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Sunday: Hindu PM; Brazil elections; Religious relics; Nasheed choir

26/06/2022

Hindu PM; Brazil elections; Religious relics; Nasheed choir

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Hindu PM; Brazil elections; Religious relics; Nasheed choir

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week.

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week presented by Emily Buchanan.

We have a new Hindu Prime Minister! It's the first time this has happened in the UK. So how will Rishi Sunak's faith inform his leadership? We find out from two experts.

Many are dreading the cost of fuel bills this Winter - but a new faith-led campaign is offering people the chance to use free, safe, warm spaces across the UK. The Warm Welcome campaign, set up by the ChurchWorks Commission, has signed up more 2,200 organisations to the scheme and has an interactive map on its website showing where they are. We hear from one organisation and a young mum who uses it.

The trial of Cardinal Zen, the former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, is re-opening. It comes days after the renewal of the Vatican's provisional agreement with Beijing over the appointment of bishops - a deal which the 90 year old Cardinal has openly criticised. 
We hear the views of Lord Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, who is himself a Catholic.  

And, in what's believed to be the first time in the UK, a cathedral has hosted a performance of Islamic nasheeds. The Bradford Nasheed 
Choir, which is made up of boys aged between six and 14, combines the Islamic tradition of nasheed, sung with one line of harmony, with the Western tradition of polyphony, so that nasheeds are sung in two, three or four-part harmony. Hussnain Hanif, a well-known nasheed artist, joins us to tell us how the performance went.

Presented by Emily Buchanan.
Produced by Julia Paul and Fiona Leach.

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