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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 30 July

  

In the Media, our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, is one of the most popular features on our website and now available delivered to your inbox.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Muslims join official talks over pork-derived gelatine in flu vaccine

Public health chiefs have held talks with Muslim leaders after families raised concerns about allowing their children to have the flu vaccine because it contains pork products.

The Times (£)

 

No plans to change Catholic representatives’ voting rights, says Glasgow City Council

Representatives of Glasgow City Council say they have no plans to change the arrangement allowing two representatives from the Catholic Church to vote on education matters.

Evening Times

 

Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh urges Catholics to resist removal of church school board voting rights

A leading Catholic clergyman has called on parishioners to oppose a move to block voting rights for religious representatives on schooling issues in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Evening News

 

LGBT people are 'being made homeless due to religion'

Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds, according to research by the Albert Kennedy Trust.

BBC

 

Birmingham has highest female genital mutilation rate in UK

Nearly six new victims of female genital mutilation are being identified in an average week in Birmingham.

Birmingham Live

 

Raped vicar reveals tragic tale of sexual abuse in the church

A vicar at the centre of the Anglican Church's sexual abuse scandal has told how the alleged abuse of schoolchildren in his Rotherham parish sparked his battle to get justice for himself and others.

Examiner Live

 

Woman arrested over shouting “shame on you” during Pride march

A 38-year-old woman has been arrested after the phrase "shame on you" was shouted at people taking part in a Pride march.

The Guardian

 

‘MPs can no longer hide from the mass incarceration of Uighur Muslims in China’

Yasmin Qureshi and Alistair Carmichael say they aim to initiate a short inquiry into the incarceration of Muslims in China after parliament returns from recess.

New Statesman

 

Rapist inmate claims he was discriminated against because unit failed to offer Christian worship

A convicted Christian claims he suffered religious discrimination by the NHS as he was denied the right to Sunday worship while Muslim inmates were allowed Friday prayers.

The Telegraph

 

Muslim teenager set on fire in India ‘after refusing to chant Hindu slogan’

A Muslim teenager has claimed he was set on fire by a gang after he refused to chant a Hindu slogan in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

The Independent

 

‘Church of Ireland marks 150 years since end of role as state church’

Patsy McGarry considers the legacy of the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland.

The Irish Times

 

New South Wales abortion decriminalisation delayed after conservatives resist

A bill to decriminalise abortion in New South Wales has been delayed by a week after resistance from the conservative wing of the coalition government.

The Guardian

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Parents challenge academy’s Christian assemblies in court

A couple have launched a legal challenge against a primary school over its use of Christian assemblies.

  

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