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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 8 June
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** Secularism in the media
* Calls to ban LGBT 'conversion therapy' in UK <[link removed]>
An online petition signed by more than 100,000 people to ban 'conversion therapy' will now be considered for a debate in Parliament.
BBC
* Christians fight judge's ruling man has with stoma right to die <[link removed]>
A judge last week ruled that the man, who is sedated on an intensive care ward, should be allowed to die because he had previously made it clear he did not want to live with a permanent stoma, a surgical hole in the stomach to which a colostomy bag is attached to collect digestive waste.
Mail Online
* Brandon Lewis 'will not change' NI abortion regulations <[link removed]>
The government will not change the regulations governing abortions in Northern Ireland in response to an assembly vote, Brandon Lewis has said.
BBC
* England could suspend Sunday trading laws in push to boost economy <[link removed]>
Sunday trading laws could be suspended for a year in a move the government hopes will stimulate the economy.
The Guardian
* Scotland to become first nation in the world to put LGBTQ history on curriculum <[link removed]>
By 2021, schools across the country are expected to include lessons about LGBTQ equality and history in their educational plans.
Edinburgh Live
* Muslim group call for council to increase funeral sizes to 30 mourners <[link removed]>
Writing to the council, Jawad Khan, chairman of the Birmingham Council of Mosques, says that an increase is necessary to allow friends and family the chance to read the Salat ul Janazah prayer before laying their loved ones to rest.
Express & Star
* Reform Judaism to commission independent review into safeguarding culture <[link removed]>
Reform Judaism is set to commission an independent review into its safeguarding culture.
Jewish News
* 'Pro Life groups are just as active in the UK' <[link removed]>
You'd be forgiven for missing the news that a Conservative MP is attempting to restrict our abortion laws, says Vicky Spratt.
Refinery 29
* Court in Crimea jails Jehovah's Witness for six years in 'extremism' case <[link removed]>
A court in Russian-controlled Crimea jailed a Jehovah's Witness for six years on Thursday after finding him guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist organization, part of a crackdown rights activists say violates religious freedom.
Reuters
* Facebook, Instagram unblock #Sikh hashtag amid 1984 massacre remembrance <[link removed]>
After nearly three months, Facebook and Instagram have unblocked the #Sikh hashtag, saying the block occurred "mistakenly" after a user reported the hashtag in March.
Religion News Service
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* Ministers take up case of Nigerian Humanist arrested for blasphemy <[link removed]>
The government has said it's looking in to the case of the arrested Nigerian Humanist leader Mubarak Bala "on an urgent basis".
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