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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 3 July
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** Secularism in the media
* Lawyer who defended Pakistani Christian in 'blasphemy' case up for human rights award - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
Saif ul Malook, the lawyer who represented a Christian woman in a high-profile blasphemy case, has been nominated by the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) for the American Bar Association Human Rights Award. He was also awarded Secularist of the Year by the NSS in 2019.
The Express Tribune
* Schools told to avoid "large gatherings" such as collective worship <[link removed]>
Schools are to avoid large gatherings including collective worship with more than one group when children return for the autumn term, the government has said.
TES
* Large Chasidic Jewish wedding in Elstree broken up by police <[link removed]>
Videos of the event showed a large gathering of strictly-Orthodox Jews disobeying social distancing guidelines.
The JC
* Council asked to help secure future of struggling faith school <[link removed]>
Durham County Council has worked closely with St Bede's RC Comprehensive on its financial difficulties due to the "risks of provision of suitable faith school places in the area".
East Durham News & Business
* 'Humanist marriages go to court' <[link removed]>
Russell Sandberg looks at the forthcoming litigation over the non-recognition of "belief" wedding ceremonies.
Law & Religion UK
* US seizes items thought to be made from hair of Muslims in Chinese labor camps <[link removed]>
US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims in labour camps in China's western Xinjiang province.
The Guardian
* 'Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution' <[link removed]>
Sudan's transitional authorities are expected to outlaw FGM and set punishments of up to three years in prison and fines for those who carry out the procedure.
Yahoo! News
* Furious Christians petition to stop ‘lesbian Jesus’ film <[link removed]>
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a ban on an upcoming film featuring Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson as a female Jesus Christ.
Q News
* Turkey defends anti-gay tweet by head of Turkish Red Crescent <[link removed]>
Turkey defended an anti-gay tweet by the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, describing him as a victim of "LGBT propaganda" after his comments were condemned by an international body.
Reuters
* LGB emerging adults more likely to disaffiliate from organized religion than their heterosexual peers
In a new study, sociologists found that emerging adults with same-sex attraction are twice as likely to disaffiliate from organised religion than their heterosexual peers.
News Medical
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* Minister to correct record on hate crime bill after NSS intervention <[link removed]>
Scotland's justice secretary will offer to correct the parliamentary record after he misrepresented part of a bill on hate crime.
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