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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 8 January
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** Secularism in the media
* Man 'ran ritual circumcision service using only painkiller cream as anaesthetic’, court hears <[link removed]>
An alleged unlicensed surgeon appeared in court on Thursday accused of running a mobile circumcision service to perform ritual genital cutting on dozens of boys as young as two days old.
Mail Online
* NI: Churches to halt public services until February <[link removed]>
Northern Ireland's main church denominations are to cease public worship until early February.
BBC
* Ireland: God sketch 'did not comply with RTÉ standards' and will be removed from Player <[link removed]>
A sketch about God on the RTÉ New Year's Eve Countdown Show, intended as satire, did not comply with RTÉ's own standards and broader regulations, the broadcaster has said.
RTÉ
* ‘It’s okay to challenge, not respect, beliefs’ <[link removed]>
'There are over 126 different religions in Ireland. This means that RTE will have to apologise if members of any of these religions find something offensive in what they broadcast.'
Atheist Ireland
* ‘“All” citizens or just a religious subgroup?’ <[link removed]>
In a letter, Neil Barber of the Edinburgh Secular Society questions the reasoning behind bishops' objections to the closure of places of worship in Scotland's lockdown (scroll down to view).
The Scotsman*
* ‘Speaking out on sex and marriage in Charedi communities’ <[link removed]>
Yehudis Fletcher campaigns against ignorance and abuse in her Charedi community - after she courageously gave evidence against a man who assaulted her.
The JC
* ‘Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself’ <[link removed]>
"Ahmady's crime? He did research on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in Iran, often focusing on Iranian minority groups."
The Independent
* Bulgaria: Thousands of Orthodox Christians ignore COVID warnings on Epiphany <[link removed]>
Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Wednesday ignored warnings issued by health authorities to abstain from mass gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic and kept instead to their centuries-old Epiphany traditions.
Associated Press
* ‘White Christian nationalists behind terrorist assault on US Capitol’ <[link removed]>
"Many of the Trump-loving domestic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Capitol yesterday were White Christian Nationalists, waving Christian flags, holding signs praising Jesus, and saying prayers after they broke into the building."
Progressive Secular Humanist (Patheos)
* ‘Brazilian women head to Argentina to avoid abortion ban’ <[link removed]>
The trend in Brazilian women seeking abortions elsewhere in Latin America underscores not only how Argentina's progressive social policy diverges from Brazil's conservative one, but also the likelihood that more Brazilian women will seek abortions in the neighbouring nation.
Associated Press
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Most NSS supporters will now be confined to their homes over the coming weeks. But there's still plenty you can do to learn about secularism and promote our campaign for secular democracy.
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