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** Secularism in the media
* Ofsted: Strictly-Orthodox Jewish community want ‘group opt-out from the law’ <[link removed]>
The head of the national schools inspectorate has told Britain's strictly Orthodox Jewish community that there is nothing more she can do to be flexible, in an interview about sex and relationship education.
Jewish News
* Catholics waiting much longer than Protestants to be housed across NI <[link removed]>
Catholics wait nearly twice as long to be housed than their Protestant counterparts in Northern Ireland, according to official statistics.
Belfast Telegraph
* Manchester Arena Inquiry: Senior police officer was on 'unacceptable' two-hour break <[link removed]>
The most senior police officer on duty before the Manchester Arena attack had taken an "unacceptable" two-hour break before the bombing, the inquiry heard.
BBC
* Man 'shared ISIS propaganda videos of beheadings' before he was arrested on terror offences, court hears <[link removed]>
A German man who came to the UK in search of work was found sharing ISIS propaganda videos of horrific beheadings, a court heard.
Mail Online
* France: Police raid homes of suspected Islamic radicals <[link removed]>
French police have raided the homes of dozens of suspected Islamic radicals following the beheading of a teacher who showed cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his pupils.
BBC
* Beheaded French teacher was target of angry social media campaign <[link removed]>
Prosecutors said they detained two men, one the father of a pupil at the school and another on the radar of intelligence services, who they said had used social media to turn a dispute over the civics class into a campaign against the teacher.
Reuters
* 'Is France’s secularism worth dying for?' <[link removed]>
Samuel Paty, slaughtered for a lesson in tolerance, has become a martyr for the Republic, says John Lichfield
Unherd
* Man denied German citizenship for refusing to shake woman's hand at naturalisation ceremony <[link removed]>
The 40-year-old doctor, who left Lebanon for Germany in 2002, said he had promised his wife he would not shake another woman's hand, and that he was prevented from doing so for religious reasons.
The Independent
* Australia: Churches knew of allegations against notorious paedophile priests, royal commission says <[link removed]>
The Anglican and Catholic churches knew about allegations against notorious paedophile priests years before they were convicted and jailed for child sexual abuse, missing crucial opportunities to stop them from abusing other children.
The Guardian
* Self-censorship a growing threat to publishing freedom, warns publishers association <[link removed]>
Self-censorship on issues such as religion and sexuality is a growing threat to the freedom to publish, the International Publishers Association has said.
The Bookseller
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Fewer than 2% of people in England regularly worshipped at CoE churches in 2019, even though many children attended services for schools.
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