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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 10 December
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 <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Teacher training in NI 'reinforces sectarian divide' <[link removed]>
How teachers are trained in Northern Ireland reinforces "educational division and duplication" along sectarian lines.
BBC
* Man denies assaulting children during circumcision procedures <[link removed]>
Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, of Birmingham, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday and denied 40 charges relating to 24 procedures.
Birmingham Mail
* Catholic independent school pledges change after Ofsted report <[link removed]>
Ampleforth College failed its latest inspection because of a failure to take "all reasonable, timely and appropriate action to safeguard pupils" and to establish "a well embedded safeguarding culture in the school", according to an emergency Ofsted report.
The Tablet
* NI Health Minister: Anti-abortion vaccine objectors ‘not entitled to mislead others’ <[link removed]>
Health Minister Robin Swann has said those objecting to Covid-19 vaccination on anti-abortion grounds "are not entitled to mislead others". The comments come after unfounded claims on social media that the Pfizer vaccine contains "stem cells from aborted babies".
ITV
* UK’s ‘most arrested’ preacher claims he was falsely imprisoned for ‘being homophobic’ <[link removed]>
Street preacher Michael Overd has filed a lawsuit against the police, claiming that he was falsely imprisoned and assaulted by an officer for "being homophobic".
Pink News
* UK failure to impose sanctions on China over Uighur Muslims ‘painful and hurtful’, says activist <[link removed]>
The British government's failure to include Chinese officials in the latest round of its "Magnitsky Sanctions" on human rights abuses has been described as "painful and hurtful" by a leading Uighur activist.
The Independent
* ‘Cambridge academics have just won an important battle for free speech’ <[link removed]>
Academics at Cambridge won a cheering victory for free speech when they voted by an overwhelming majority to reject plans from the vice-chancellor to change the rules governing debate at the university.
The Spectator
* US: Supreme Court rules three Muslim men can sue FBI over no-fly list <[link removed]>
Ruling could have wider implications for religious freedom cases brought against government officials.
The Independent
* Michigan Catholic schools say forced closure is unconstitutional, file lawsuit <[link removed]>
A group of Catholic high schools in Michigan are suing the state in federal court on claims that emergency health orders banning in-school classes and religious training are unconstitutional.
MLive
* Bhutan parliament decriminalises homosexuality, to delight of activists <[link removed]>
A joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan's parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictions on same-sex relationships.
Reuters
* Egypt: Evangelical pastor sets up school to ‘treat’ homosexuality in young people <[link removed]>
An evangelical pastor is setting up a school in Egypt that will attempt to "treat" homosexuality in young people.
Pink News
* ‘The horrors of backstreet abortions in Argentina as country considers legalising terminations’ <[link removed]>
'Women arrive with severe contractions, severe infections and severe haemorrhaging and we have to prevent patients dying,' doctor says.
The Independent
** The latest from the NSS
* Amend hate crime bill to protect free speech, Scottish government told <[link removed]>
A group of MSPs has called for changes to Scotland's current hate crime bill, after taking evidence from groups including the NSS.
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