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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 18 June

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Charities backing ‘gay conversion therapy’ need to be investigated, say campaigners - NSS quoted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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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