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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 23 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.
** Latest from the NSS
* Promote religious freedom in schools: abolish the worship requirement <[link removed]>
A private member's bill to replace compulsory worship with inclusive assemblies should prompt the government to reform the archaic collective worship law, says Stephen Evans.
** Secularism in the media
* Tory councillor slammed for saying Jewish faith schools don't need Ofsted 'giving children ideas of homosexuality' <[link removed]>
Hackney Conservatives are investigating after a Stamford Hill councillor said unregistered Jewish faith schools don't need Ofsted "giving children ideas" about homosexuality or atheism.
Hackney Gazette
* ‘State education should be secularised’ <[link removed]>
A letter from the CEO of the Independent Schools Association says state education should be secularised. (Today's page also features a letter from Tim Farron MP criticising efforts to abolish parliamentary prayers.)
The Times (£)
* FGM cases identified in Staffordshire <[link removed]>
Fifteen new cases of female genital mutilation have been identified in Staffordshire, according to newly-released figures from NHS Digital.
Derby Telegraph
* Assisted dying sparks five-hour debate on Isle of Man <[link removed]>
A five-hour debate has taken place in the Isle of Man parliament on assisted dying.
Manx Radio
* In presidential first, Trump will attend anti-abortion March for Life <[link removed]>
The first in-person presidential appearance at an annual anti-abortion event is President Trump's latest gesture of support for a cause dear to his evangelical base.
The New York Times
* US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on major religious school choice case <[link removed]>
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday for a case that may put to rest decades of debate over government funding for private, religious schools.
Religion News Service
* Pakistan suspends film release after religious uproar <[link removed]>
Pakistan has suspended the release of an award-winning film, after an Islamist political party objected to its portrayal of a struggling cleric.
BBC
* Ten years after Vatican reform, Legion in new abuse crisis <[link removed]>
A sexual abuse crisis within a Catholic order has highlighted failings which reach up to the Vatican.
AP News
** Watch
* Survivor's story: Church of England sex abuse scandal <[link removed]>
Phil Johnson was groomed and abused by members of the clergy as a schoolboy in Eastbourne during the 1970s and 80s. His testimony describes how two priests and Bishop Peter Ball abused him.
BBC
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