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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 23 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
* Regulator warns Islamic charity that praised designated terrorist <[link removed]>
The Charity Commission has issued an official warning to an Islamic charity after it praised a deceased Iranian military leader who had been subject to anti-terror sanctions.
Third Sector
* Catholic school condemned by parents after pupils told to plan their own funeral as homework <[link removed]>
A Catholic school in Leicester has drawn criticism from parents after it emerged that a class of 13-year-old children were told to plan their own funeral as homework.
Irish Post
* SACRE accuses council of failing to meet its legal duties on religious education <[link removed]>
Four secondary schools did not offer the chance to take religious studies at GCSE level.
Bristol Live
* Calls to increase number of Muslim MSPs at next year's Holyrood election <[link removed]>
Scotland's political parties have been called on to select more Muslim candidates in winnable seats for Holyrood.
Daily Record
* Campaigners say pandemic ‘has exposed everything that is wrong in our relationship with dying’ <[link removed]>
Campaigners are calling for a frank review of assisted dying laws as the country emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Express & Star
* 'We left Libya in ruins. Now, it's a crucible of terror that has come back to haunt us' <[link removed]>
"Today our own nation is reeling from yet another savage consequence of our own 'blowback', after three people were randomly and fatally stabbed and three others wounded, as they sat enjoying a warm evening in a local park."
Mail Online
* French court strikes down most of online hate speech law <[link removed]>
The court ruled that the new law disproportionately infringed on freedom of speech.
The New York Times
* Supreme Court set to make first major ruling on abortion of Trump era <[link removed]>
The court is set to vote on a constitutional challenge to a highly controversial Louisiana law allowing the regulation of abortion providers to come into effect, which could set a new precedent for the protection of abortion rights in the US.
The Independent
* 'Devil in the detail of SCOTUS ruling on workplace bias puts LGBTQ rights and religious freedom on collision course'
'Buried towards the end of a 33-page majority opinion written by conservative stalwart Justice Neil Gorsuch is a sober warning that those celebrating the decision might have initially missed.'
The Conversation
* 'Circumcision in Albania today- should it be immune from the law?' <[link removed]>
"Albanian society should ensure the welfare and protection of our children. We must prevent everything done to them that we, or more importantly they, will regret in the future."
Exit News
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* 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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