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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 30 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
* Equality law gaps ‘leading to unnecessary religious discrimination’ - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Gaps in equality law are leading to "undesirable and unnecessary religious discrimination" in schools and the workplace and fuelling segregation, a new report from the National Secular Society has found.
Evening Express
* Concerns for safety of pupils at Islamic school after 'inadequate' rank from Ofsted <[link removed]>
Concerns around the safeguarding of pupils at the independent Al Jamiatul Islamiyah school in Deane were raised by regulator Ofsted in a report published in June 2020.
Manchester Evening News
* Government issues clarification after Humanist ceremonies were excluded from same rules as religious weddings <[link removed]>
Couples having humanist weddings can have up to 15 guests, the Government has confirmed, after confusion over whether the ceremonies would be included under the same rules as religious events.
iNews
* Uighurs could be allowed to seek genocide ruling against China in UK <[link removed]>
Uighurs and other Muslim minorities would be given the right to petition a UK high court judge to declare that genocide is taking place in China, requiring the UK government to curtail trade ties with Beijing, under proposals brought by MPs and peers.
The Guardian
* Manchester Arena bomber's brother found with ISIS propaganda almost two years before attack, inquiry hears <[link removed]>
The Manchester Arena bomber's brother posted extremist images and Islamic State propaganda on social media before the attack, the inquiry into the bombing has heard.
Mail Online
* Man downloaded 'enormous' amount of extremist Islamist material despite receiving warning <[link removed]>
Liam Fenn came onto the radar of the Prevent scheme after they became aware of his 'fascination' with Islamic extremism.
Manchester Evening News
* Almost half of Conservative Party members believe Islam is 'a threat' to the British way of life, poll finds <[link removed]>
The survey of rank-and-file activists showed 47 per cent thought the religion was incompatible with British values.
Mail Online
* Former pastor abused children and adults at Christian camps over almost 30 years
Benjamin Thomas committed many of the assaults at Christian camps and conferences dating back to 1990, Mold Crown Court was told on Tuesday.
Shropshire Star
* 'Democrats aren't anti-Catholic bigots for questioning Amy Coney Barrett' <[link removed]>
The Republican party has cannily repackaged valid scrutiny as religious bigotry. But liberals are right to ask hard questions of Trump's pick, says Jill Filipovic.
The Guardian
* Mexican women demanding legalization of abortion clash with police <[link removed]>
Women charged police lines and threw Molotov cocktails at officers in Mexico City on Monday during protests demanding the legalization of abortion in the majority Roman Catholic country.
Reuters
** The latest from the NSS
* Equality law ‘failing to protect people from faith-based discrimination’, says report <[link removed]>
Equality law is failing to protect the non-religious and members of religious minorities from discrimination, a new report has warned.
** 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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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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