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Sunday Morning: with Zara Janjua

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Two years on from the invasion of Ukraine, religion & comedy, and sacrifice and martyrdom.

Life in Ukraine two years on from Russia's invasion; do religion & comedy make for good bedfellows?; tackling online incel culture on stage; and sacrificing your life for a cause.

Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zara Janjua speaks to mother of three, Hanna Tekliuk, who fled her home country and settled in Edinburgh. They are joined live from Ukraine by composer and aid worker, Nigel Osborne (MBE), who is using music as therapy for those traumatised by the war.  
 
This LGBTQ+ History Month, playwright James Ley and young adult novel reviewer and literature archivist Anna Broomfield discuss some of the TV, films and books that made an impact on them and allowed them to make sense of their own experiences.
 
A new interactive theatre production, Many Good Men, explores the dark side of the internet and the rise of incel culture. Playwright and director of theatre company Civic Digits, Clare Duffy, explains why she was so keen to tackle radicalisation online, alongside one of the lead actors Chinedu Igu.  
 
Zara talks through some of the topics of the week with Martin Palmer, theologian and international specialist on all major faiths and religious traditions and cultures; Alison Phipps, a member of the Iona Community and UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow; and Muslim thinker Osama Saeed Bhutta who works in the communications industry in the 3rd sector.  
 
Following the death of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner, the panel looks at martyrdom – discussing the radicals and revolutionaries we have been demonised and celebrated through the centuries, and the role of faith in these acts of sacrifice.  
 
They also examine the history of angels. They have come to symbolise people who highlight the best of humanity, but what role do they serve in different faith traditions and how has our image of angels changed through the centuries?   
 
Muslim comedian and Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid is performing in Scotland next week. He joins a whole host of comedians who have chosen to talk about faith in their work. But do religion and comedy make for good bedfellows? Osama Saeed Bhutta, Martin Palmer and Alison Phipps, reflect on why comedy can be an important part of religious life.

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