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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 14 July
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** Secularism in the media
* Tim Farron accepts £75,000 from evangelical group despite director’s 'gay conversion' tweet <[link removed]>
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has accepted donations worth nearly £75,000 from an organisation whose director tweeted an article protesting against plans to outlaw gay conversion therapy.
The Independent
* Islamist extremists use BBC theme to trick Facebook into showing beheading clips <[link removed]>
Extremists are using a BBC theme tune to avoid security measures on social media and post clips of beheadings and suicide bombings.
The Times (£)
* MP backs calls to allow assisted dying <[link removed]>
Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, had previously spoken against a change in the law due to his Catholic faith.
Shropshire Star
* New book denounces racism afflicting the Church of England <[link removed]>
Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England has been described as 'storytelling that speaks truth to power'.
The Voice
* Preacher with 'abortion is murder' signs says he's being denied free speech <[link removed]>
Pastor Dia Moodley - who stands in Broadmead every Saturday with signs saying "abortion is murder", "evolution is a lie", "all lives matter" and "God created them male and female" - says he is being denied free speech and he has lost confidence in the police.
Bristol Post
* Calls to fast track legal protection for LGBTQ+ rights and 'religious beliefs' in Guernsey <[link removed]>
The Dean of Guernsey and charity Liberate are calling on deputies to pass laws to 'protect religious beliefs and sexual orientation against discrimination'.
ITV
* Brazil's Bolsonaro appoints evangelical pastor as new education minister <[link removed]>
Ribeiro has degrees in education, constitutional law and theology, according to information posted on a government website. He is also a pastor at an evangelical church in Sao Paulo state.
Reuters
* India: Father gets ‘secular’ school leaving certificate for daughter <[link removed]>
An autorickshaw driver in Ahmedabad set a strong example of secularism as his daughter received a 'secular' school-leaving certificate, one that makes no mention religion or caste.
India.com
* Russian LGBT activist fined for 'gay propaganda' family drawings <[link removed]>
A Russian LGBT activist said she was fined 75,000 roubles on Friday on charges of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors by publishing drawings of same-sex couples with children online.
Reuters
* South African church attack: Five dead after 'hostage situation' <[link removed]>
Five people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership.
BBC
** In case you missed it: from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* How faith schools are spreading without scrutiny or consultation <[link removed]>
A lack of transparency in faith academy proposals is seriously undermining inclusive education, argues Alastair Lichten
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