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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 9 February

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

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Secularism in the media

 

Document on prevalence of forced Charedi Jewish marriages handed to government

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

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

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

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

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’

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’

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’

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’

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

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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