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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 23 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
* Polish parliament votes to ban non-stun kosher and halal meat for export <[link removed]>
Parliament's lower house voted in favour of the Law on Animal Protection, which would ban slaughter without pre-stunning. There is an exception for meat produced for the needs of religious minorities within Poland.
Jewish News
* Head denies suspending Christian assistant over beliefs <[link removed]>
A head teacher has denied suspending a Christian school assistant, who posted her concerns about teaching LGBT relationships to young children, over her beliefs.
BBC
* Firms behind Zakir Naik’s Peace TV file for liquidation avoiding hate speech fines <[link removed]>
Ofcom had found that four programmes on Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu breached broadcasting rules on incitement to commit crime, hate speech, abuse and offence after it aired diatribes that described people "worse than animals" and advocated the execution of magicians.
TheNational.ae
* Former Labour MP sounds free speech warning over Online Harms Bill <[link removed]>
Ruth Smeeth, who received death threats via social media, warns we risk turning Facebook into 'dancing cats' forum.
The JC
* France: MPs exit inquiry in protest at student wearing Islamic veil in French parliament building <[link removed]>
An MP from President Macron's centrist LREM party led a walkout after a student union leader appeared for a parliamentary inquiry hearing wearing a hijab.
RFI
* 'Inside Poland’s "LGBT-free zones"' <[link removed]>
Politicians' hostility to gay rights has become a flashpoint, pitting the religious right against more liberal-minded Poles.
BBC
* 'How the religious right has transformed the Supreme Court' <[link removed]>
The religious right has made no secret of its expectation that President Trump will choose a socially conservative successor to the seat held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And the president will likely deliver, further confirming the power of the religious right, say Lee Epstein and Eric Posner.
The New York Times
* US entity raises age for circumcising boys in Kenya <[link removed]>
An HIV elimination project funded by the US in Kenya that supports male circumcision will now be paying for the circumcision of boys over 15 years only.
The Standard
* Nepal: Former Deputy PM reiterates demand for reinstatement of country’s 'Hindu identity' <[link removed]>
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Kamal Thapa, has reiterated his demand for the government to abdicate the 'secular' tag and restore the country's 'Hindu identity'.
OpIndia
* 'Are Iraqi youths losing their religion?' <[link removed]>
Despite the influence of religion in Iraqi politics, recent studies show that young people in Iraq are increasingly identifying as nonreligious.
Al-Monitor
** In case you missed it...
* Religious belonging in decline in Scotland, official survey finds <[link removed]>
The NSS has called for a rethink of religion's role in Scotland's schools after a survey found most Scots don't belong to a religion.
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Note: Yesterday's media briefing suggested a proposed assisted dying bill had been tabled in Northern Ireland. It was instead tabled in the Republic of Ireland.
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