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Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 27 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

 

Anti-LGBT primary school protests permanently banned from outside school in Birmingham

Demonstrations against LGBT inclusive education have been permanently banned outside a primary school.

BBC

 

Evangelical church plans grammar school in NI

An evangelical church schools' network plans to open a voluntary grammar school in Northern Ireland.

BBC

 

British Muslims are getting WhatsApps urging them to vote out 14 "pro-Israel" Tory MPs

British Muslims are being targeted with WhatsApp messages from a group urging them to vote out 14 Conservative candidates accused of "supporting Israel" and being 'Islamophobes'.

BuzzFeed

 

UK public buildings to be lit red in honour of religious freedom

More than 120 public building across the UK will be lit red on Wednesday to recognise the importance of religious freedom.

Premier Christian Radio

 

Fears rise for Christian freedoms in China as BBC Panorama reveals "re-education camps" for Muslims

Concerns have risen for the religious freedoms of Christians in China following a BBC Panorama programme on the oppressive treatment towards minority Muslims.

Premier Christian Radio

 

Call to scrap blasphemy laws in Australian state of Victoria

An MP will table a bill in Victoria's parliament on Wednesday to abolish the state's blasphemy laws.

Nine.com.au

 

Egypt court sides with woman against unequal inheritance law

An Egyptian woman says she's scored an important legal victory against her country's inheritance laws, which grant female heirs half of what they grant men.

AP News

 

Man arrested over FGM in Kenya

Police in Riaranga village, Nyamira County, are holding a 70-year-old man suspected to have been involved in the circumcision of his two granddaughters.

Citizen Digital

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Christadelphian charities condoning violence and promoting misogyny

The NSS has referred 10 Christadelphian charities to the Charity Commission over concerns that they promote deeply intolerant messages.

  

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