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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 7 November
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
* Archbishop agrees he shut out victim, hears inquiry – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic cleric in England and Wales, has been lambasted at the child sexual abuse inquiry for "shutting out" a complaint from a victim whom one priest privately dismissed as "deeply manipulative".
The Guardian
* Cardinal Vincent Nichols backs Vatican’s right to avoid sexual abuse questions <[link removed]>
The most senior Catholic in England and Wales has defended the Vatican's refusal to co-operate with a sex abuse inquiry, saying that the Holy See was entitled to do so under diplomatic law.
The Times (£)
* Islamic school breaking the law by keeping boys and girls apart, Ofsted says – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
An independent Islamic school is breaking the law by keeping boys and girls apart, education watchdogs have said.
Manchester Evening News
* Labour bars MP who supported anti-LGBT parents protesting outside schools from defending his seat <[link removed]>
Former Labour MP Roger Godsiff has been barred from standing again as the party's candidate in the seat of Birmingham Hall Green.
Birmingham Live
* Don’t disrupt nativity plays for the election, says education secretary <[link removed]>
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said schools should not be used as polling stations in the general election to avoid disrupting nativity plays and Christmas concerts, and there is funding available for councils to find alternative venues.
BBC
* India-linked Hindu nationalist group targets Labour candidates in election
Activists directly linked to India's ruling Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, have vowed to campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party – raising concerns about attempted foreign interference in next month's UK general election.
openDemocracy
* Student to take university to court after being 'kicked out for views on halal meat' <[link removed]>
A student looks set to take academics to court after he was kicked out of university for giving his views on halal meat.
Mirror
* 'Wave of hope' to end FGM in Ethiopia as activist pioneer dies <[link removed]>
Ethiopia's Bogaletch Gebre - feted for almost eradicating female genital mutilation in her home region - has died, her charity said on Wednesday, as activists vowed to push on with her work.
Reuters
* Religious leaders bid to prevent legalisation of assisted dying in NZ
Religious leaders have been accused of exploiting the "sensitive issue of suicide" to build opposition to an assisted dying bill in New Zealand, just days out from its third and final reading in parliament.
Stuff.co.nz
* US teacher suspended for 'segregating students based on religion and mocking them for their beliefs' <[link removed]>
A teacher in North Carolina has been suspended for allegedly segregating her students based upon their religious beliefs, as well as their views on gay marriage and abortion.
The Independent
** Latest from the NSS
* Independent Islamic school segregating children by sex, says Ofsted <[link removed]>
An Islamic school has been found in breach of standards for segregating children by sex, two years after the practice was ruled unlawful.
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