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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 2 September
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** Secularism in the media
* Charlie Hebdo: Magazine republishes Mohammed cartoons <[link removed]>
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has republished cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed that made them the target of a deadly terror attack in 2015.
BBC
* Same-sex religious weddings allowed in Northern Ireland <[link removed]>
LGBTQ+ couples can now tie the knot in religious ceremonies across Northern Ireland.
Belfast Live
* MLA says "LGBT militants" will force clergymen on same-sex marriage <[link removed]>
A DUP MLA and prominent opponent of same-sex marriage has said that "LGBT militants" could try and force clergy to carry out or facilitate same-sex marriages.
News Letter
* Charitable trust accuses CofE of withholding information over sale of school <[link removed]>
The Church of England has been accused of withholding vital information which could have paved the way for affordable homes being built in a rural community.
The Northern Echo
* Falun Gong practitioner loses appeal against immigration decision <[link removed]>
A Chinese citizen who claimed to be at risk of persecution in China because of his practise of the banned Falun Gong religion has lost his appeal against a decision by the Home Secretary to treat his further submissions as a fresh claim.
Scottish Legal News
* Author Val McDermid on why she is worried about Scottish Government’s new hate crime plan <[link removed]>
One of Scotland's best-selling crime authors fears the Scottish Government's proposed hate crime legislation could see her books in the dock.
The Sunday Post
* Polish bishops call for opening of 'conversion therapy' camps for LGBT+ people <[link removed]>
Bishops in Poland are calling for the opening of conversion therapy "clinics" to make LGBT+ people "regain their natural sexual orientation".
Pink News
* Vatican ‘urged Pope Pius XII not to protest Nazi deportation of Jews’ <[link removed]>
The Vatican both fought efforts to reunite two Holocaust orphans with their relatives and urged Pope Pius XII not to protest the Nazi deportation of Italian Jews, Brown University historian David I. Kertzer has found.
Jewish News
* Australia: Imam urges Muslims not to take coronavirus vaccine <[link removed]>
A controversial Imam has spoken out urging Muslims not to take a potential coronavirus vaccine, claiming it is forbidden.
Mail Online
* Kenya: Female genital cutting keeping girls out of school, officials warn <[link removed]>
Hundreds of women and girls in North Rift continue to be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) despite the practice being outlawed. This has in turn negatively affected education of girls in the region, with reports indicating that less than 50 per cent of cut girls continue with the learning; the rest are married off after being subjected to FGM.
The Standard
* Pakistan tells YouTube to block 'objectionable' content <[link removed]>
There are already fears about creeping censorship and muzzling of the press and activists in Pakistan, with existing or proposed restrictions limiting free speech, usually in the name of Islam or national security.
Channel News Asia
* 'Religious freedom is not a license to ignore civil-rights laws' <[link removed]>
The Supreme Court will hear a case this term on whether a Catholic foster-care agency can get a city contract and exclude gay couples.
Los Angeles Times
** The latest from the NSS
* Thousands sent to faith schools against their families’ preferences <[link removed]>
More than 130,000 children have been sent to faith schools in England against their parents' preferences since 2014, the NSS has found.
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