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Sunday: British Muslims views on Afghanistan, Vaccine inequity, The traditions of the Jewish New Year.

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British Muslims views on Afghanistan, Vaccine inequity, The traditions of the Jewish New Year.

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, British Muslims views on Afghanistan, Vaccine inequity, The traditions of the Jewish New Year.

Presenter Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

British Muslims' views on the prospect of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Bishop of Hertford and former prime minister Gordon Brown on vaccine inequity. Rosh Hashanah.

As the Rt. Rev. Jonathan Goodall, the Anglican Bishop of Ebbsfleet resigns to become a Roman Catholic, we explore what it means for both faiths.   Our Presenter Edward Stourton is joined by Christina Rees, who was a member of the Church of England’s Synod for twenty five years and also a prominent campaigner for the ordination of women, and the Right Reverend Monsignor Keith Newton, who is responsible for the Ordinariate of our Lady of Walsingham. 
John Viney, a former Jehovah’s Witness Elder along with a former Witness whom we are calling Sarah, give us their reactions to the latest Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Report 
Father Mychal Judge lost his life in the attack on the Twin Towers.  His was the first death to be formally certified and he was identified as Victim 0001.   As the 20th Anniversary of  9/11 looms,  his friend and colleague Salvatore Sapienza and Francis DeBernado, Director of the New Ways Ministry, who  has been working on Father Michael’s biography, reflect on the life of the Firefighter’s Chaplain.  
As the Taliban begins to form a Government, how do UK Muslims feel about the prospect of a new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan?  We’ve been getting the views of different sections of the British Muslim population. 
Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish New Year. But what does it symbolise and how is it traditionally celebrated?   Different traditions observe the festival in slightly different ways as Esther Offenberg, Molly Taylor and Joe Hyman explain. 
Whilst many of the richer nations complete their vaccination programmes, many poorer countries have barely started.  So how do we rectify this vaccine imbalance.   Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown discusses the issue with our Presenter Edward Stourton.

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