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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 29 October

  

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.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Pope criticised by child sex abuse inquiry after Vatican refuses to send crucial evidence

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

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

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

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

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

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

A three-year-old boy's penis has been cut off during a circumcision in Brazil.

The Sun

 

‘More ritual, less circumcision’

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’

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

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

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

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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