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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 25 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.
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* ‘Parents hope secular education victory leads to repeal of law’ <[link removed]>
There are calls for an end to compulsory collective, broadly Christian worship in non-religious state schools after a Church of England academy trust agreed to provide an alternative in one school.
The Observer
* 'Allow no escapes': leak exposes reality of China's vast prison camp network <[link removed]>
The internal workings of a vast chain of Chinese internment camps used to detain at least a million people from the nation's Muslim minorities are laid out in leaked Communist Party documents published on Sunday.
The Guardian
* Labour vows to rip up Victorian-era abortion laws in manifesto <[link removed]>
Labour has vowed to rip up Victorian abortion laws by overhauling historic legislation which contains criminal sanctions for women and doctors.
The Independent
* Chickens facing slaughter in pain and fear, partly to meet halal demand <[link removed]>
About 250m chickens slaughtered annually in the UK are placed in electric water baths, despite the availability of more humane methods of slaughter. This is partly to meet demand among Muslims for chicken slaughtered according to halal principles. Millions of these chickens end up being eaten by non-Muslims.
The Times (£)
* Anti-abortion group working with religious group to target pro-choice MP Stella Creasy <[link removed]>
An anti-abortion group under investigation by the police has been accused of trying to interfere in the general election by working with a religious organisation to target a prominent Labour figure.
The Observer
* Pakistan summons Norway’s ambassador over burning of Quran
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Norway's ambassador to convey concern over the fact that a man burned Islam's holy book and was caught on video. The man who burnt the Quran in the video was physically attacked.
The Washington Post
* Church of England reviews its handling of sexual abuse case <[link removed]>
The Church of England has ordered an independent review into its handling of a sexual abuse case that resulted in four bishops and an archbishop being accused of failing to respond properly to a victim's disclosures.
The Guardian
* British roofer fined after calling New Zealand mosque shootings suspect a 'hero' on Facebook <[link removed]>
A British roofer has been convicted of a hate crime after hailing the suspect accused of the New Zealand mosque shootings as a 'hero' on Facebook.
Mail Online
* British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say <[link removed]>
British women are increasingly being pressured into polygamous relationships or left without child support when relationships break up because UK law does not offer adequate protection to spouses in religious marriages, campaigners have warned.
The Independent
* Man arrested after hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish children on London Underground <[link removed]>
A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.
Jewish News
* ‘We need to categorise FGM as child abuse so millions of girls will have a brighter future’ <[link removed]>
Nimco Ali says this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women we need to make sure that life will be better for a new generation.
iNews
* Brazil's Bolsonaro launches political party emphasising 'respect for God and religion' <[link removed]>
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday launched a new political party called the Alliance for Brazil, which will put an emphasis on God, family and homeland, as he tries to win back evangelical voters.
France24
** Latest from the NSS
* Why the blind spot when it comes to faith schools? <[link removed]>
Politicians need to end their fetishisation of faith schools and face the fact that a religiously divided education system is unfit for the future, argues Stephen Evans.
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