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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 29 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
* Humanist ceremonies limited to ‘rule of six’ despite 15 guests allowed for civil and religious weddings <[link removed]>
The 'rule of six', rather than the 30-person limit for legally-binding weddings, is being applied to humanist ceremonies.
iNews
* Belfast hotel apologises to minister for forcing him to halt religious talk <[link removed]>
A minister who launched legal action against a Belfast hotel after claiming he was told by staff to stop a religious event promoting marriage has been refunded the cost of his booking, campaigners have said.
Belfast Telegraph
* Historical institutional abuse: NI institutions urged to help with compensation <[link removed]>
It is a "moral imperative" that some NI institutions and religious orders contribute to compensation for historical abuse victims, First Minister Arlene Foster has said.
BBC
* 'New "online harm" legislation is a threat to free speech' <[link removed]>
There is a problem online and it is causing real harm, but banning language rather than engaging in education sounds like a political fix rather than an actual solution, says Index on Censorship's Ruth Smeeth.
The Independent
* Charlie Hebdo: Stabbings suspect 'was trying to target magazine' <[link removed]>
A man suspected of injuring two people with a meat cleaver in Paris has admitted to deliberately targeting the former offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, French media report.
BBC
* 'Let’s unite to defend freedom' <[link removed]>
An open letter in Charlie Hebdo says "the enemies of freedom must understand that we stand together as their resolute adversaries, whatever our differences of opinion or belief."
Charlie Hebdo
* Trinity College Dublin society rescinds invitation to Richard Dawkins <[link removed]>
The College Historical Society (the Hist) has rescinded its invitation to Richard Dawkins to address the society next year.
University Times
* UN experts urge Nigeria to lift singer's death sentence for 'blasphemy'
UN rights experts asked Nigeria on Monday to release a 22-year-old singer who was condemned to death over an allegedly blasphemous song, and said the sentence broke international law.
Reuters
* Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy's blasphemy jail term
The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy.
Reuters
* 'Equality of believers and non-believers in northern Nigeria' <[link removed]>
If the controversy over blasphemy allegations has revealed anything, it is the entrenched unequal relationship between believers and non-believers in the region, says Leo Igwe.
Sahara Reporters
** The latest from the NSS
* Religious fundamentalists can’t be trusted with child protection <[link removed]>
The extraordinary antics of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse demonstrate why independent oversight of religious organisations is necessary to protect children from abuse, says Richard Scorer
** Bonus podcast
* Bonus Ep 4: Stephen Evans - religious oaths <[link removed]>
Why make a spectacle out of religion in the courtroom? In this bonus episode Stephen Evans, CEO of the NSS, makes the case for replacing religious oaths and affirmations should be replaced by a universal secular declaration of the solemn duty to tell the truth.
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