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Your daily media briefing - Friday 10 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

 

Brazil: Netflix 'gay Jesus' parody film ban overturned

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

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

A Sikh broadcasting charity is being investigated over "serious regulatory concerns".

BBC

 

Church-run charity makes bid to open children's home

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’

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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