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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 22 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
* Islamophobia definition will prevent criticism of Islam, say writers <[link removed]>
A proposed definition of Islamophobia risks curtailing freedom of speech and work to expose extremism, a new collection of essays has warned.
The Telegraph
* Anti-abortion protesters lose appeal over clinic buffer zone <[link removed]>
Anti-abortion protesters have lost their legal challenge against the UK's first buffer zone around an abortion clinic.
BBC
* Councillor in Denbighshire calls for end of prayers before meetings – NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
A councillor is calling for the end of the practice of holding prayers before council meetings in Denbighshire.
North Wales Live
* Fewer students taking Religious Studies GCSE <[link removed]>
The number of young people taking Religious Studies has fallen, a report has found.
The Irish News
* Belfast school won’t have priest on staff for first time <[link removed]>
St Malachy's College in north Belfast will be without a full-time clergyman among its teaching staff for the first time in September.
Belfast Live
* New Muslim burial site allocated in Lancashire <[link removed]>
Extra space has been allocated within a cemetery in Burnley to accommodate Muslim burials for the foreseeable future.
Lancashire Telegraph
* Catholic priest survivors’ group says it’s cowardly that convicted cardinal hasn’t been defrocked <[link removed]>
An Australian appeals court has upheld the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, who was found guilty earlier this year of molesting two 13-year-old choir boys in the 1990s. And yet Pell still retains his title in the Catholic Church.
Time
* Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats lack knowledge or are disloyal <[link removed]>
US president Donald Trump has criticised Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats, saying "it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty", sparking criticism.
CNN
* Trump abortion ‘gag rule’ leaves poor patients ‘with nowhere to go’ in US <[link removed]>
Subsidised family planning is at risk in the US after the group Planned Parenthood withdrew from a programme which distributes grants to clinics. The withdrawal came after a new Trump administration rule banned clinics from referring patients for abortions.
The Guardian
* The Jehovah’s Witnesses want the US Supreme Court to help them cover up sex abuse <[link removed]>
The organisation that oversees the Jehovah's Witnesses is currently embroiled in a major legal battle in the US that involves child molestation, religious secrecy, and (possibly) the Supreme Court.
The Friendly Atheist (Patheos)
** Latest from the NSS
* ‘Islamophobia’ definition curtails free speech, campaigners warn <[link removed]>
The widespread adoption of a proposed definition of 'Islamophobia' risks curtailing free speech, a collection of essays has warned.
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