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Preparing for Hajj - Islam

Remembrances of going on hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

• 4 mins

Muhammad in Medina

The prophet Muhammad and the generosity of the people of Medina

• 3 mins

Baha'i Festival of Ridvan

The twelve day festival celebrating the commencement of Bahullah's prophethood

• 4 mins

Sex and Sexuality 1

Why is sex and sexuality so often a hidden part of life?

• 4 mins

Sacrifice and Surrender

What exactly is sacrifice, and why is it essential for individual and communal success?

• 3 mins

Sex and Sexuality - 2

On what Christianity has to say about sex, some of it helpful, some of it destructive

• 4 mins

Religious Tolerance

Mashuq Ali on the Koranic requirement that all religious expression be respected

• 3 mins

Belonging to Others

Reverend Andrew Godsall gives a short talk about wanting to belong to others

• 4 mins

Stone from Switzerland

How a stone from the mountains speaks of the grandeur of God's creation

• 4 mins

AE Houseman's Happy Highways

The life and work of AE Houseman, an atheist who wished for a land of lost content

• 4 mins

Belonging to God

Reverend Andrew Godsall on belonging to oneself as well as God

• 4 mins

AE Houseman's Loveliest Tree

Canon Eric James on Houseman's imaginary Shropshire and the power of the arts

• 4 mins

Belonging to Ourselves

Reverend Andrew Godsall on how Christ helps people to belong to themselves

• 4 mins

AE Houseman - Witness to the Divine

Canon Eric James wonders whether AE Houseman was as atheist as he claimed

• 4 mins

Islamic Martyrdom

Mashuq Ally on the importance of intentions in Islam

• 3 mins

Islamic Courage

Mashuq Ally on the importance of endurance in the face of adversity and hardship

• 4 mins

Christian Jerusalem

On the Christian division felt by Western pilgrims when they visit Jerusalem

• 4 mins

Battle for the Holy Land

On how most visitors to the Holy Land have not been pilgrims but soldiers

• 4 mins

Home to Jerusalem

Why have different peoples felt so attached to Jerusalem throughout history?

• 4 mins

Modern Pilgrimage

Can package holiday pilgrimages ever capture the spirit of the Holy Land?

• 4 mins

Growing Up and Letting Go

Nonconformist reverend, Rosemary Wakelin, on the ascension of Jesus Christ

• 3 mins

Corpus Christi 1996

Nonconformist Reverend, Rosemary Wakelin, on the Christian feast day of Corpus Christi

• 3 mins

Passover in Jerusalem

One woman's journey to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover

• 4 mins

Jerusalem Day

Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day, commemorates Jerusalem's reunification in 1967

• 3 mins

Why Jerusalem?

What makes Jerusalem such a special place for Jews, Christians and Muslims?

• 4 mins

Muslim New Year

The story of the Prophet's migration and the Hijri New Year

• 3 mins

The Sacrifice of Isaac

The different interpretations of the story in which God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son

• 4 mins

The Birth of Isaac

A reading from the Book of Genesis with a lesson about laughter and tears

• 4 mins

The Importance of Ahsura

The lesson of mercy at the heart of Ashura, one of the holiest days in Shia Islam

• 3 mins

Love Across the Religious Divide

What happens when people go further than 'loving thy neighbour'?

• 4 mins