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Your daily media briefing - Thursday 23 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.

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Promote religious freedom in schools: abolish the worship requirement

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'

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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