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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 17 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
* ‘Let’s get it right on relationship education’ <[link removed]>
Carl Austin-Behan, LGBT adviser to the mayor of Greater Manchester, says inclusive teaching leads to equality, acceptance and inclusion for all young people.
Manchester Evening News
* End segregation in Scotland’s schools to bridge sectarian divides, says ex-police chief <[link removed]>
A former senior police officer has urged politicians to address the causes of sectarianism by ending religious segregation in Scottish schools.
The Times (£)
* Government warned against potential damage caused by faith school discrimination <[link removed]>
The Accord Coalition is urging the government to ensure that faith schools aren't given free reign to discriminate on religious grounds.
Education Executive
* ‘Israel’s election campaign has been a religious war of words’ <[link removed]>
Israelis are going to the polls in a general election for the second time in five months today. Secular politicians are warning of a theocracy, religious politicians are claiming anti-Orthodox persecution, and both sides say the soul of the country is at stake.
The Times of Israel
* Protest held outside trial of Moroccan journalist accused of illegal abortion <[link removed]>
Demonstrators have staged a protest outside a court in Rabat to coincide with the latest hearing in the trial of a Moroccan journalist accused of undergoing an illegal abortion and having sex before marriage.
The Guardian
* Anger over BJP’s promotion of Hindi as India’s national language <[link removed]>
Hindi should become India's official language, according to a key lieutenant of Narendra Modi, the prime minister.
The Times (£)
* Parents in Ireland finding it ‘impossible’ to opt children out of religion education <[link removed]>
Many parents are finding it "impossible" to opt out their children from religion classes despite their legal right to do so, campaigners say.
The Irish Times
* ‘Children in Ireland who opt out of religion in primary are denied teaching for 129 full school days’ <[link removed]>
Peter Gunning says religious teaching time in Ireland's schools should be addressed.
The Irish Times
* ‘Devout Christians’ can discriminate against LGBT+ couples, Arizona court rules <[link removed]>
The Supreme Court in the US state of Arizona has ruled that a calligraphy business run by two "devout Christians" can legally discriminate against same-sex couples.
Pink News
* Three people arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan <[link removed]>
Pakistani officials have arrested three Muslims for blasphemy after a Hindu temple was ransacked when rumours spread that a Hindu teacher had insulted Islam.
Mail Online
** In case you missed it: from the NSS
* NSS rallies opposition to new selective Catholic school <[link removed]>
The NSS is resisting plans to open a religiously selective Catholic school in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.
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