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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 29 October
In the Media <[link removed]> 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 <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Pope criticised by child sex abuse inquiry after Vatican refuses to send crucial evidence <[link removed]>
The pope has been criticised by the government-ordered child sex abuse inquiry after the Vatican refused to provide crucial evidence.
The Telegraph
* Faith schools plummet when league tables are made fairer, study finds <[link removed]>
The league table performance of grammar and faith schools drops substantially once "fairer" measures of pupil background are added to progress measures, a new study demonstrates.
Tes
* Christian group protests against mandatory LGBT-inclusive curriculum <[link removed]>
A Christian group is objecting to the mandatory LGBT-inclusive curriculum that will be rolled out to students across England next year.
Premier Christian Radio
* DUP MLA calls for referenda on abortion and gay marriage changes in NI <[link removed]>
DUP MLA Jim Wells has been slammed as "highly insensitive" after calling for referenda to be held on the two significant changes to the law on social issues in Northern Ireland.
Belfast Telegraph
* France mosque shootings: Two injured in Bayonne attack <[link removed]>
An elderly man suspected of firing shots outside a mosque in the south-western city of Bayonne has been arrested, French police say.
BBC
* Italian doctors on trial for manslaughter after refusing abortion <[link removed]>
Seven Italian doctors who refused to perform a potentially life-saving abortion are fighting accusations of manslaughter in a trial that is expected to set a precedent for Italy's medical attitude towards the procedure.
Financial Times (£)
* Toddler has penis cut off in circumcision in Brazil <[link removed]>
A three-year-old boy's penis has been cut off during a circumcision in Brazil.
The Sun
* ‘More ritual, less circumcision’ <[link removed]>
Carolina Landsmann says it would be a relief for many Jews if circumcision became a metaphorical ritual rather than a literal one.
Haaretz
* ‘The terrifying reaction to a panel debate on Islamophobia’ <[link removed]>
Qanta Ahmed says the reaction to an event at the recent Conservative party conference shows why so few moderate Muslims are heard in public debate.
The Spectator
* Man who uttered ‘religious offending phrases’ is banned from football matches <[link removed]>
A Kirkcaldy man who admitted behaving in a threatening manner by repeatedly uttering 'religious offending' phrases and comments has been banned from attending football matches for 12 months.
Fife Today
* Backlash as chicken chain which funds religious anti-LGBT charities opens second branch in Britain <[link removed]>
US food chain Chick-fil-A, which funds several Christian anti-LGBT organisations and causes, has opened a branch in the Highlands, shortly after opening one in Berkshire.
The Scotsman
** Latest from the NSS
* Education in NI shouldn’t be a tug of war between religious interests <[link removed]>
A report has called into question religious control over the curriculum and ethos of Northern Irish schools. Alastair Lichten says it should prompt a re-evaluation of the segregated, inefficient system which exists now.
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