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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 10 June
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** Secularism in the media
* Sikh academy trust could take legal action over rebrokering <[link removed]>
Academy bosses running a Sikh free school have said they will look at mounting a legal challenge against a decision to hand the school to another trust following a damning Ofsted verdict.
TES
* Extremism body examines banning 'behaviour that leads people to hate' <[link removed]>
The government's adviser on extremism is investigating whether it's possible to ban behaviour that leads people to hate each other.
BBC
* C of E accused of ‘utter hypocrisy’ over backing for Black Lives Matter <[link removed]>
Church of England bishops have been accused of "utter hypocrisy" for publicly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement while failing to address racism in their dioceses.
The Guardian
* Circumcision ceremonies resume in Jewish communities <[link removed]>
Circumcision ceremonies have resumed after circumcisers in some communities suspended them for two months because of the threat of coronavirus.
The JC
* Anger at attacks by released terrorists ‘must not distort lessons’, government warned <[link removed]>
Anger at the Fishmongers' Hall and Streatham terror attacks must not "distort the lessons" of what took place, the government has been warned. The stabbings, which were both committed by Islamist extremists who had been released from prison, sparked proposed new laws to keep terrorists in jail for longer.
The Independent
* Trump plans to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown <[link removed]>
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday without offering a time frame for the signing.
Reuters
* 'Show no mercy: The tragedy in Xinjiang' <[link removed]>
In 2014, after undertaking a brief tour of Xinjiang, Xi instructed the cadres of the Communist Party of China to "show absolutely no mercy" to its Uighur Muslim population.
The Critic
* 'The women travelling across Europe to escape Poland's restrictive abortion laws' <[link removed]>
Thousands of women have contacted a hotline in just three months as the coronavirus lockdown complicates access.
The Telegraph
* Islamic State-linked jihadists 'kill 59' in Nigeria village attack <[link removed]>
Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) drove into Felo village before shooting and crushing residents under their vehicles.
The Telegraph
* 'Blasphemy is a right, not a crime' <[link removed]>
Blaspheming is a part of everyday religious and philosophical discourse and practice, says Leo Igwe.
Sahara Reporters
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Sponsor of planned new Sikh school loses control of existing school <[link removed]>
The government has ended a Sikh school's funding arrangement, while the academy chain involved applies to fund another faith school.
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