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Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 19 August

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

'We must be sure of the terms if we are to police the language' - NSS mentioned

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'

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

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'

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’

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'

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

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

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'

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'

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

Witnesses at a public inquiry have called for the mandatory reporting of child abuse allegations during hearings on religious settings.

  

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