The Battle for Al-Azhar

The Battle for al-Azhar - Part Two

How is al-Azhar in Egypt, the most prestigious seat of Islamic learning viewed from afar?

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Faith in Freedom

The singer brutally tortured for her Christianity

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Faith in Freedom

Faith in Freedom: Daniel Genis

A Jewish-atheist's remarkable insight into Americas prison system

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Faith in Freedom

Faith in Freedom: Maryam and Marziyeh

Jailed for handing out Bibles in Iran

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Lulik - The Heart of East Timor

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The Uma Lulik are East Timorese sacred huts. Janak Rogers explores the idea of lulik and its relevance to Timorese society today

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The Deadly Sacrifice at Hawkes Bay

Shumaila Jaffery travels to Hawkes Bay to discover a story of extreme sacrifice

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The bible, black women and Brazil

Lebo Diseko travels to Brazil to meet Evangelical Christian women of colour.

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The last Afghan Sikhs

Kawoon Khamoosh speaks to Sikhs who have been forced to leave Afghanistan in recent years

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Hindus, hate and hashtags

Vishva Samani speaks to young Hindus on 'Hinduphobia' and the increase of online hate

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Green Islam

How Muslims are trying to heed the call in the Quran to be better guardians of nature

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Spiritualism and the soul

Saskia Masaun talks to mediums as she delves deeper into her spiritualist faith

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God and hip-hop

Swarzy Macaly asks why young rappers aren't quick to own the title Christian rapper?

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From riches to religion

We meet Patrick van der Vorst, who gave up his business and became a priest

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Diwali in Leicester

The English city of Leicester hosts the largest Diwali celebrations outside India

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Me, my autism and cults

'Cult survivor' Richard Turner explores the link between neurodivergence and cults

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Dying in Varanasi

A journey to a sacred city where some pilgrims go for their final days

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One scoop or two

When Annie Nicholson lost her family, an ice cream van gave her a way to cope with grief

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Turtle Island and the Black Snake

The native Americans fighting to protect their traditions threatened by an oil pipeline

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Arizona's desert crosses

The artist planting crosses in the desert in Arizona to memorialise dead migrants.

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Poland's Jews: Caught between, never home

What is it like to be a third-generation Jew in present-day Poland?

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The Iran protests

Three Iranian women discuss religion, personal faith and the struggle for independence

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Christmas with the cooking priest

How Fr Leo Patalinghug is changing people's 'hearts and minds' through their stomach

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Thich Nhat Hanh’s censored legacy

How a monk known as the father of mindfulness became a controversial figure in Vietnam

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Pope Benedict XVI: A life and legacy

To mark the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Colm Flynn explores his life and legacy.

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The battle for souls in Nepal

Meet the controversial Korean missionaries driving the growth of Christianity in Nepal

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The Viking priest

Ásatrú is Iceland’s fastest growing faith, but it is being hijacked by white supremacists

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The Right Thing: Opposing sexual violence as a weapon of war

Denis Mukwege, the doctor and Christian who saves women injured by sexual violence

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The Right Thing: Framed by my brother

Floyd Bledsoe’s Christian forgiveness was tested when his brother accused him of murder

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The cost of being an atheist in Nigeria

When a Nigerian atheist criticises Islam online, he’s left facing 24 years in jail

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Stripped of my spirituality

How Native Americans forced into Church boarding schools are reclaiming their spirituality

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Coming out of the Ifá closet

One man’s conversion to African spirituality and how his Christian family reacted

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Two Rabbis, worlds apart in Israel

Meet the rabbis at odds over how Jewish Israel should be.

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An instrument speaking to the infinite

How did the organ become a vehicle for cosmic ideas - for atheists and believers alike?

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My hijab or my sport

Salimata faces a choice between her hijab and competing in the sport she loves

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Purity to nudity

How nudity is helping Gwen heal from purity culture’s teachings about the female body

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Clergy in cartel land

Meet the young men preparing to join the most dangerous priesthood in the world

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Sikhism’s lost song

How a new generation of Sikhs are decolonising their sacred music

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Will the real Shaman stand up?

How can followers of the UK’s fastest growing religion prove their beliefs are sincere?

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Ticket to Taiwan

How the Chè-lâm Presbyterian Church is helping Hong Kong activists who’ve fled to Taiwan

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The emerging Muslim manosphere

Why are some young Muslim men being drawn into the toxic online space of the manosphere?

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Evangelical or political Christianity?

Michael Goldfarb explores "evangelical" and "political" Christianity in the US

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The ‘living saint’ who hid a mystical sex sect

How members of the global movement L'Arche are trying to heal following a scandal

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America's relief mission

How Florida's Baptist Relief provided support for communities affected by Hurricane Ian

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Swiss Christians and conversion therapy

Meet the Christians debating a ban on so-called Conversion Therapy in Switzerland.

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Windrush at 75: Barbara Blake-Hannah

Barbara Blake-Hannah talks about her life on the 75th Anniversary of Windrush.

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Nick Cave on grief, faith and music

The Archbishop of Canterbury in conversation with the musician Nick Cave

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A new generation of Nigerian royalty

Hannah Ajala explores the impact of a new generation of Royalty in Nigeria

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Future shaman

In a remote corner of north-east India, Sipa Melo tries to keep his culture alive

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America’s atheist street pirates

The American atheists removing illegal religious signs from streets across the states

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Online spiritual communities

The millennials exploring big spiritual questions, outside of traditional religion.

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Moscow vicar returns home

Rev Malcolm Rogers extraordinary story of faith and diplomacy

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German, soldier, Jew

Confronting the challenges modern Jewish soldiers face serving in the German military

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr: 60 years since ‘I have a dream’

The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches

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My sex work and my faith

Can you be a sex worker and still follow your faith?

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Faith, terrorists and mercy at Guantanamo Bay

Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator Dr Jennifer Bryson on torture, faith and mercy

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Poland's nuns lifting the veil

The former Catholic nun helping others who want to leave their religious communities

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The Hare Krishna MC

What next for Jake Emlyn, the world’s number one Hare Krishna rapper?

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Young Catholics on the Francis revolution

The Catholic church is discussing its future but what do young Catholics want?

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My journey beyond death

Exploring extraordinary spiritual awakenings that follow a confrontation with death

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The New York Supreme Court's first female Hasidic judge

Fighting to become the first female Hasidic New York Supreme Court judge in the US

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Finding Falun Gong

Twenty years ago, China began a crackdown on Falun Gong. What has become of the movement?

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Queerly beloved: Same-sex love and the Synod

Should the Anglican Church allow and conduct LGBT blessings, and even marriages?

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Israel – Gaza: Can interfaith work prevail?

The projects trying to build understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.

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The Right Thing: Wolves in sheep's clothing

How nurse Margaret Ruto's determination brought justice for Kenyan child abuse victims

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The Right Thing: Follow God, not the people

Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s best-known LGBTQ+ activist, on faith, fear and personal freedom

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The Sarajevo Haggadah

How a 700-year-old Jewish prayer book captures the story of Sarajevo

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Queer and Christian in Kenya

Esther Ogola meets Christians who’ve formed Kenya’s first openly queer-affirming Church.

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Into the mystic: Irish myths and fairytales

The mysterious twilight world of Celtic traditions and folklore that continue today

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Facing death in Kenya

Defying taboos to ease the passing of those with terminal illness in Kenya

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Russia’s Africa crusade

How Moscow is using divisions within Orthodox Christianity to extend its power in Africa

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Religion in the 21st Century: Islam

What does it mean to be a young Muslim in the world today?

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Religion in the 21st Century: Hinduism

What does it mean to be a young Hindu in 2024?

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Religion in the 21st Century: Buddhism

What does it mean to be a young Buddhist today?

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The killer's counsel

Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her faith and working with violent offenders

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Ladino: Saving Greece’s ancient Jewish language

How the language of Thessaloniki’s Jews disappeared

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The new iconographers

How the ancient tradition of iconography is being translated for the 21st Century

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I became a Muslim after the Taliban kept me hostage

Jibra’il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks, spent three years in captivity in Afghanistan

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How the Church’s role in Argentina’s dictatorship shook the nation’s faith

How the Church’s role in Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship changed people’s faith.

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An ‘Encore’ for Jesus

The older women taking vows and becoming nuns in their 50s and 60s.

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The caste faultlines in Modi’s India

How the Hindu majority in Modi’s India is still divided by caste

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Should I change my name?

Robert Beckford explores the significance of slave names and their impact on individuals

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The whale worshippers of Vietnam

On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans

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Jewish dating: The race to break the glass

Navigating Jewish dating in a globalised world

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