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.
The bible in BSL, the Rabbi and Kim Kardashian, and Rev Dr John Sentamu
Rumi: The Musical, Asylum seeker conversions, Mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland
Europe's Best Cathedrals, FW. De Klerk's faith, and could Joe Biden be banned from Communion?
Leonard Cohen's Spirituality; Is Faith Being Left Out Of COP 26?; St Cuthbert
Black Muslims, COP26, Divali
Last rites as an 'emergency service', Lebanon crisis, 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'
Church crawls, Religious toys, Jewish Fringe Festival
Ben Fogle; Halal Student Finance; Day of the Scientist
03/10/2021
"Brown" Bouquets; Faith After The Pandemic; Deborah Feldman
Psalm 23 Garden, Sanctuary, Muslim Sibling Rivalry
Turban confusion, Jewish heritage, Hong Kong Christian activists
British Muslims views on Afghanistan, Vaccine inequity, The traditions of the Jewish New Year.
Religious minorities in Afghanistan, The rise and fall of Christian Ireland, George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’ 50 years on
Afghan refugee crisis; Women's rights under the Taliban; Cardinal Nichols on our moral responsibility for Afghanistan
Aretha Franklin influence, 'Conversion therapy' ban, Vaccine refusal among US evangelicals
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Women at Hajj; Football and Racism and Universal Credit
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