the 25 prominent church leaders threatening legal action over their wish to restart Sunday worship (scroll down to view).
The Independent
* Pakistan 'blasphemy' death row couple's plea for freedom <[link removed]>
Shagufta Kausar and her husband Shafqat Emmanuel have spent the last six years in jail waiting for an appeal against their death sentence for "blasphemy" to conclude.
BBC
* Second man accuses Brooklyn bishop of sex abuse <[link removed]>
The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, already under a church investigation for alleged sex abuse, has been accused by a second man of abuse in the 1970s, when the bishop was a parish priest in New Jersey.
New York Post
* Trump allocates $50m to programs supporting international 'religious freedom' <[link removed]>
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allocating $50 million to the State Department for causes related to 'the advancement of international religious freedom'.
Premier Christian News
* Swiss same-sex couples hope for marriage equality ahead of parliamentary vote
Conservative Switzerland lags many countries in Western Europe on gay rights and is slowly catching up.
Reuters
* 'The inconceivable strangeness of Trump’s bible photo-op' <[link removed]>
Police dispersed peaceful protesters outside the White House with tear gas on Monday so the president could have his photograph taken with a Bible in front of a church.
Slate
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* 20 ways you can support an end to faith schools today <[link removed]>
If you're a supporter of the No More Faith Schools campaign you can help to make the case by lobbying your representatives, writing about your experience or supporting us on social media, says Alastair Lichten.
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