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** Secularism in the media
* Document on prevalence of forced Charedi Jewish marriages handed to government <[link removed]>
Testimony from those within the Charedi community claim many arranged Jewish marriages are in violation of British law.
Jewish News
* Campaigners want 150m buffer zones around Scottish sexual health clinics <[link removed]>
Campaigners are calling for 150-metre buffer zones to be created around Scottish abortion clinics to deter anti-choice demonstrators.
STV
* Stephen Fry urges Boris Johnson to ban conversion therapy <[link removed]>
Stephen Fry has urged Boris Johnson to ban conversion therapy, calling the harmful practice "cruel" and "contemptuous".
Pink News
* 'Sexual sadist' Catholic priest abused teenage boy <[link removed]>
Father Joseph Quigley sexually and physically abused a teenage boy at a church in Warwickshire for six years.
Staffordshire Live
* France: Teacher who warned of Islamist extremism placed under police protection <[link removed]>
A French teacher who warned of the spread of radical Islam in the country has been placed under police protection after he allegedly received death threats.
Mail Online
* ‘It’s time to talk about violent Christian extremism’ <[link removed]>
There's a "strong authoritarian streak" that runs through parts of American evangelicalism, warns Elizabeth Neumann.
Politico
* ‘Nigeria’s blasphemy laws are the religious freedom crisis no one is talking about’ <[link removed]>
Blasphemy laws and harsh sentences cannot stand if Nigeria's commitment to religious freedom is to be realised, say Frederick A. Davie and Tony Perkins.
Religion News
* ‘Tackling Egypt’s FGM problem means cracking down on doctors who mutilate girls’ <[link removed]>
Egypt has had various FGM bans for decades but has never taken the issue seriously, says Brendan Wynne.
The Telegraph*
* ‘The drip-drip of Christian privilege over prayer time’ <[link removed]>
Compulsory religious worship has no place in modern public education in Bermuda, says Juanae Crockwell.
The Royal Gazette
** New NSS podcast
* Ep 43: Charles Bradlaugh – Atheist and Republican <[link removed]>
One hundred and thirty years after he died, Professor David Nash and Bob Forder speak to Emma Park about the life and significance of Charles Bradlaugh – the first openly atheist MP, and the founder of the NSS.
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