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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 4 December
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
* Council chooses Catholic material over government-approved teaching resources on relationships <[link removed]>
Councillors in the Western Isles have chosen educational materials provided for Catholic schools over Scottish Government-approved resources in the teaching of personal and social education.
We Love Stornoway
* Church of England's child protection director quits after 18 months <[link removed]>
The Church of England's child protection boss has quit after 18 months amid claims that she faces too much resistance from clergy.
The Telegraph (£)
* Public trust in the clergy has dramatically decreased in recent years, survey finds <[link removed]>
The average man or woman in the street was seen to be more trustworthy in 2020.
Church Times
* Bishop of Carlisle offers to step back from charity groups <[link removed]>
Bishop of Carlisle James Newcome has offered to step back temporarily from all groups of which he is a patron or board member, while he is being investigated by the Church of England's National Safeguarding Team, the diocese of Carlisle has confirmed.
Church Times
* ‘No strings attached to charitable giving’ – NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
In a letter, Neil Barber of the Edinburgh Secular Society criticises the Scottish government for giving funding to a Christian debt advice service that proselytises to its clients.
Edinburgh Evening News
* France to investigate dozens of mosques suspected of radicalisation <[link removed]>
French authorities will investigate dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of radical teachings as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremists following a spate of attacks, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said.
France 24
* Poland should act to stop LGBTI intolerance, says Council of Europe <[link removed]>
Polish politicians should stop stigmatising LGBTI people, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said in a memorandum published on Thursday, adding that such behaviour risked legitimising homophobic violence.
Reuters
* Supreme Court sides with church challenge to California lockdown as governor orders new crackdown <[link removed]>
The US Supreme Court sided with a church fighting California's Covid ban on religious services just hours before governor Gavin Newsom announced a new state-wide stay-at-home order.
The Independent
* ‘How a Supreme Court bent on protecting religion could harm it’ <[link removed]>
Judicial intervention on behalf of religion may well only widen the gap between people of faith and the very institutions that they seek to protect, say Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton.
Religion News Service
* Religious freedom restrictions at highest levels for more than a decade, research finds
Restrictions on religious freedom reached their highest levels in more than a decade in 2018, findings released by the Pew Research Center have shown.
Church Times
* Uyghur Muslim tortured in Chinese concentration camp 'almost had organs harvested' <[link removed]>
A Uyghur Muslim who was savagely tortured inside a Chinese concentration camp has issued a stark warning about the future of the "brutal regime".
Mirror
* ‘The mass murder of Nigerian Christians’ <[link removed]>
The world is determined to look away from a horrific campaign of killings being perpetrated in Africa under the name of Islam, say Abraham Cooper and Johnnie Moore.
Tablet
** The latest from the NSS
* NSS: government should revisit review of engagement with faith groups <[link removed]>
The NSS has warned that a government review places a disproportionate focus on religious communities' input on matters of public policy.
* Most Brits don’t consider religious studies important, poll finds <[link removed]>
A majority of adults in Britain don't consider it important to teach religious studies at secondary school, according to a new poll.
* Allowing religious discrimination in school admissions opens the door to other forms of discrimination <[link removed]>
A state-funded faith school recently rejected a child because her mother isn't Jewish. This shows the absurdity of religious discrimination in admissions, says Megan Manson.
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