Eight hundred Christians have been sheltering in two churches in Gaza City since the beginning of the war, with warnings that supplies are running low. Nader Abu Amshah from the Middle East Council of Churches has been in regular contact with them.
‘American Sikh’ is a short animated film about an ordinary New Yorker who is viewed with suspicion after 9/11 because of his beard and turban. One day as part of his search for acceptance in American society, he decides to wear a Captain America costume, fully turbaned and bearded. It completely transforms the way people interact with him on the streets of New York. After being screened at film festivals ‘American Sikh’ is eligible to be shortlisted for an Oscar, we speak to the film’s main character and director, Vishavjit Singh.
The Israel-Gaza conflict involves two of the world's great religious traditions - Judaism and Islam - and each has their own principles for determining when and how war should be fought. To find out what they are, Edward talks to Daniel Greenberg, a lawyer who writes about Jewish ethics, and Audu Bulama Bukarti, an expert on the Islamic rules of war.
Gaza Christians; Trump bible; Easter Island
Integrating refugees; St John Passion; the Value of Religious Education
Pope autobiography; Extremism definition; Sir James MacMillan
Ramadan in Gaza, Leaving Faith Helpline, Alternative Mothering Sunday
Gaza aid; Brit Awards; UK Islamophobia
Vatican secrets; Interfaith row; AI and beyond the grave
Israel Gaza conflict; Rochdale Labour; Rave in the nave
Asylum Conversions, the Power of Prayer, 'Sexualised' Jesus
Asylum conversions, Jaz from Traitors on Sikhism, Siobhan McSweeney on St Brigid
C of E safeguarding concerns, Nicaragua Catholic Church crackdown, Jesus in pop music
Cathedral charging; Last Christians in Gaza; Muslim Comedian Ola Labib
The ethics of surrogacy
Does religion do more harm than good?
Tackling the rise in homelessness
Christmas in Bethlehem, 800th anniversary of the nativity scene, The stories behind our favourite carols
Israel-Gaza latest; C of E same sex blessings; the rights and wrongs of 'Surveillance Santa'
Power of religion at Cop28; Shane McGowan's Catholicism; Near-death experiences
Same sex church blessings; Religion in Dr Who; Antonio Banderas on playing King Herod
Same Sex Blessings in the Church of England
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