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Your daily media briefing - Monday 9 September

  

In the Media, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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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