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Sunday: Young Black UK Voices; President Trump's Evangelicals; Hagia Sofia

07/06/2020

Young Black UK Voices; President Trump's Evangelicals; Hagia Sofia

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Young Black UK Voices; President Trump's Evangelicals; Hagia Sofia

Edward Stourton presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs.

Edward Stourton brings you news and analysis of the religious, moral and ethical stories of the week.

As America mourns the death of George Floyd - with memorial services and protests across the country - we ask what impact his death has had on the black community in the UK and what changes they would like to see. Edward Stourton discusses the issues with Aliyah Hasinah from Black Lives Matter UK and Ruth Yimika Afolabi founder of Magnify magazine.

The pictures of President Trump standing outside St John's Episcopal Church just across the road from the White House, bible in hand , have been interpreted as a direct appeal to his religious base. Donald Trump has long enjoyed the support of American Christians, especially white evangelicals, and it’s this relationship that journalist and author Sarah Posner discusses on the programme.

Is Turkey’s President Erdogan planning to allow the Hagia Sofia - one of Christianity’s greatest churches - to be converted into a mosque? Dorian Jones reports.

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Helen Lee
Amanda Hancox

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