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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 20 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
* NSS to hold public meeting on planned faith school in Peterborough <[link removed]>
The NSS's No More Faith Schools campaign has organised a public meeting to rally opposition to a proposed Roman Catholic school in the Hampton Water area of Peterborough.
Peterborough Telegraph
* ‘Why I’m cynical about politicians “doing God”’ <[link removed]>
Hardeep Singh asks who is more annoying: politicians who think people from minority religious groups are all stupid or the smug 'community leaders' who host them.
The Spectator
* Local advisory committee backs plans to end right to withdraw from RE in Wales <[link removed]>
Proposals to remove the right of parents in Wales to withdraw their children from religious education lessons have been backed in principle by an advisory committee in Blaenau Gwent.
South Wales Argus
* Right-to-die campaigners to appeal against court ruling <[link removed]>
Right-to-die campaigners are planning to appeal after a father of two suffering from motor neurone disease was denied a full hearing of his application for help to end his life.
The Guardian
* Justin Welby urges parties to make reassuring Jews and Muslims who are 'living in fear' an 'absolute priority' during election <[link removed]>
The archbishop of Canterbury has said major parties must "avoid anything that increases the perception of fear" for Jews and Muslims at the general election.
Daily Mail
* Islamists have killed 167,096 people since 1979 – most of them were Muslims <[link removed]>
Between 1979 and 2019 167,096 people have been killed by Islamist attacks, according to a new study by a Paris-based think tank.
The Article
* Police launch hate crime investigation after arson attack on mosque site in Lincs <[link removed]>
Police have released CCTV as part of an ongoing investigation into a hate crime arson attack in Skegness.
Lincolnshire Live
* ‘When wokeness goes wrong’ <[link removed]>
Brendan O'Neill asks why Plaid Cymru chose to feature a woman in a niqab in its election broadcast.
Spiked Online
* DUP urges action to fill abortion ‘vacuum’ <[link removed]>
The DUP has called for action to fill what it calls a "dangerous vacuum" in the law around abortion in Northern Ireland.
Gazette
* Abortion doesn’t increase a woman's risk of attempting suicide, finds major study <[link removed]>
Having an abortion does not make women more likely to try to kill themselves, a study has found.
Mail Online
* ‘Two new films explore the limits of Christian forgiveness’ <[link removed]>
The idea that some transgressions cannot be atoned for unites "Grâce à Dieu" and "The Two Popes".
The Economist
** Latest from the NSS
* Most new faith based charities do nothing but promote religion. Time to reform charity law <[link removed]>
An Islamic organisation which condones extremist messages was among charities which registered on questionable grounds in October. The bar for religious groups to become charities is set too low, says Megan Manson.
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