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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 13 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
* CofE's internal safeguarding team says complaint against Welby ‘not substantiated’ <[link removed]>
The decision has been attacked by an abuse survivor who said that the safeguarding team's claim that it had reviewed all the evidence was "untrue".
Church Times
* Church leaders concede on public worship <[link removed]>
Church leaders have conceded that places of worship are unlikely to reopen before the second lockdown ends on 2 December.
Church Times
* Conservative Party used 10 million people's names to derive their religion and ethnicity, says report <[link removed]>
The Conservative Party has been using personal data in a way that spots an individual's likely county of origin, ethnic origin and religion based on their first and last name.
The Register
* Interview with former Jehovah's Witnesses on blood transfusions <[link removed]>
Ian Collins of Talk Radio interviews former Jehovah's Witness elder Lloyd Evans about the story of a 15-year-old Jehovah's Witness in the UK who the High Court has said must have a blood transfusion despite religious objections.
John Cedars YouTube Channel
* Blue plaque to honour woman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar <[link removed]>
Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric.
The Guardian
* 11 year old pupil threatens to behead his teacher in Germany <[link removed]>
The pupil had previously said after a minute's silence for French school teacher Samuel Paty that 'you're allowed to kill someone who insults the Prophet, that's OK'.
Mail Online
* EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east <[link removed]>
The European Union's executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary that have become increasingly homophobic in the past year.
Reuters
* Turkey offended by Pompeo’s plan to discuss religious issues <[link removed]>
Turkey has taken offense at a US statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and has called on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead.
Associated Press
* Cardi B apologises for 'mocking' Hindu goddess <[link removed]>
The rapper sparked backlash after appearing on the Footwear News November cover to promote her upcoming collaboration with Reebok holding a sneaker, and imitating the Hindu goddess Durga.
Indy100
* ICC Uighur genocide complaint backed by parliamentarians around world <[link removed]>
The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been urged by an international alliance of parliamentarians to accept a complaint alleging genocide by China against its Uighur Muslim minority.
The Guardian
* 'When women’s names can’t be on Israeli signs' <[link removed]>
Religious extremists use modesty signs and censorship of women's images to delineate territory, says Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll.
The JC
* 'Taslima Nasreen: Relentless rebel revelling in polemics' <[link removed]>
Banished from her homeland with a bounty on her head, author Taslima Nasreen has been forced to live in exile for more than a quarter of a century - but she refuses to bow to the religious fundamentalists that want her dead.
Mail Online
** The latest from the NSS
* The Catholic Church’s control over abortion policy has sparked a furious backlash in Poland <[link removed]>
A ruling on abortion in Poland has again highlighted the government's damagingly close relationship with the Catholic Church. But many Poles are now questioning the church's power, says Aleksandra Myslek.
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