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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 27 January
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** Secularism in the media
* NI: Integrated schooling option 'illusory' for many parents <[link removed]>
Having the option to send their children to an integrated school is "illusory" for many parents, a study has found. Of Northern Ireland's school-aged population, only 7 per cent attend the integrated sector.
The Irish News
* No date set for introduction of Northern Ireland-wide abortion services <[link removed]>
No date has been set for the introduction of Northern Ireland-wide abortion services because the issue is still being considered by the Executive, the Department of Health has said.
The Irish News
* Conservative Party illegally collected voter religion data, MPs told <[link removed]>
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MPs the data collected on 10 million voters about their religion and ethnic origin was unacceptable.
Express and Star
* Ofsted keeps up pressure on Charedi Jewish schools to teach about same-sex relationships <[link removed]>
Two independent Strictly Orthodox boys' schools have been pulled up by Ofsted for continuing to refuse to discuss LGBT relationships.
The JC
* Northern Ireland’s mother and baby homes traumatised rape and incest victims, says Arlene Foster <[link removed]>
Victims of rape and incest were put in homes for unmarried mothers and their children in Northern Ireland and victimised again, the first minister has said.
The Times*
* DUP education official faces backlash for claim Jesus turned a gay man straight <[link removed]>
Nelson McCausland, former DUP minister and current Education Authority board member, has been accused of endorsing conversion therapy after he shared a story of a gay man who "met Jesus" and turned straight.
Pink News
* Catholic at centre of life-support dispute has died, lawyers say <[link removed]>
The man's wife agreed and said he would not want have wanted to be a burden. His mother, sisters and a niece disagreed. They said that, because of his Catholic beliefs, the man would not have wanted his life to be terminated if it could be preserved.
Belfast Telegraph
* ‘Isis: From Cardiff to the Caliphate’ <[link removed]>
In 2013, Nasser Muthana and Reyaad Khan left their lives in Cardiff to fight for Islamic State in Syria.
BBC
* UN warns against propaganda blaming Jews for Covid at Holocaust remebrance event
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged coordinated global action to build an alliance against the growth and spread of neo-Nazism and white supremacy and the resurgence of xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and hate speech sparked partly by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Independent
* UN group says Sri Lanka virus cremation rule violates rights <[link removed]>
A group of UN experts has criticised Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of COVID-19 be cremated, even it goes against a family's religious beliefs.
The Associated Press
** Latest NSS podcast
* Ep 42: Transforming education in Northern Ireland <[link removed]>
NSS head of education Alastair Lichten is joined by Sam Fitzsimmons and Matthew Milliken to discuss the range of challenges facing Northern Ireland's divided education system, and their hopes for the future.
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