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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 11 November
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
* Child sexual abuse in Catholic church ‘swept under the carpet’, inquiry finds <[link removed]>
The Catholic church "betrayed" its moral purpose by prioritising its reputation over the welfare of children who had been sexually abused by priests, a damning inquiry report has concluded.
The Guardian
* Clerical abuse: RCC again shows that it can’t handle the problem - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Despite being castigated in a damning report on clerical abuse, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said he will definitely not resign because the Pope ordered him to remain.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
* Judge rules Jehovah's Witness, 15, must have blood transfusion to save her life <[link removed]>
A teenage Jehovah's Witness must have a blood transfusion to save her life despite her religious objections, a senior judge has ruled.
Mail Online
* Illegal religious gathering in Harrow shut down during lockdown <[link removed]>
The organiser of a mass religious gathering that flouted coronavirus restrictions is facing a £10,000 fine.
This Is Local London
* EU eyes body to train imams against 'ideology of hatred' <[link removed]>
The European Union should quickly set up a new body to oversee the training of imams and make sure their messages to Muslim followers do not contribute to spreading an "ideology of hatred", a top European Union official said on Monday.
Reuters
* Austrian police arrest 30 radical Islamists following Vienna shooting <[link removed]>
Austrian police have arrested 30 suspected Islamists and searched more than 60 properties as the government stepped up its "war on political Islam" in the aftermath of the Vienna terrorist attack.
The Times (£)
* 'France’s Muslims could learn from the African American Muslim experience' <[link removed]>
An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence, say Talib Shareef, Yaya J. Fanusie and Muhammad Fraser-Rahim.
Foreign Policy
* 'Why the American press keeps getting terror in France wrong' <[link removed]>
France stands up for its freedoms instead of ceding them, says Caroline Fourest.
Tablet
* US: NYPD will no longer require women to remove hijabs for mug shots <[link removed]>
The Police Department agreed to change its policy and allow religious people to be photographed in head coverings so long as their faces were left unobstructed.
The New York Times
* Gunmen kill 82-year-old Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan <[link removed]>
Gunmen shot and killed an 82-year-old Ahmadi Muslim on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said Monday, the fourth-such apparently targeted killing of a member of the minority group in recent months.
Associated Press
** The latest from the NSS
* Catholic Church put its reputation first on child abuse, inquiry finds <[link removed]>
The Catholic Church put its reputation before the interests of child abuse survivors, with senior leaders complicit, an inquiry has found.
* NSS gives evidence to parliamentary committee over hate crime bill <[link removed]>
The NSS has said a planned hate crime bill will "intimidate" free speech in evidence to the Scottish parliament's justice committee.
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