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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 3 December
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
* Jewish schools 'pressurise parents to take children out of sex ed lessons' <[link removed]>
Two Orthodox Jewish secondary schools in London have been accused of pressurising parents into taking their children out of sex education lessons.
BBC
* ‘LGBT-inclusive education deserves better from the DfE’ <[link removed]>
Ann Mroz says the government shouldn't fudge the issue of LGBT-inclusive education in an attempt to avoid religious groups' disapproval.
Tes
* Rabbi thrown to ground and attacked by men shouting 'kill the Jews' in north London <[link removed]>
A rabbi was badly beaten by two men who shouted "kill the Jews" in an anti-semitic attack.
Evening Standard
* Druids' Stonehenge trespass appeal thrown out by judge <[link removed]>
An appeal by druids against a conviction for trespassing at the historic landmark Stonehenge has been thrown out by judges.
Salisbury Journal
* Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face 'abortion murder' charges <[link removed]>
A bill to ban abortion introduced in the legislature of the US state of Ohio requires doctors to "reimplant an ectopic pregnancy" into a woman's uterus – a procedure that does not exist in medical science – or face charges of "abortion murder".
The Guardian
* Jihadis ‘thieving and drug dealing' to 'wage war' on West <[link removed]>
Some jihadis are carrying out robbery, theft, fraud and drug dealing as part of their efforts to "wage war" on Western societies, a report has said.
Evening Standard
* China may ban US officials from region with Muslim detainment camps <[link removed]>
China might ban all US diplomatic passport-holders from entering the country's western Xinjiang autonomous region, according to the editor of an English-language Chinese newspaper.
CNBC
* World's 'largest animal sacrifice' starts in Nepal after ban ignored <[link removed]>
Hindu worshippers have begun killing thousands of buffalo in what is reputed to be the world's biggest animal sacrifice, held every five years in a remote corner of Nepal, despite efforts to end the bloodshed.
The Guardian
* US anti-abortion groups target Trump ally at Organisation of American States <[link removed]>
A coalition of US anti-abortion and Christian conservative groups have targeted the re-election of a Uruguayan diplomat, Luis Almagro, as the leader of the Organisation of American States, partly because of his position on abortion.
openDemocracy
* Major medical and legal groups oppose Louisiana abortion law before US Supreme Court <[link removed]>
Several major medical groups and the American Bar Association are weighing in against a Louisiana abortion law set to go before the US Supreme Court next year.
NPR
* ‘The Muslim Sanskrit professor boycotted over his religion in India’ <[link removed]>
Students in the northern Indian city of Varanasi are up in arms over a Muslim professor hired to teach Sanskrit. They say that a person of Islamic faith cannot teach a language often associated with ancient Hinduism.
BBC
** Latest NSS podcast
* Ep 19: General election special <[link removed]>
This week, Emma Park is joined by Stephen Evans and Chris Sloggett for a general election special.
The NSS recently outlined 11 secularist policies it would like to see under the next government. But which of these are on the parties' agendas? Will any of them make it onto the statute book any time soon? And is religion stifling political debate? Join Stephen, Chris and Emma for comment and analysis.
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