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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 5 September
In the Media <[link removed]>, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.
** Secularism in the media
* ‘Revealed: the press regulator’s leaked guidelines on Islamophobia’ <[link removed]>
Will Heaven says the free press is facing a new threat from Ipso.
The Spectator
* ‘The press regulator must not turn into a religious thought police’ <[link removed]>
Trevor Phillips says Ipso's new Islamophobia guidelines will hurt, not help, Muslims.
The Spectator
* Scientists want creationism teaching ban in Welsh schools <[link removed]>
The teaching of creationism could "creep in" to schools under Wales' new curriculum, scientists have said.
BBC
* Majority of British people back teaching about LGBT families in primary school <[link removed]>
Sixty per cent of the British public support primary schools teaching about LGBT families, according to a new poll from Stonewall.
iNews
* Pharmacist is spared jail after posing as mother of 11-month-old boy so he could be circumcised without parents' consent <[link removed]>
A pharmacist who posed as the mother of an 11-month-old boy so he could be circumcised without his parents' consent has been spared jail.
Mail Online
* MP applauded for challenging PM over burka 'bank robbers' comment <[link removed]>
A Labour MP has received an unusual round of applause after calling for Boris Johnson to apologise for suggesting Muslim women who wear the veil look like "bank robbers" and "letterboxes".
Sky News
* Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron regrets not sharing his Christian faith more <[link removed]>
Tim Farron spoke about his career in politics and his Christian faith at the launch of his book, A Better Ambition, in Westminster on Tuesday night.
Christian Today
* Be vigilant over anti-RSE campaigners’ tactics, warns campaign group <[link removed]>
The Accord Coalition is urging the government to be vigilant regarding campaigners against inclusive education on relationships and sex.
Education Executive
* Gay fathers receive less parental leave than other couples: study <[link removed]>
Gay men around the world receive less paid parental leave than lesbian or heterosexual couples, researchers said on Thursday.
Reuters
** Latest from the NSS
* Beware moving election dates for religious reasons <[link removed]>
The proposed date for a general election has moved to accommodate a Jewish festival. Chris Sloggett asks whether the government has weighed up all competing considerations before reaching this decision.
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