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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 24 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.
Our media round-up will return on Thursday 2 January. In the meantime we wish everyone a restful and healthy festive period.
** Secularism in the media
* Boris Johnson vows to defend persecuted Christians around the world in first Christmas message as PM <[link removed]>
Boris Johnson has vowed to defend persecuted Christians around the world and their "right to practise their faith".
Daily Mail
* ‘The Times view on the preservation of religious freedom: Faith under fire’ <[link removed]>
This editorial says the persecution of religious minorities has intensified across the globe over the past decade. Free societies must insist upon and defend the exercise of private conscience.
The Times (£)
* Petitioners try to shut down Netflix show by accusing it of being ‘blasphemous’ <[link removed]>
More than 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for a new Netflix show to be banned or face a boycott amid claims it will be disrespectful to Islamic and Christian beliefs.
Metro
* Catholic Church's dominance of education continues to slide in Ireland <[link removed]>
The Catholic Church's dominance of education in Ireland is continuing to slide in the face of rapid growth for the multi-denominational sector.
The Independent (Ireland)
* Modi's party loses fifth state election in a year as India rocked by citizenship protests <[link removed]>
Indian prime minister's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state election, a setback for Narendra Modi's party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.
The Guardian
* China slammed over programme that 'appoints' men to sleep with Uighur women <[link removed]>
A disturbing policy implemented in the northwest Chinese region of Xinjiang is a forced-living arrangement between Han Chinese men and Uighur women that's been likened to "mass rape".
NZ Herald
* Christian group unhappy over appointment of new archbishop – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Christian Concern is unhappy over the appointment of Stephen Cottrell as the new archbishop of York.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
* US Christian nationalist project changes its name <[link removed]>
It appears that the Christian-nationalist Project Blitz movement's momentum has been slowed in America.
Godzooks (Patheos)
** From the archive: secularism at Christmas
* Secularism is a challenge to religion’s political power and privilege, not people of faith <[link removed]>
Some Christians use the Christmas period to attack secularism for its challenge to their sense of entitlement. But Stephen Evans says the faithful have far more to fear from religious fanatics than secularists.
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