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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 17 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
* Regulator criticised for not opening inquiry into charity chaired by man barred from UK – NSS extensively quoted <[link removed]>
The NSS has criticised the Charity Commission for not opening a statutory inquiry into a charity that promotes extremist views.
Third Sector
* SPAC Nation: Church group 'financially exploited members' <[link removed]>
An evangelical church praised for helping ex-gang members has been accused of financially exploiting young people from its congregation.
BBC
* Supreme Court to hear appeal over arrangements by housing association to allocate properties only to members of religious community
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over whether a charitable housing association's arrangements for allocating housing, which amount to direct discrimination on the ground of religion, were lawful.
Local Government Lawyer
* 'Extremist books promoting ISIS' removed from Islamic school in Birmingham <[link removed]>
An Islamic school has removed 'extremist' books from its library which promoted ISIS and warned against befriending Jews and Christians.
Birmingham Live
* Church of England school branded 'inadequate' by Ofsted inspectors <[link removed]>
A voluntary aided school in Hartlepool has been branded "inadequate" by education watchdogs amid concerns over both attainment and bullying.
Hartlepool Mail
* China says footballer was ‘deceived by fake news’ after he criticises treatment of Uighur Muslims <[link removed]>
China's foreign ministry has said Arsenal's Mesut Ozil was "deceived by fake news" after he criticised the country's treatment of Uighur Muslims. Beijing had already decided not to show a game he played in on Sunday on TV in response to his criticism.
BBC
* Indian students join fierce protests against ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law <[link removed]>
Intense protests against a divisive Indian citizenship law that excludes Muslims have spread to university campuses across the country, fuelled by a brutal police crackdown on a demonstration in Delhi at the weekend.
The Guardian
* ‘Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?’ <[link removed]>
An explanatory memo from the Australian government outlines how a new bill's far-reaching effects will change public life dramatically – in medical services, schools, offices and hospitals.
The Guardian
* Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan <[link removed]>
A handful of people have gone public as survivors of Catholic clerical sexual abuse in Japan, where values of conformity and harmony have resulted in a strong code of silence.
AP
** Latest from the NSS
* Regulator hasn’t investigated charity promoting Islamist extremism <[link removed]>
A regulator hasn't investigated Islamic Research Foundation International despite receiving five complaints about it, the NSS can reveal.
** Watch: BBC Panorama
* BBC Panorama: Conned by my church <[link removed]>
Greg McKenzie investigates accusations of financial irregularities against the Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, a charity dedicated to tackling gang violence and crime.
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