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title: "Muslim Brotherhood banned in Egypt, and other stories – our morning round-up"
date: "2013-09-24T07:52:15+01:00"
modified: "2013-09-24T07:52:15+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2013/09/24/muslim-brotherhood-banned-in-egypt-and-other-stories-our-morning-round-up/"
post_id: 5936
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# Muslim Brotherhood banned in Egypt, and other stories – our morning round-up

[Muslim Brotherhood banned by Egyptian court](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/23/muslim-brotherhood-egyptian-court)

The Islamist party, which was overthrown by a coup earlier this year, will have its assets confiscated. (Guardian)

[Pope Francis excommunicates pro-gay marriage priest](http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/church-dumps-rebel-priest-20130920-2u5jp.html)

A priest in Melbourne, Australia, has been defrocked and excommunicated over his support for women priests and gay rights, with the order apparently coming direct from the Vatican. (The Age)

[France’s Sikhs want right to wear turbans in schools](http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20130923-frances-sikhs-want-right-wear-turbans-schools)

Representatives of the Sikh community, which numbers around 30,000 in France, have asked for an exemption to the ban on wearing religious symbols in state schools. (RFI)

[Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova goes on hunger strike](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/23/pussy-riot-hunger-strike-nadezhda-tolokonnikova)

The jailed activist writes an open letter detailing the brutal conditions in Russia’s Penal Colony No 14. (Guardian)

[World’s oldest bog body hints at violent past](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24053119)

The 4,000 year-old corpse of a man discovered in a peat bog in Ireland is being studied for clues about his death. (BBC)