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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 29 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
* Secularist groups hit back at call by Catholic schools for scrapping of RE reform <[link removed]>
A row has broken out between Catholic schools and secularist groups in Wales about the future of Religious Education.
iNews
* Catholic schools demand government support as transport costs soar <[link removed]>
The national body representing Catholic schools is lobbying the government for help with school transport, warning that charges could rise by more than £20 a day.
Schools Week
* Catholic Church told to shut down gay conversion therapy groups <[link removed]>
The Catholic Church has been told to act swiftly to shut down groups across Scotland accused of promoting gay conversion therapy after local community, school and university priests were linked to an international anti-LGBT organisation.
The National
* Chasidic Jewish school told it must teach children about LGBT people <[link removed]>
Knowing about sexual orientation is part of being prepared for life in modern Britain, Ofsted says.
The JC
* US: Group sues for 'religious discrimination' over cockfighting ban - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Holy Fight Ministries has launched a religious discrimination lawsuit after its leader was arrested for cockfighting. NSS CEO Stephen Evans is quoted.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
* Islamist peril in Nigeria, report warns <[link removed]>
The rise of Islamic fundamentalism has led to the killing of more than 7000 Christians in Nigeria by religious militants since 2015, according to a new report.
Church Times
* Israel: 3-week-old baby hospitalised with brain infection after circumcision <[link removed]>
Laboratory tests found that the infant likely contracted the Type 1 herpes virus during a circumcision, directly from the mohel, who performed the ceremony using the controversial Orthodox method of blood cleaning known as "Metzitzah B'Peh," or oral suction.
The Jerusalem Post
* China forces birth control on Muslims to suppress population <[link removed]>
While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is far more widespread and systematic than previously known, according to an AP investigation.
Mail Online/Associated Press
* 'How protests over diversity lessons in Birmingham ended in a win for LGBTQ+ people' <[link removed]>
The teacher at the centre of the Parkfield Community School row reveals how the local community healed – and his curriculum became more popular than ever.
Huffington Post
* "I grew up feeling sinful and wrong" - Man reveals turmoil which stopped him coming out to family <[link removed]>
A Lincolnshire man who grew up when schools were prohibited from promoting homosexuality by law, has spoken about how it affected his life and stopped him from coming out for decades.
Lincolnshire Live
** In case you missed it...
* Why can't Ofsted stop state schools preaching that same-sex relationships are wrong? <[link removed]>
As the government considers ways to end 'gay conversion therapy' it should give Ofsted the power to stop faith schools fostering anti-LGBT attitudes in the first place, says Megan Manson.
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