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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 19 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
* Chief rabbi accuses secularists and Humanists of intolerance – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
The chief rabbi has criticised secularists and Humanists in Britain for their criticisms of faith schools and circumcision, and has criticised the NSS by name. The NSS's Stephen Evans has responded.
The Jewish Chronicle
* Chief rabbi criticises secularists and Humanists – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has claimed secularists and humanists are becoming "ever-more combative" towards faith communities. The NSS's Stephen Evans has responded.
Jewish News
* ‘Why are we allowing Welsh schools to teach religion as though it is science?’ <[link removed]>
Will Hayward calls on the Welsh govenment to ban the teaching of creationism.
Wales Online
* Leeds man guilty of possessing terrorist material <[link removed]>
A private investigator who was caught on camera in an anti-Muslim rant has been found guilty of six counts of possessing terrorist material.
BBC
* Woman cleared of murdering terminally ill husband in suicide pact <[link removed]>
An 80-year-old woman who gave her terminally ill husband a fatal dose of medicine so he could end his life has been cleared of murder, triggering calls for a change in the law on assisted dying.
The Guardian
* Call to build new Catholic school in Aberdeen rejected <[link removed]>
Councillors have rejected a last-ditch attempt to build a new replacement Roman Catholic school in Aberdeen.
Evening Express
* Council spends £60k+ on lighting at city centre church <[link removed]>
Perth and Kinross Council spent more than £60,000 on new lights at a city centre kirk.
The Courier
* Outcry at Indonesia draft criminal code that could see unmarried couples jailed <[link removed]>
Indonesia, the country with the largest number of Muslims in the world, is set to pass a new criminal code. It could outlaw living together outside marriage, extramarital sex and insulting the president.
The Guardian
* ‘What is the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and why is it investigating George Pell?’ <[link removed]>
An insight into the Vatican's own investigations into the case against Cardinal George Pell, who was recently convicted on historic sexual abuse charges.
ABC News (Australia)
* Documentary follows Pastafarians as they strain for recognition <[link removed]>
The documentary I, Pastafari, about the world's fastest-growing faith, premieres in the US in October.
The Guardian
** Latest from the NSS
* NSS urges UN to pressurise Vatican on overdue child rights reports <[link removed]>
The NSS has urged a UN council to pressurise the Vatican to submit long-overdue reports outlining its response to child sexual abuse.
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