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Samira Ahmed presents a special New Year's Day edition of Sunday.

Samira Ahmed presents a special New Year's Day edition of Sunday, looking at the religious, ethical and moral issues likely to arise in 2012.

On this special New Year Edition of Sunday, our Presenter Samira Ahmed discusses the role of religion in politics with guests Canon Giles Fraser, Andrew Copson from the British Humanist Association and Inayat Bungalwala of Muslims UK. David Cameron declared that the UK should be a more openly proud Christian country, so should faith should take on a more formal role? Matt Wells reports from Iowa on the problems facing America's Christian Right in finding a leader for the future who can provide a formidable challenge to the Republicans in the US Presidential Elections. As the fallout from the Arab Spring continues Professor Rosemary Hollis, an expert on Middle East Politics from City University London, discusses what the future may hold for the Middle East and beyond. The Bishop of Liverpool , Rt Rev James Jones, the Church of England's Bishop for Prisons, reports on the effectiveness of restorative justice schemes. The latest Hollywood blockbuster, 2012, is based on a Mayan prophecy that this is the year when the world will come to an end, we get the thoughts of David Wilkinson, Professor of Theology and Shaman practitioner Manda Scott. Giles, Andrew, Inayat and Rosemary for their predictions for the coming year. 


Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

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