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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 19 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
* Islamic school asks pupils about their periods if they don't attend prayers, says Ofsted report <[link removed]>
Pupils are asked questions about their periods if they don't attend daily prayers at an east London Islamic girls' school, the schools watchdog Ofsted has found.
Barking and Dagenham Post
* Seven in 10 people with advanced or terminal illness support law change on assisted dying <[link removed]>
New figures released today by YouGov reveal that more than seven in ten people with an advanced or terminal illness would support a change in the law on assisted dying.
PoliticsHome
* British IS suspect charged with terror offence <[link removed]>
A man who was arrested at Heathrow airport has been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts.
Metro
* Conservatives trying to capitalise on some Hindu voters’ turn against Labour <[link removed]>
Some Conservative parliamentary candidates have come out strongly in favour of India's actions in Kashmir, in an apparent attempt to win over Hindu voters.
CapX
* Backlash after Tory election candidate said British Jews return from Israel trips as ‘brainwashed extremists’ <[link removed]>
Leaders of some Jewish groups have called on Conservatives to dump a general election candidate who said that British Jews return from trips to Israel as "brainwashed extremists".
The Independent
* ‘In defence of secularism’ <[link removed]>
Haldun Gülalp says polarisation based on a politics of religious identity is dangerous for democracies.
openDemocracy
* US fast food chain pulls funding for Christian groups criticised for LGBT stance <[link removed]>
The US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A said it has stopped funding two Christian organisations that have come under fire from LGBT campaigners for opposing marriage equality.
The Guardian
* Reading Pride hit back at claims its Chick-fil-A criticism is "anti-Christian" <[link removed]>
Reading Pride has rejected accusations of anti-Christianity over its criticism of the fast food chain Chick-fil-A.
Reading Chronicle
* With incoming Argentine president, abortion rights could expand <[link removed]>
Elective abortion has a good chance of becoming legal in Argentina, supporters said on Monday, as a new centre-left president is about to take office and feminist and abortion rights movements are growing in the South American country.
Reuters
* Teacher union to sue Quebec on religious symbols ban <[link removed]>
A union federation representing 45,000 teachers in Quebec is suing the Canadian province over its ban on the wearing of religious symbols by many public employees.
Mail Online
* ‘Why Hindu nationalists are cheering moves to build a temple, challenging a secular tradition’ <[link removed]>
Sumit Ganguly says building a Hindu temple on the site of the destroyed Ayodhya mosque in India will bolster the Hindu nationalist BJP's following among the most fervid Hindus.
The Conversation
* Pakistani man sentenced to 10 years in jail for plotting terror attack to kill Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders <[link removed]>
A Pakistani man has been sentenced to ten years behind bars for plotting a terror attack on anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.
Mail Online
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* If we want a tolerant Scotland, let’s educate children together <[link removed]>
As academic research shows some intolerant attitudes are widespread among Catholic school pupils in Scotland, Alastair Lichten says rolling back denominational education is essential to promoting cohesion and equality.
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