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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 7 September

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

* Sudan ends 30 years of Islamic law by separating religion and state <[link removed]>

Sudan's transitional government agreed to separate religion from the state, ending 30 years of Islamic rule in the North African nation.

Bloomberg

* Danish lawmakers to mull circumcision ban <[link removed]>

The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcisions.

The Times of Israel

* 'Islamophobia' definition adopted by Three Rivers District Council <[link removed]>

Three Rivers District Council has agreed a recommendation to pass the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) definition of Islamophobia.

Watford Observer

* Talking can ‘cure’ would-be terrorists, says Muslim author <[link removed]>

A researcher who convinced Islamic State sympathisers to reject extremism has suggested the "cure" for radicalisation is scrapping the taboo of engaging with jihadists.

The Telegraph

* Woman's fears as Jehovah's Witness brother who raped her released early from jail <[link removed]>

Louise Palmer was raped and repeatedly indecently assaulted as a young child by Richard Davenport. But she claimed when she later told her devoutly religious parents and church elders, she was told not to alert police - to avoid bringing shame on the religion.

Birmingham Live

* Pakistani cricket captain says he won’t wear logo of alcohol brand <[link removed]>

Pakistan's white-ball cricket captain Babar Azam has said that he would not display the logo of any alcohol beverage company on his shirt during the ongoing T20 Blast event in England.

Kashmir Reader

* Scotland's Hate Crime Bill garners large consultation - NSS mentioned <[link removed]>

Nearly 2,000 submissions have been made to the Scottish Parliament in the course of a 12-week public consultation on a hate crime bill proposed by the government.

Catholic News Agency

* Manchester Arena Inquiry: Terror attack investigation opens <[link removed]>

The hearing comes more than three years after Salman Abedi set off a bomb as people left a concert on 22 May 2017, killing himself and 22 others.

BBC

* 'Putting children’s rights into law is a special moment' <[link removed]>

The new bill incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law is momentous, says Bruce Adamson.

The Times (£)

* Macron decries ‘Islamic separatism,’ defends blasphemy <[link removed]>

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised Friday what he called "Islamic separatism" in his country and those who seek French citizenship without accepting France's "right to commit blasphemy."

Associated Press

* Thousands of women in Belarus protest against Lukashenko <[link removed]>

For the first time in the demonstrations, supporters of LGBT rights appeared with rainbow flags in the women's march in Minsk, an indication that opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko are becoming bolder.

Yahoo! News

* 'Vatican is shamed by its silence over Chinese atrocities' <[link removed]>

"Until now the low point in the Church's modern history is taken to be its failure to stand up to Hitler. But its appeasement of the Chinese Communist Party is coming close."

The Times (£)

** The latest from the NSS

* NSS welcomes move to enshrine children's rights in Scots law <[link removed]>

The NSS has welcomed plans from the Scottish government to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into law.

* Poland’s agreement with Vatican helps protect abusers, NSS tells UN <[link removed]>

The NSS has raised concerns with the UN that a treaty between Poland and the Vatican undermines efforts to tackle child abuse.

* The world has abandoned freethinkers of Muslim heritage <[link removed]>

The first Apostasy Day has highlighted the human rights abuses facing many who leave Islam. To stand up for them we must ensure the religion isn't given special protection, says Kunwar Khuldune Shahid.

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