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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 17 October
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** Secularism in the media
* Prosecuted head vows to keep unregistered religious school open <[link removed]>
The head teacher of an unregistered school who was prosecuted for operating it illegally has said it has a "unique" approach and will remain open.
BBC
* Abortion rights used to get DUP to back Brexit deal, says Stella Creasy <[link removed]>
Labour MP Stella Creasy has accused the government of preparing to hand back control of abortion rights to Stormont to help curry favour with the DUP at a critical moment in the Brexit talks.
The Guardian
* Tensions build over landmark legal change on abortion in NI
Anti-abortion campaigners are working to obstruct the liberalisation of Northern Ireland's abortion laws, which will go ahead from Monday if the Stormont assembly is not restored.
The Irish News
* Anti-LGBT protester 'inflamed tensions' by inviting imam to school demo, court hears <[link removed]>
The lead protester in the row over LGBT-inclusive teaching has been accused of "inflaming tensions" by inviting a controversial imam who claimed anal sex, paedophilia and transgenderism were being taught in schools to a demonstration.
The Guardian
* Vaginal surgery and piercings are not FGM, says CPS guideline <[link removed]>
Increasingly popular vaginal cosmetic surgery and genital piercing should in most cases not be prosecuted as female genital mutilation, according to fresh guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Guardian
* Labour’s Diane Abbott says people use religion as an “excuse” for homophobia <[link removed]>
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has hit out at people who use religion as an "excuse" for homophobia in a speech at the PinkNews Awards.
Pink News
* PM says UK will “stand up for religious freedom”
The prime minister has said the government will "stand up for religious freedom in all our doings and in all our foreign policy" in response to a question in parliament.
Premier Christian Radio
* Morocco pardons journalist jailed on abortion charges <[link removed]>
A Moroccan journalist sentenced to a year in jail for premarital sex and having an abortion has been pardoned by King Mohammed VI, officials say.
BBC
* Polish lawmakers vote for bill criminalising 'promoting underage sex', in apparent attack on sex ed <[link removed]>
Polish lawmakers have voted in favour of a bill to criminalise "the promotion of underage sexual activity". Liberals say the bill aims to ban sex education.
Reuters
* French government resists calls for school trip headscarf ban <[link removed]>
The French government has said it will not seek to ban Muslim women who wear headscarves from volunteering to help on school trips amid an escalating row.
The Guardian
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Senior CoE priest calls for more Muslim faith schools <[link removed]>
The NMFS campaign has criticised a call from the dean of Westminster Abbey for "a substantial number of state-funded Muslim schools".
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