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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 10 January
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
* Brazil: Netflix 'gay Jesus' parody film ban overturned <[link removed]>
Brazil's Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that TV streaming service Netflix must remove a film depicting Jesus as gay.
BBC
* Motion in Dundee would see church reps and others lose right to vote on education issues <[link removed]>
Unelected members of Dundee's education committee, including its religious representatives, could be stripped of their right to vote if plans brought forward by a city councillor are successful.
The Courier
* Birmingham Sikh Channel charity probed by Charity Commission <[link removed]>
A Sikh broadcasting charity is being investigated over "serious regulatory concerns".
BBC
* Church-run charity makes bid to open children's home <[link removed]>
A church-run charity has made an official planning bid to open a children's home in Dumbarton in western Scotland after previously trying to open it without permission.
Daily Record
* ‘The death of Indian democracy’ <[link removed]>
India's Jawaharlal Nehru University is famous for its liberal environment and critical ethos. Debarati Guha says an attack by masked assailants on its students is an attempt to silence India's secular forces.
DW
* ‘India is a Hindu state now — we are second-class citizens’ <[link removed]>
A controversial new citizenship law rammed through parliament last month has prompted huge protests by Muslims.
The Times (£)
* Christians targeted in new recruitment drive for school governors <[link removed]>
The Church of England in Exeter has launched a new year recruitment drive to encourage more Christians to become school governors.
Premier Christian News
* Christian teacher in 'misgendering' row settles with school <[link removed]>
A Christian pastor and teacher who faced action after he referred to a transgender pupil as a girl has reached an "amicable resolution" with his former school.
BBC
* Catholic school with 24 pupils could close amid plummeting numbers and financial woes <[link removed]>
A voluntary aided Catholic primary school in Yorkshire could be set to close at the end of the academic year due to plummeting numbers and "financial challenges".
Teesside Live
* MP calls for assisted dying law inquiry <[link removed]>
There should be an inquiry into the law on assisted dying, according to a Shropshire MP who has backed changes to legalise it.
Shropshire Star
* Inmate who planned to behead soldier suspected of attacking prison officer while wearing fake suicide vest <[link removed]>
An inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier.
BBC
* Complaint over Tory councillor who tweeted “domination not integration” about Islam <[link removed]>
There have been calls for a councillor on Dudley Council who tweeted "domination not integration" in reference to Islam to resign.
Express & Star
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Evangelical network requests state funding for school in NI <[link removed]>
The NMFS campaign has objected to plans to make two schools in Northern Ireland which are run by an evangelical network state funded.
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