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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 9 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
* Islamophobia definition shuts down criticism of radical Islam, imam says <[link removed]>
A female imam has claimed that "reasonable" criticism of Islam would be banned under MPs' proposals for a new definition of Islamophobia.
The Telegraph
* DUP leader joins anti-abortion protest at Stormont <[link removed]>
DUP leader Arlene Foster was among thousands of people who took part in a silent protest outside the North's Parliament Buildings at Stormont to show their opposition to the planned legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland.
The Irish Times
* Hundreds of clergy facing hardship despite vast C of E wealth <[link removed]>
Hundreds of clergy are in financial hardship, with some resorting to credit cards or even a high-interest payday lender, despite the Church of England sitting on a multibillion-pound investment fund.
The Guardian
* Jewish school drops wig rule after complaint to admissions watchdog <[link removed]>
A state-aided Charedi girls' high school whose entry requirements were the subject of a complaint to the admissions regulator is dropping a reference to mothers wearing sheitels (wigs).
The JC
* Chief Rabbi publishes LGBT guide for orthodox schools <[link removed]>
The UK's Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, has published a guide for orthodox Jewish schools on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils.
BBC
* 24-hours a day Norwich mosque set to be refused <[link removed]>
A proposal to open a city centre mosque for early morning prayers has been recommended for refusal. Findings by the council's planning committee said it was not "appropriate" for the centre to open 24-hour a day, for five daily prayers, as it is "located in a residential area."
BBC
* Worcester Muslim Cemetery applies for planning permission 14 years after opening
A Muslim cemetery has finally asked for planning permission 14 years after opening before asking for a major 785-plot extension.
Kidderminster Shuttle
* Man with 'violent' plans to kill Muslims has been jailed <[link removed]>
A man who built a homemade taser and planned to attack and kill Muslims has been jailed.
Blackpool Gazette
* Woman who circumcised baby against parents’ wishes avoids jail - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
"In 2017, Martina Obi-Uzom and her husband took their 11-month-old son to be circumcised. Except she wasn't his mother; she was his babysitter. His 70-year-old babysitter."
Patheos
* Bosnians march in first Gay Pride under tight police protection <[link removed]>
Several thousand people marched in Bosnia's first Gay Pride on Sunday, protected by a major security operation including anti-sniper units after some conservative Muslim groups organized counter-rallies.
Reuters
** In case you missed it...
* NSS: free speech must be protected in hate crime review <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged the Law Commission to protect free speech on religion as it reviews hate crime laws in England and Wales.
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