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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 18 June
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
* Charities backing ‘gay conversion therapy’ need to be investigated, say campaigners - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Charities that offer "gay conversion therapy" should be investigated and stripped of their charity status if they do not cease the practice, campaigners and politicians have said. We're quoted.
Civil Society
* George Carey: Former archbishop suspended over abuse inquiry <[link removed]>
The Church of England said new evidence linking George Carey to a review into allegations of abuse against the late John Smyth had emerged.
BBC
* NI abortion regulations pass final Westminster vote <[link removed]>
Abortion regulations which came into effect in Northern Ireland in March have passed their final legislative hurdle in Westminster.
BBC
* Fourteen-year-old boy charged with plotting Islamism-related terror attack <[link removed]>
The teenager, from Hampshire, has been charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts connected to Islamist terrorism.
Sky News
* Councillor investigated over alleged anti-Muslim tweets <[link removed]>
Cllr Judith Clementson has been suspended from the Conservative Party after the tweets were exposed by the Hope not Hate group.
Andover Advertiser
* At least 3,000 children have been abused by members of French Catholic Church since 1950, commission finds <[link removed]>
Jean-Marc Sauve, the president of the task force, said 1,500 clergy and church officials are thought to have carried out sexual abuse on minors over the last 70 years.
Mail Online
* Gay rights ruling complicates Trump effort to hold evangelical voters <[link removed]>
A landmark Supreme Court ruling in favour of LGBT workers Monday injected fresh uncertainty into President Trump's aggressive efforts to maintain the support of evangelical voters for his reelection campaign.
The Wall Street Journal (£)
* Execution halted by US Supreme Court over religious rights question by Catholic inmate <[link removed]>
A death row inmate has been given a temporary reprieve after arguing his religious rights were being violated as a chaplain could not be in the execution chamber.
Premier Christian News
* Egypt mourns exiled gay rights activist Sarah Hegazy <[link removed]>
The death of an Egyptian gay rights activist who spent three months in jail after raising a Pride flag at a concert has prompted a rare outbreak of sympathy in a country noted for its hostility to "alternative lifestyles".
The Times (£)
* Thousands of obscene anti-Jewish posts shared online, report warns <[link removed]>
A new report into online extremism has warned that thousands of pieces of violent antisemitic material are being disseminated on social media.
Jewish News
** Latest from the NSS
* Nigerian Humanist leader ‘faces charges over insulting religion’ <[link removed]>
The UK government has said the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria has been charged over claims he insulted religion.
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