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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 5 August
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
* Jesus Army abuse 'covered-up by church leaders', report claims <[link removed]>
Abuse of women and children was covered-up by senior members of a disgraced religious sect, according to a leaked report.
BBC
* Integration could reduce tensions between Muslim and Jewish communities, study shows <[link removed]>
Nearly half of British Muslims harbour antisemitic sentiments towards Jewish people, a poll has found, but the numbers plummet if there is integration between the two communities.
The Telegraph
* Man admits possessing terrorist documents and Islamic State propaganda <[link removed]>
A Wigan man has admitted possessing terrorist documents including instructional videos on 'how to construct a suicide vest'.
Manchester Evening News
* Mosque refused planning permission amid complaints from church over the road <[link removed]>
A community centre in Liverpool has been refused permission to operate as a mosque amid complaints from the church across the road.
Liverpool Echo
* After lawyers, Pakistan elite police squad poses for selfie with killer of blasphemy accused <[link removed]>
An image of the Peshawar elite police squad posing for a group selfie with Faisal alias Khalid, who last week killed American citizen Tahir Ahmad Naseem inside a courtroom, has been doing the rounds of social media.
The Print
* Islamic State claims deadly attack on Afghanistan prison <[link removed]>
At least 29 people have been killed in an attack on a prison in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad which saw more than 1,000 inmates try to flee.
BBC
* India's Modi to launch construction of Hindu temple on site of razed mosque <[link removed]>
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a plaque on Wednesday to kick off the construction of a Hindu temple in the northern city of Ayodhya on a spot where a mosque was demolished nearly three decades ago to spark deadly riots nationwide.
Reuters
* Donald Trump says Democrats can't win Texas claiming the party is 'against religion, oil and guns' <[link removed]>
Donald Trump has claimed his Democratic opponents won't win the state of Texas because, among other things, they are "against God". Polls suggest Trump and Joe Biden are running each other close in Texas.
DailyMail.com
* Liberals and Islamic fundamentalists battle over Sudan's future as reforms begin after bloody revolution <[link removed]>
Last month the government outlawed FGM, said that children could no longer be executed and repealed the death penalty for apostasy.
The Telegraph
** In case you missed it: from the NSS
* Marriage law in England & Wales is discriminatory, High Court rules <[link removed]>
The High Court has ruled that marriage law in England and Wales gives rise to discrimination on religion and belief grounds.
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