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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 27 October
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
* Faith school ordered to revise admission criteria which ‘discriminates against siblings’ <[link removed]>
A Brondesbury Park faith school has been told by education chiefs to revise its admission requirements which "discriminates" against large families.
Brent & Kilburn Times
* Police called to church in Wales going ahead with service despite ban <[link removed]>
Police were called to a church holding a religious service on Sunday evening despite them being not permitted in Wales under coronavirus restrictions.
Wales Online
* Police are called to Luton mosque after row erupts involving up to 300 worshippers <[link removed]>
A huge row involving up to 300 worshippers at a Luton mosque had to be broken up by police.
Mail Online
* Hancock added to anti-Muslim hate with distancing claims, says government adviser <[link removed]>
Qari Asim, the deputy chair of a government taskforce on anti-Muslim hatred, said the health secretary's claim on Twitter added to "hateful narratives" and "gave the impression that Muslim communities were not social distancing and were ignoring the government guidelines".
The Guardian
* London School of Jewish Studies ‘disappointed’ by cuts to teacher training funds <[link removed]>
LSJS says it is "very disappointed" by cuts removing bursaries to train religious studies teachers under school direct employment, which provides a salary while training.
Jewish News
* Luton man in court over Islamic State social media posts <[link removed]>
Ibrahim Anderson has been charged with 10 counts of disseminating terrorist publications.
BBC
* Pakistan's PM takes aim at Macron; asks Facebook to ban 'Islamophobic' content <[link removed]>
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Facebook FB.O to ban Islamophobic content on its platform, warning of a spike in radicalisation amongst Muslims, hours after he hit out at the French president for "attacking Islam".
Reuters
* Turkey calls for France boycott as Islamic world backlash grows <[link removed]>
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday joined calls for a boycott of French goods, ramping up a standoff between France and Muslim countries over Islam and freedom of speech.
International Business Times
* Muslims 'not persecuted' in France, says country's Muslim council <[link removed]>
Muslims are "not persecuted" in France, the French Council of the Muslim Faith said Monday.
France 24
* Europe's Jewish population has dropped 60% in last 50 years <[link removed]>
Europe has lost almost 60% of its Jewish population over the past 50 years, mainly as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union after which many Jews left eastern Europe as borders opened, a study shows.
The Guardian
** In case you missed it...
* Brutally murdered for doing his job <[link removed]>
The beheading of Samuel Paty, a teacher in France targeted for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons to his students, was an appalling attack on critical enquiry.
** Online Bradlaugh Lecture 2020
* Geoffrey Robertson to argue for disestablishment in NSS lecture <[link removed]>
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson will make the case for disestablishing the C of E in the NSS's 2020 Bradlaugh Lecture.
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