Trouble reading this email? View newsletter in your browser <[link removed]> | Add to your safe senders
* secularism.org.uk <[link removed]>
* Challenging Religious Privilege
Donate <[link removed]>
Join us
** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 20 August
In the Media <[link removed]>, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.
** Secularism in the media
* ‘Let’s replace religious assembly in schools with a “thought for the day”’ <[link removed]>
Compulsory Christian worship is divisive and excludes many children, says Laura McInerney. Why not teach them all to think about religions and philosophies instead?
The Guardian
* Edinburgh education chief criticises claims of plot against Catholic Church ahead of voting rights debate
Edinburgh City Council's education committee convener has hit back at misinformation and claims of a "secret plot" against the Catholic Church. His comments come as the council prepares to decide whether to strip religious representatives of their voting rights on the committee.
Edinburgh Evening News
* ‘Don’t shoot the messenger, your eminence’ <[link removed]>
This editorial says the gross evil of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy would have gone unexposed had it not been for three principal agencies, all secular.
The Tablet (£)
* Number of victims of FGM in the Lancaster and Morecambe district on the rise <[link removed]>
More victims of female genital mutilation in Morecambe Bay were seen for the first time by health services last year, figures show.
Lancashire Post
* ‘Why was a GCSE student disqualified for criticising halal meat?’ <[link removed]>
Brendan O'Neill says we have to distinguish between genuine anti-Muslim bigotry and perfectly legitimate questioning or ridicule of Islam.
The Spectator
* MMR vaccine: one in seven five-year-olds in England may not be immunised <[link removed]>
One in seven five-year-olds may not be up to date with their MMR immunisation, Public Health England has warned, rising to one in four in London.
The Guardian
* El Salvador rape victim acquitted over stillbirth murder charge <[link removed]>
A young rape victim who was suspected of having an abortion and charged with homicide after having a stillborn child has been acquitted by a judge at a retrial in El Salvador.
The Guardian
* Belgium tests EU rules on halal and kosher slaughter <[link removed]>
From 1 September the French-speaking region of Wallonia will be the second Belgian authority to prohibit killing animals without prior stunning.
Politico
* ‘India is committing human rights abuses in Kashmir - Boris Johnson has a duty to act’ <[link removed]>
Khalid Mahmood MP says proposals to sell land which has been held for generations by Kashmiri Muslim farmers, in order to settle Hindu nationalists loyal to the current Indian government, is ethnic cleansing.
Politics Home
* Questions over Germany’s church taxes as Catholic Church reports growing income <[link removed]->
The German Catholic Church's income has risen as questions are being asked over the country's compulsory church tax.
The Tablet (£)
** Latest from the NSS
* Jewish school may severely restrict families’ IT use, says DfE <[link removed]>
The government has said it will not prevent a Jewish school from severely restricting families' IT use after the NSS raised concerns.
** Viewing this online?
If you're viewing this online and would like to receive the daily media briefing straight to your inbox, click subscribe.
Subscribe <[link removed]>
** While you're here
Please support our work so we can make the case for a fairer secular democracy for all.
Support us from just £1 a month <[link removed]>
Disclaimer: Links are provided to external websites for information and in the interests of free exchange. We do not accept any responsibility for the content of those sites, nor does a link indicate approval or imply endorsement of those sites.
News <[link removed]>
About <[link removed]>
Campaigns <[link removed]>
Get involved <[link removed]>
You can support the NSS by buying from our Shop.
This email has been sent to you by National Secular Society in accordance with our Privacy Policy <[link removed]>.
Address: 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom <[link removed]>.
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7404 3126 <[link removed]>
Unsubscribe from this list (In the media): [link removed]
Opt out of all emails: [link removed]
Update your details: [link removed]
National Secular Society
25 Red Lion Square
LONDON, WC1R 4RL
United Kingdom
| Your contact ID 168455
