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Your daily media briefing - Monday 7 December

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Church elder takes legal action against charity alleging 'anti-religious' bias

A Free Church of Scotland elder is taking legal action against one of Scotland's leading charitable organisations for alleged anti-religious bias.

The Scotsman

 

Catholic priest locked boy in crypt during six-year campaign of abuse

The disgraced former national education advisor for Roman Catholic schools sexually and physically abused a boy while he was a parish priest in Warwickshire.

Coventry Live

 

Islamic State 'plotting Christmas terror attacks in UK and Europe', ex-MI6 spy warns

The so-called Islamic State is plotting Christmas terror attacks in Britain and European countries in revenge for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in France, a former MI6 spy has warned.

Mail Online

 

Joy for same-sex marriage campaigners as final hurdle crossed for those in civil partnerships

Landmark legislation comes into effect allowing the conversion of same-sex civil partnerships into marriages, which many saw as the "final hurdle" for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.

The Irish Times

 

Macron to counter radical Islam with home-schooling ban

Home-schooling is to be banned for all children in France from the age of three as President Macron presses ahead with plans to clamp down on radical Islam.

The Times (£)

 

Switzerland looks set to be the next country to legalise same-sex marriage

Switzerland has taken a major step on the path to equality after its parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a law to pass same-sex marriage.

Pink News

 

EU must protect rights of Jews to circumcision and kosher meat, top rabbi declares

One of Europe's leading rabbis has criticised the Council of the European Union's declaration on antisemitism issued earlier this week, highlighting the absence of protection for Jewish rituals such as circumcision and kosher that have faced legislative challenges in a number of European countries.

The Algemeiner

 

Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit

The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexually abusing several boys, the man's attorney said Thursday.

The Washington Post

 

‘The Supreme Court is colliding with a less-religious America’

Justices' drive to promote "religious liberty" may only become more intense, says Ronald Brownstein.

The Atlantic

 

Officials say gunmen kill secular thinker in southern Yemen

A Yemeni university professor and secular thinker was killed on Saturday in a drive-by shooting in southern Yemen, local officials said.

The Washington Post

 

Pakistan: Christian woman killed for refusing forced marriage and conversion to Islam

A Christian woman in Pakistan was shot multiple times in the head after refusing to marry a Muslim man and convert to Islam.

Premier Christian News

 

Iran condemned for sending leading human rights defender back to prison despite health fears

Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer who represented women who protested against the forced hijab, was allowed to return home at the beginning of last month after being given temporary release to allow her to have treatment for heart and lung problems.

The Independent

  

New NSS podcast

 

Ep 40: Rachel Laser, the Americanisation of the religious right

Emma Park speaks to Rachel Laser, to discuss the state of US secularism in the aftermath of their 2020 election, and the American Christian rights' support for similar movements around the world.

 

  

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