Month: Apr 2021

Jasvir Singh, Chair of the City Sikhs Network, Co-chair of Faiths Forum 4 London

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, Happy Some Hundredth Anniversary of one of the Gurus doing something. He sacrificed himself to prevent forced conversion to an anonymous faith whose name is never mentioned. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everything was made better in his memory?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1doRbybSBheU49xABKjcIGeu0wVbisiYq/view?usp=sharing

Mona Siddiqui, professor of Islamic studies, New College, University of Edinburgh

The US is leaving Afghanistan. But the country still needs help. Two rival interpretations of Islam battle for supremacy.

Aren’t they lucky? Some poor countries don’t have any versions of Islam vying for control.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11wnbMlwhYxpBc_Y52AnqoxHYX90MS5_l/view?usp=sharing

Rev Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields

We all like to be part of the in crowd, to be one of the cool kids. The same happens in government. It’s how the PM got to where he is today. But the Invisible Magic Friend isn’t like that. It doesn’t matter how much you flatter and praise him. You can spend all your life on your knees saying how wonderful he is. He’ll still ignore you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12HmuN1f8pbAOXFbz3mTM71ehehELW4xU/view?usp=sharing