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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 19 August
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** Secularism in the media
* 'We must be sure of the terms if we are to police the language' - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
Andrew Mckie says Scotland's "carelessly worded" hate crime bill should prompt serious discussion about the degree to which we can and should "modernise".
Herald Scotland
* 'Educational inequality begins with schools admissions, not A-level results' <[link removed]>
A powerful motor of social class segregation is the extraordinary dominance of faith schools, says NSS honorary associate Polly Toynbee.
The Guardian
* United Synagogue backs independent regulator to monitor safeguarding against sex abuse <[link removed]>
Jewish groups call for more oversight of religious organisations at Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
The JC
* 'This is the horrific, traumatising reality of Muslim conversion therapy' <[link removed]>
As the government considers a ban on conversion therapy, Fiyaz Mughal, founder of Faith Matters and Muslims Against Antisemitism, urges the prime minister to consider the harm of Muslim therapies in any measures.
Pink News
* Trump admits moving US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was ‘for the evangelicals’ <[link removed]>
Donald Trump admitted his decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was made largely for Evangelical Christians, a community staunchly supportive of his presidency.
The Independent
* 'With Biden, advocates sense momentum for lifting abortion funding ban' <[link removed]>
Abortion rights advocates are pinning their hopes on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to help end a longstanding ban on the use of federal funds for abortion — a policy he supported for more than 40 years.
The Hill
* Polish 'LGBT-free' town gets state financing after EU funds cut <[link removed]>
A Polish town that lost European Union funding after it set up a zone free of "LGBT ideology" will receive government financial support, Poland's justice minister said on Tuesday.
Reuters
* Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close <[link removed]>
At least seven buildings belonging to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) have been seized in the capital, Luanda.
BBC
* Nigeria: Sharia court sentences 13 year old boy to 10 years in prison for 'blasphemy' <[link removed]>
An Upper Sharia Court in Kano state has sentenced a 13-year-old boy, Umar Farouq to 10 years in prison labour for blasphemy.
Legit
* 'The grave legacy of Mali’s cruel Islamist law' <[link removed]>
As the head of Timbuktu's religious police goes on trial for war crimes, Kim Sengupta retraces his own steps in the west African nation, where a new Islamist resurgence is beginning to take hold.
The Independent
** The latest from the NSS
* Religious groups’ safeguarding failures exposed at abuse inquiry <[link removed]>
Witnesses at a public inquiry have called for the mandatory reporting of child abuse allegations during hearings on religious settings.
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