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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 22 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
* ‘FGM survivors more visible in UK statistics and activism’ <[link removed]>
More than 22,000 FGM survivors have been identified by UK public health providers since 2015 – though newly-recorded cases are declining. Most cases involve women and girls born outside the UK.
openDemocracy
* ‘There is a serious problem with Wales's religious school system’ <[link removed]>
Will Hayward says the state shouldn't fund religious schools – and as long as it does, religious institutions shouldn't be able to select who has the right to benefit from taxpayers' money.
Wales Online
* Elect the leaders who reflect your beliefs, Catholic voters told <[link removed]>
Catholic bishops in Scotland are to tell their parishioners to elect the individuals who reflect their beliefs in the upcoming general election.
Christian Today
* Hate crime rules challenged as man takes policing body to court <[link removed]>
A landmark challenge to police guidance on "hate incidents" was heard by the High Court on Wednesday, after a man was placed under criminal investigation for comments he made on social media.
Premier Christian Radio
* FGM trial in Ireland hearing evidence <[link removed]>
Blood found on the carpet in the Dublin home of a couple accused of carrying out FGM on their daughter matched the DNA of the child, a court has been told.
TheJournal.ie
* Outcry as conservative South Korean MPs seek to curtail LGBT rights <[link removed]>
Campaigners have condemned an attempt, backed by South Korea's powerful Christian lobby, to remove protection for 'sexual orientation' from new legislation.
The Guardian
* Asia Bibi lawyer vows to keep working in Pakistan despite risks <[link removed]>
A lawyer who represented a Christian woman given a death sentence in Pakistan after being convicted of blasphemy says he aims to keep working despite risks to his life.
Premier Christian Radio
* American Medical Association announces support for US ban on ‘conversion therapy’ <[link removed]>
The US physicians' group the American Medical Association has announced that it will begin supporting a ban on so-called conversion therapy.
Reuters
* US sexual assault victims say they were pressured into unfair settlement by Catholic Church, says report <[link removed]>
Two men are reportedly alleging in a New York court that Catholic officials pressured them to sign unfair settlements after they were sexually assaulted.
The Hill
* Italy falls in love with civil marriage <[link removed]>
The traditions of a church wedding with bells, choristers and relatives packed into pews are fading in Italy, where civil ceremonies have overtaken religious marriages for the first time.
The Times (£)
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* NMFS campaign opposes plan for new faith school in Inverclyde <[link removed]>
The NMFS campaign is supporting residents to oppose a plan to open a new Catholic primary school in Inverclyde in western Scotland.
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