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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 23 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.
** Latest from the NSS
* Peer proposes bill to abolish bishops’ bench in House of Lords <[link removed]>
The NSS is backing a private member's bill which would end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords.
** Secularism in the media
* Islamist extremists hold sharia trials and groom young Muslims in British prisons <[link removed]>
Islamist extremists in Britain's prisons are holding makeshift Sharia trials, circulating banned books and openly grooming young Muslim inmates, The Times has been told.
The Times (£)
* ‘Should the Welsh Assembly adopt a definition of Islamophobia?’ – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Following the UK government's rejection of the APPG on British Muslims' definition of Islamophobia, Mairi Hughes looks at whether Wales could adopt it.
Planet Extra
* Row over decision making process for proposed new Catholic school in Peterborough <[link removed]>
There were arguments at a Peterborough City Council meeting over the consultation process being used to determine if a new Catholic school will be built.
Peterborough Telegraph
* Forced marriages and honour crimes against women ‘spike during Christmas’ <[link removed]>
The number of girls being forced into marriage spikes during the Christmas holidays due to authorities failing to properly protect girls ahead of the festive period, frontline service providers have warned.
The Independent
* Reviewer of Prevent programme removed after legal challenge <[link removed]>
The peer Alex Carlile has been stood down by the government as independent reviewer of the Prevent programme following a legal challenge over his appointment.
The Guardian
* Academic sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan <[link removed]>
A university lecturer in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for blasphemy.
BBC
* India protests: PM Modi defends citizenship bill amid clashes <[link removed]>
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has defended the government's new citizenship law, despite the major ongoing protests against it.
BBC
* Vegan ‘sacked over beliefs’ demands court treats lifestyle like religion <[link removed]>
A campaigner who claims he was sacked for his ethical beliefs is demanding judges to recognise veganism as a protected category similar to faith.
Metro
** From the blogs
* Bill would abolish bishops’ automatic right to sit in the Lords – NSS mentioned <[link removed]>
This round-up of news includes a bill drafted with NSS assistance which would end the automatic right of bishops to sit in... Read More »
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