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Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 8 January

  

In the Media 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 and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Blackburn Islamic school segregating children by sex – NSS quoted

An independent faith school has been "unlawfully" segregating pupils by sex, an unannounced emergency school inspection has found.

Lancashire Telegraph

 

Muslim school told girls that university was 'not for them', Ofsted report finds

A private Islamic school in Birmingham told girls university was "not for them", while boys were given first choice on work experience placements, an Ofsted report has found.

The Telegraph

 

Police forces record thousands of hate incidents each year even though they accept they are not crimes

Police forces are recording thousands of 'hate incidents', including those perceived to be religiously motivated, every year – even though they accept that they are not crimes.

The Telegraph

 

Charlie Hebdo: France marks five years since Paris massacre

France has marked the fifth anniversary of a deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo with street ceremonies and social media tributes.

BBC

 

Religious intolerance still ‘shackles’ press freedoms, warns Reporters Without Borders

Governments must do more to protect freedom of expression against religious intolerance five years after the terror attack against French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, press liberties advocates have said.

The Brussels Times

 

‘Five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attack, “Je suis Charlie” rings hollow'

Jonathan Ervine says France seems much less keen to embrace biting satirical humour than it initially appeared back in 2015.

The Conversation

 

‘Je suis Charlie’

Brendan O'Neill reflects on the fifth anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

Spiked Online

 

Company removes sale of leggings carrying image of Hindu deity after complaint

A company has removed legging carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha after a 'Hindu statesman' complained.

Asian Image

 

Attacks on Christians and other civilians in Burkina Faso are 'war crimes'

Attacks in Burkina Faso against Christians and other civilians are "war crimes" that the government must do more to stop, Human Rights Watch has said.

Christian Today

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Five years after the Charlie Hebdo murders, free expression on religion still needs promoting

Half a decade after the Islamist attack on cartoonists in France, Chris Sloggett says we owe it to the victims and ourselves to reject blasphemy taboos.

  

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