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** Secularism in the media
* Jewish private school hit by government action for teaching creationism in science – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Bnois Jerusalem Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London, was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted last year after it was discovered to be teaching creationism in geography and science and not letting students take GCSEs. NSS chief executive Stephen Evans is quoted.
iNews
* Church of England services hit by pandemic – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes did not open for Sunday services. NSS's opposition to religious exemptions from lockdown rules is quoted.
BBC
* ‘Who are the people trying to stop relationships and sex education in our schools?’ – NSS referenced <[link removed]>
Psychologist David Morrison references NSS's work drawing attention to Dr. Kate Godfrey-Faussett's anti-LGBT+ 'Stop RSE' campaign, which aims to undermine the teaching of inclusive relationships and sex education in schools.
Feminist Dissent
* Rejection of Covid jab by ethnic minorities ‘could fan flames of Islamophobia’ <[link removed]>
Leeds-based Imam Qari Asim is running a campaign to encourage Muslim communities to take the coronavirus vaccine and dispel some of the myths around the procedure.
Central Fife Times
* Women in mother and baby homes in NI 'experienced the same treatment as those in the Republic'
Women in mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland experienced the same treatment as those in the Republic, deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said.
The Irish News*
* Mother-and-baby homes: Archbishop 'disappointed' if churches 'scapegoated' <[link removed]>
The leader of the Irish Catholic Church has said he would be disappointed if religious congregations were to carry all the blame for the country's mother-and-baby homes.
BBC
* ‘Is it time to end the Catholic Church's dominance in Ireland's school system?’ <[link removed]>
The Mother and Baby homes report has highlighted the need to end the dominance of the Catholic Church over Ireland's education system, according to the Labour Party.
NewsTalk
* ‘Our lost children don’t need apologies from the church, only answers’ <[link removed]>
For decades a deeply conservative Ireland put unmarried mothers in the care of the Catholic Church, a brutal 'shadow state' in which thousands of children died or were forcibly adopted. It claims to be sorry — so why won't it open up its archives, asks Colm Tóibín.
The Sunday Times*
* Church of Ireland stamps its mark on 150th anniversary of disestablishment
An Post has issued a €1 stamp to mark the 150th anniversary of the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland.
The Irish News*
* France: Muslim leaders accept France’s secular values <[link removed]>
French Muslim leaders have approved a charter rejecting radicalism and accepting equality between the sexes as part of President Macron's plan to promote an "enlightened Islam".
The Times*
* Latvia votes to define family as “a union of a male and female person” <[link removed]>
The Republic of Latvia has voted to define family solely as "a union of a male and female person", excluding the country's countless LGBT+ families.
Pink News
* US: Houston woman faces historic indictment over female genital cutting <[link removed]>
The indictment alleges Zahra Badri, a 39-year-old British Muslim woman residing in Houston, knowingly transported a minor from the US in foreign commerce for the purpose of female genital cutting between July and October 2016.
Religion News Service
** Latest from the NSS
* Government issues notice to Jewish school which taught creationism <[link removed]>
The government has taken action against an independent school which taught creationism as science and refused to enter pupils for GCSEs.
* Irish mother and baby homes inflicted a “profound generational wrong” <[link removed]>
A report has highlighted the Irish state's decades-long failure to protect vulnerable women and children at church-run institutions.
* Religious conversion isn’t a charitable endeavour <[link removed]>
Some registered charities exist primarily to convert members of one religion to another. Megan Manson says such activity is harmful to community cohesion – and shouldn't be treated as a valid charitable purpose.
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