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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 23 July
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
* Islamic State remains 'most significant' threat to UK <[link removed]>
The Islamic State group remains the "most significant" threat to the UK, the defence secretary has warned.
BBC
* Labour to pay 'substantial damages' to antisemitism whistleblowers <[link removed]>
Labour has apologised to a group of antisemitism whistleblowers, after accepting press statements made against them last year were "defamatory and false".
Sky News
* Piccadilly mosque plans that received racist comments withdrawn <[link removed]>
Plans to convert part of the Trocadero building at London's Piccadilly Circus into a mosque which received thousands of racist comments have been withdrawn.
BBC
* Ireland: System of oaths and affirmations to be abolished <[link removed]>
Witnesses will no longer be required to swear before God or make an affirmation when filing affidavits under proposals agreed by Cabinet on Tuesday.
The Irish Times
* German state bans burqas and niqabs in schools <[link removed]>
The government of the western German state of Baden-Württemberg agreed on Tuesday to ban full-face coverings, often known as burqa or niqab, in schools.
DW
* Israeli parliament bans LGBTQ 'conversion therapy' in preliminary vote <[link removed]>
Israeli lawmakers gave on Wednesday their preliminary approval to ban so-called conversion therapy, which aims to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ people, but is widely discredited by experts as ineffectual and harmful.
Haaretz
* US: House OKs repeal of Trump travel ban decried as anti-Muslim <[link removed]>
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to repeal the Trump administration's travel ban and further restrict the president's power to limit entry to the U.S., a symbolic victory for Muslim American and civil rights groups.
Mail Online / Associated Press
* 'Virtually entire' fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups
Many of the world's biggest fashion brands and retailers are complicit in the forced labour and human rights violations being perpetrated on millions of Uighur people in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China, says a coalition of more than 180 human rights groups.
The Guardian
* China ordering Christians to destroy crosses on their churches, reports say <[link removed]>
Chinese officials have reportedly ordered some Christians to smash the crosses on their churches and remove images of Jesus from their homes.
Mail Online
* 'Turkey and India both face an end to secularism' <[link removed]>
"With Hagia Sophia and Ayodhya, Erdogan and Modi have turned to religious nationalism to shore up their political prospects".
Asia Times
** The latest from the NSS
* Parliament set to debate China’s persecution of Uighur Muslims <[link removed]>
Parliament is expected to debate China's persecution of Uighur Muslims after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding action.
** NSS speaks out
* NSS chief executive Stephen Evans on the Free to Disagree podcast <[link removed]>
In the first episode of the Free Speech Podcast, Stephen outlines his concerns about the Hate Crime Bill and says why he supports the Free to Disagree campaign.
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* Religion, Values & Ethics, Curriculum for Wales proposals <[link removed]>
Welsh government plans would see Religion, Values and Ethics taught in a more pluralistic way. But they fall short of ensuring every pupil gets genuinely balanced and critical RVE. Find out more and help improve the proposals.
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