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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 9 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
* Letter from NSS chief executive: ‘Daby’s job was to protect equality, not undermine it’ <[link removed]>
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans says giving registrars a right to refuse to conduct same-sex civil marriages would drive a coach and horses through equalities legislation. (Scroll down to see the letter)
The Telegraph (£)
* Confusion at council meeting over Catholic sex education resources <[link removed]>
Confusion has surfaced over what has been agreed by councillors on Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in a vote over the guidance the authority will give to local secondary schools regarding Catholic sex education resources.
Stornoway Gazette
* Prioritise RSE to fight online grooming, schools told <[link removed]>
Schools should make it "a priority" to begin delivering the new RSE (relationships and sex education) curriculum as soon as possible in the light of a rise in online grooming offences that "accelerated" under lockdown, says children's commissioner Anne Longfield.
TES
* Manchester Arena inquiry: Salman Abedi 'trained with Islamist militia' <[link removed]>
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi trained or fought with an Islamist militia in Libya, an inquiry has heard.
BBC
* Questions raised over Christian links to charity seeking to buy JRR Tolkien's house <[link removed]>
Project backed by Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman hopes to raise £4.5m for the purchase, but there are concerns about intentions of Christian groups involved.
The Guardian
* Hate crimes against Sikhs soar 70% in two years, sparking calls for urgent action <[link removed]>
Ministers are being urged to improve hate crime reporting after offences against the British Sikh community soared by 70 per cent over the last two years.
iNews
* Swiss court overturns ban on worship services <[link removed]>
A top Swiss court has temporarily overturned a blanket ban on religious gatherings in the city of Geneva.
Premier Christian News
* US adds Nigeria to blacklist on religious freedom <[link removed]>
The United States has placed Nigeria for the first time on a religious freedom blacklist, paving the way for potential sanctions if it does not improve its record.
Mail Online
* Kenya: Boy’s penis severed in botched circumcision <[link removed]>
A 15 year old boy's penis was severe during a circumcision ceremony in West Pokot County, Kenya.
The Star
* ‘Why is religion suddenly declining?’ <[link removed]>
Several forces are driving this trend but the most powerful one is the waning grip of a set of beliefs closely linked with the imperative of maintaining high birth rates, says Ronald F. Inglehart.
Oxford University Press Blog
** The latest from the NSS
* Religion is not a justification for discrimination <[link removed]>
A shadow minister was wrong to say religious registrars should be able to opt out of providing same-sex marriages. And her comments are a reminder that we don't need a ministerial office for faith, says Stephen Evans.
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