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Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 11 November

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Child sexual abuse in Catholic church ‘swept under the carpet’, inquiry finds

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

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

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

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'

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

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'

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'

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

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

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

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

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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