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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 9 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
* Parent protests outside mosque after former trustee convicted of assaulting child <[link removed]>
Protests have been staged outside a Birmingham mosque after a former trustee who still volunteers there was convicted of physically assaulting an eight-year-old child.
Birmingham Live
* Dozens of FGM victims seen by NHS in Bradford <[link removed]>
Dozens of new victims of female genital mutilation have been seen by NHS services in Bradford so far this year.
Telegraph & Argus
* Victims of FGM seen by NHS in Lancashire <[link removed]>
At least three new victims of female genital mutilation have been seen by NHS services in Lancashire so far this year.
Lancashire Post
* At least one new FGM victim seen by NHS in Buckinghamshire this year <[link removed]>
At least one new victim of female genital mutilation has been seen by NHS services in Buckinghamshire so far this year.
Bucks Free Press
* Thousands rally against antisemitism in Parliament Square <[link removed]>
More than 3,000 people gathered in Parliament Square on Sunday to stand against antisemitism.
The JC
* Tory chairman 'sorry' for ‘Islamophobia’ in party <[link removed]>
Conservative chairman James Cleverly has apologised over instances when Tory members and candidates "do or say things that are wrong".
BBC
* ‘British Hindus voting for Labour are not “traitors” to India’ <[link removed]>
Shami Chakrabarti says there's no room in UK politics for the hatred being promoted by a group tied to the BJP, India's ruling party.
The Guardian
* Christians call for ‘offensive’ Christmas cards to be banned <[link removed]>
Some Christians on social media have branded a new range of "humorous" Christmas cards featuring Mary, Joseph and Jesus "deeply offensive".
Leeds Live
* Western Australia assisted dying laws pass through upper house <[link removed]>
The Western Australian government is set to end the year with legislative victory after its euthanasia laws passed the upper house.
WA Today
* Anti-headscarf law activist sues Iran in US over harassment <[link removed]>
An Iranian-American activist famous for her campaign against the Islamic Republic's mandatory headscarf for women has sued Iran in US federal court, alleging a government-led harassment campaign targets her and her family.
AP
* American Airlines forces woman to change ‘Hail Satan’ T-shirt <[link removed]>
A woman on an American Airlines flight has been told she had to either change her shirt or get kicked off the plane — all because the one she was wearing said "Hail Satan".
BuzzFeed News
** Latest from the NSS
* The requirement to hold collective worship in schools is crumbling and not worth saving <[link removed]>
After two parents forced a school trust to provide an alternative to religious assemblies for their children, Alastair Lichten says the law which requires schools to hold acts of worship needs to change.
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