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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 27 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
* Church of England warned religious selection of pupils can be racially discriminatory <[link removed]>
The Church of England's new Anti-Racism Taskforce has been advised that religious selection of pupils by some Church schools is dividing and privileging families on the grounds of race.
Ekklesia
* Controversial 'virginity tests' sold by UK clinics <[link removed]>
Women are being offered controversial "virginity tests" at British medical clinics, an investigation has found. The intrusive tests are considered a violation of human rights by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations.
BBC
* Paralysed former builder calls for public inquiry into assisted dying <[link removed]>
Paul Lamb said he was 'devastated' the Court of Appeal has refused him permission to bring a legal challenge over assisted dying laws.
Shropshire Star
* Work starts on £65M schools project including two faith schools <[link removed]>
Work has started to build three new schools in Leicester and Derby, two of which are faith schools.
Insider Media
* Anger after new Hertsmere mayor refuses to retract comments on homosexuality <[link removed]>
Rabbi Alan Plancey told the BBC there was 'nothing controversial' about remarks made in 2014 that homosexuality was 'against Jewish law'.
The JC
* Campaign warns over ‘spiritual abuse’ in the home <[link removed]>
An interfaith campaign against domestic abuse launched this week is sounding the alarm over "spiritual abuse" within religious communities.
The JC
* ‘Legal sophistry pivots on semantics’ <[link removed]>
The Scottish Government continues to amend its controversial Hate Crime Bill. But the fearful prospect of a court case may still limit artistic expression, says Edinburgh Secular Society' Neil Barber in a letter to The Courier (scroll down).
The Courier
* European Parliament expresses solidarity with Poland abortion protests <[link removed]>
The European Parliament on Thursday accused Poland's nationalist government of improperly influencing a court that imposed a near total ban on abortion, which it said showed that the rule of law had collapsed in Poland.
Reuters
* Model Halima Aden is quitting fashion unless brands present her hijab properly <[link removed]>
Fashion model Halima Aden has revealed on her Instagram that she is quitting runway shows due to her religious beliefs.
Metro
* Nigeria: Court begins appeal hearing of singer sentenced to death for blasphemy <[link removed]>
The hearing of an appeal against the death sentence passed on Sheriff Yahaya, 30, a popular entertainer by Kano Sharia court has began.
TheGuardian.ng
* Rights groups decry attacks on Pakistan’s minority Ahmadis <[link removed]>
Three international human rights groups on Thursday denounced recent attacks on Pakistan's minority Ahmadi community and asked Islamabad to "urgently and impartially investigate a surge" in violence.
Associated Press
* China mulls new rules on foreigners to 'prohibit religious extremism' <[link removed]>
Foreign religious groups and worshipers could be the latest targets of a growing crackdown on organised religion in China under President Xi Jinping.
CNN
** The latest from the NSS
* The state mustn’t allow children to die for their stated religious beliefs <[link removed]>
As the High Court considers whether to let a girl from a Jehovah's Witness community refuse blood transfusions, Dr Antony Lempert says the precedent of overriding a child's refusal of lifesaving treatment should be upheld.
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