Islam
David Baddiel Tries to Understand. Sunni and Shia Islam. Audio, 15 minutes
David Baddiel tries to understand the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Analysis. The Idea of the Caliphate. Audio, 30 minutes
How has the concept of an Islamic caliphate evolved and been expressed through history?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 August 2014
Beyond Belief. Apostasy. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the meaning of apostasy within Islam.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 April 2014
Heart and Soul. Sheik Muhammed Al-Yaqoubi, Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi. Audio, 27 minutes
Sunni scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi on the moral dilemas of political reform in Syria
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Heart and Soul. Allah in the Dreamtime, Islam and Australian Aborigines. Audio, 27 minutes
The trade in sea cucumbers and camels which links Islam and Australian Aborigines
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Heart and Soul. What is Wahhabism? What is Wahhabism? Audio, 27 minutes
Is the ultra-conservative Wahhabi branch of Islam the ideology behind Islamic extremism...
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Heart and Soul. The Sufi and Shia of Afghanistan, Part Two: Shia. Audio, 27 minutes
The future of Shia Muslims who live in Sunni-dominated Afghanistan
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Analysis. What is Wahhabism? Audio, 30 minutes
Is the Saudi-style ultra-conservative branch of Islam the ideological engine of extremism?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Beyond Belief. The Ahmadi Community. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of the Ahmadi community within Islam.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Leaving The Faith, Leaving the Faith. Audio, 27 minutes
How dangerous is it to say you are no longer a Muslim?
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Leaving the Faith. Audio, 28 minutes
Sarfraz Manzoor talks to people who have decided to leave Islam and become ex-Muslims.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Sunni and Shia in Islam. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. The Myths And Magic Of The Malikis, Morocco, Malikis and Me. Audio, 27 minutes
What role can the Maliki school of Islam play in Morocco and North Africa?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Heirs Of The Prophet, Heirs of the Prophet. Audio, 27 minutes
How political events in the Middle East are shaping relations between Sunni and Shia
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Heart and Soul. Heirs Of The Prophet, Heirs of the Prophet. Audio, 27 minutes
How does the division between Sunni and Shia Islam play out in Britain today?
- AttributionBBC World Service
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In Our Time. Prophecy. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Assignment. Tunisia’s Harlem Shake. Audio, 25 minutes
The Harlem Shake has become more than a bit of fun in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Islamists International. Audio, 30 minutes
The impact of the Arab Spring on the global reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Islam and Homosexuality. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether homosexuality is compatible with Islam.
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- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Absolving the Past - Part 1. Audio, 27 minutes
Imam Khalid Latif considers what happens when world religions change their minds
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. The Alawis. Audio, 30 minutes
Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Mali. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimensions of the crisis in Mali.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
