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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 12 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
* ‘Why should parental consent allow the cutting of children’s genitals?’ – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Andrew Penman says a boy's circumcision would still have been wrong if his parents had consented to it. He quotes a blog from the NSS's Megan Manson on the subject.
Mirror
* Protests over LGBT equality to restart at Birmingham school ahead of exclusion zone court case <[link removed]>
The organisers of anti-LGBT equality protests outside Anderton Park School in Birmingham say they will restart on Friday "to protect children".
Birmingham Live
* NHS to open specialist FGM support clinics across England <[link removed]>
The NHS is opening female genital mutilation support clinics across England that will allow survivors to access expert care and treatment earlier.
The Guardian
* Jimmy Savile 'was allowed to roam freely' in dormitories at Scottish Catholic school <[link removed]>
Jimmy Savile was allowed to "roam freely" in the boys' dormitories of a Catholic school in the Highlands, an inquiry heard yesterday.
Daily Record
* ‘Why is IPSO issuing guidance on Islam?’ <[link removed]>
Tom Wilson of the think tank Policy Exchange says the press regulator shouldn't be telling journalists how to write about Muslims.
Spiked Online
* Sikh campaigners granted judicial review over ethnicity on census
British Sikh campaigners have been granted permission for a judicial review over whether it is unlawful not to include 'Sikh' as an ethnicity on the census.
The Times of India
* Dutch doctor acquitted in landmark euthanasia case <[link removed]>
A doctor who slipped a sedative in her patient's coffee before administering a lethal drug to her has been acquitted of breaking Dutch euthanasia laws in a landmark case.
The Guardian
* Moroccan woman jailed on suspicion of procuring abortion <[link removed]>
A Moroccan journalist has been jailed for allegedly procuring an abortion and for fornication. The country's penal code bars abortion except in cases when the mother's life is endangered. Sunni Islam is the established religion of Morocco.
Catholic News Agency
* Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under fire over award for Narendra Modi <[link removed]>
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is facing a barrage of criticism after it announced that it would honour India's Hindu nationalist prime minister with an award later this month.
The Guardian
* ‘For US Republicans, a baby born at 23 weeks is a political prop’ <[link removed]>
Meredith Shiner says a bill in the US House of Representatives would compound the misery of women who give birth prematurely.
The Daily Beast
** Latest from the NSS
* ‘No Outsiders’ teacher’s message of equality welcomed at Bradlaugh Lecture <[link removed]>
The creator of an LGBT-inclusive school programme that sparked religiously-motivated protests emphasised the importance of teaching children about equality at a major National Secular Society lecture.
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