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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 14 November

  

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

 

Millions 'persecuted and executed for having no religious belief' worldwide, says report

People without religious belief continue to be persecuted and in some cases executed in countries around the world, says a new study.

iNews

 

‘The anti-Labour plot to polarise Hindus over Kashmir’

Sunny Hundal says a campaign for the hearts and minds of British Hindus is pushing them to the Tories – and it's dividing British Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims.

openDemocracy

 

Politician deselected by Lib Dems over views on abortion and gay marriage claims discrimination

A Lib Dem candidate who was due to stand in the upcoming election has been deselected reportedly after the party learnt about his views on gay marriage and abortion. He now claims this is "blatant discrimination on the grounds of my religious beliefs".

Premier Christian Radio

 

Saudi Arabia deems feminism and homosexuality forms of 'extremism' in government video

Saudi Arabia's state security agency has performed an apparent U-turn after it released a video which classified feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremism and cautioned citizens in the kingdom to be on guard.

The Independent

 

Sabarimala temple: India court to review ruling on women's entry

India's Supreme Court has agreed to review its landmark judgement allowing women of menstruating age to enter a controversial Hindu shrine.

BBC

 

Met police examine fraud allegations at Spac Nation church

Police are reviewing allegations of fraud and other potential offences relating to an evangelical church that claims to turn around the lives of troubled young people, but which has been accused of pressing its young members to hand over thousands in donations.

The Guardian

 

Terror expert warns far-right extremists are 'clear and present threat' in Scotland

Far-right extremists are becoming a clear and present danger to Scotland, according to two of the world's leading terrorism experts.

Daily Record

 

Man choked sister to death because he was 'told to by Satan'

A man from Tower Hamlets in London who choked his sister to death while suffering paranoid delusions has been indefinitely committed to a mental health hospital.

MyLondon

 

New Zealand to vote in referendum on euthanasia

New Zealand is to become the first country in the world to put euthanasia to a binding public vote after its lawmakers passed a bill laying out what the country's assisted dying regime would be.

The Guardian

 

Bishop who investigated sexual abuse accused of sexual abuse

A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church's response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a child, an attorney for the alleged victim notified the church this week.

AP News

 

‘What has happened with Cardinal George Pell's appeal against child sex abuse conviction?’

One of the Vatican's most senior officials will get his day in the high court in Australia to argue against his conviction on historical child sexual abuse offences. Paul Karp looks at the ruling which enabled this.

The Guardian

 

Suicides fall with gay marriage in Sweden and Denmark as stigma fades

The advent of gay marriage has cut suicide rates among lesbians and gay men in Sweden and Denmark - but, divorced, widowed or married, homosexuals are still more prone to suicide than their straight peers, according to a study released on Thursday.

Reuters

  

Latest NSS podcast

 

Ep 18: Remembrance Day | Clerical Abuse

In this week's episode, Emma Park is joined by the NSS's Megan Manson and Chris Sloggett (a former history teacher) to discuss the Church of England's privileged role in Remembrance Sunday. Emma then speaks to Keith Porteous Wood, president of the NSS, about the society's campaign to expose institutional abuse in the Catholic Church.

  

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