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Your daily media briefing - Monday 22 February
  

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.

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BBC to 'reflect' on Muslim Council interview

The director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, has endorsed a statement from Woman's Hour that says the programme will "reflect" on concerns raised by an Emma Barnett interview with Zara Mohammed, the first woman to lead the Muslim Council of Britain.

The Guardian
 

‘Muslim leaders should be questioned like anybody else’

Protests about the Woman's Hour interview with Zara Mohammed ignore the fact that Emma Barnett's no-nonsense style is unwavering, says Kenan Malik.

The Guardian
 

Minister under fire for meeting with head of Muslim Council of Britain

Penny Mordaunt had talks with Zara Mohammed, despite Whitehall's long-standing policy of 'zero engagement' with the MCB, in place since 2009.

The Telegraph*
 

Christian group fined £10k for Bulwell car park meet

Officers from Nottinghamshire Police said the Church on the Streets service, involving about 30 people in Bardney Drive, Bulwell, Nottingham, broke lockdown rules.

BBC
 

UK's anti-terror chief fears rights group boycott threatens Prevent review

Britain's best chance of reducing terrorist violence risks being damaged amid a huge backlash to the government's choice of William Shawcross to lead a review of Prevent, the country's top counter-terrorism officer has said.

The Guardian
 

‘We cannot turn a blind eye to these forced marriages’

There are miserable marriages everywhere, but usually parties have chosen to enter them and have the freedom to walk away. You don't have to have binged Unorthodox to know that's not always on offer in strictly Orthodox communities, says Jennifer Lipman.

The JC
 

‘I escaped LGBT conversion therapy, but not everyone is so lucky’

Although it is shocking, LGBT conversion therapy can and does still happen today. And there is currently no law to stop it in the UK, says Matthew Hyndman.

The Independent
 

ISIS recruiter charged with murder and attempted murder of gay couple in Dresden attack

German authorities have charged an ISIS recruiter in the deadly 2020 Dresden knife attack which saw one gay man killed and another seriously injured, with homophobia said to be a motivation.

Pink News
 

Bermuda: Minister rejects calls to abolish 'coercive' worship in schools

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, has rejected calls to abolish "coerced" collective worship in schools.

Royal Gazette
 

‘Stark rise’ in abuse and hate speech directed at LGBT+ people across Europe, report warns

ILGA-Europe said in its annual report that progress which human rights advocates had taken for granted was now "increasingly fragile".

The Independent
 

Australia: Archbishop outraged over 'provocative' use of Sydney cathedral in LGBT concert ads

The City of Sydney ordered the removal of an image of St Mary's Cathedral from advertising of an LGBT concert after Sydney's Catholic Archbishop described it as "frustrating and upsetting".

ABC News
 

International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gay people

An international tribunal has found that Jamaica's government violated the rights of a gay man and a lesbian, according to a ruling released Wednesday, and activists say it could set a precedent in a region long known for legal harassment of the LGBT community.

ABC News
  

Latest from the NSS
 

Community school may close as faith based provision is protected

Parents in Somerset could see a community school close as a result of special provisions which protect faith-based schooling.
 

Improve RSE in faith schools to curb forced marriage, campaigners say

Education around forced marriage should be included in mandatory RSE, including in independent faith schools, campaigners have said.
  

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