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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 19 September

  

In the Media, 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

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

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?’

Will Hayward calls on the Welsh govenment to ban the teaching of creationism.

Wales Online

 

Leeds man guilty of possessing terrorist material

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

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

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

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

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?’

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

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

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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