Tftd: Siddiqui 10/4/2024

this morning (wednesday 10th), 7.46-7.49am, on bbc radio 4

thought for the day, by mona siddiqui 

“As Muslims look forward to Eid, the world is also marking six months since Hamas’s attack on Israel, the horrific deaths, the violence, and the subsequent war in Gaza. ”

(if you missed it, available from 1:46:30 to 1:49:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001rh0d, or with transcript at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hpzyx9)

Tftd: Siddiqui 18/10/2023

this morning (wednesday 18th), 7.47-7.50am, on bbc radio 4

thought for the day, by mona siddiqui 

(if you missed it, available from 1:48:35 1:51:20 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001rh0d)

Nn: Gaza 13/10/2023

yesterday evening (friday 13th), 10.30-11.15pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by mark urban and sima kotecha) 

“As Gazans decide whether to comply with an Israeli instruction to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an expected land offensive, Mark Urban is in Jerusalem with the latest.

Sima Kotecha is in London asking how the conflict has affected community relations in Britain.”

including contributions from …

• mustafa barghouti 

• yoav gallant mk

• lloyd austin

• stephen ryan, icrc

• brig gen (retd) amir avivi 

• activist randa siniora

• mayor sadiq khan

• zayhadar sayad

• rabbi herschel gluck

• dac laurence taylor

• journalist hadley freeman

• professor mona siddiqui

MM: Our enemies

this evening (wednesday 11th), 8.00-9.00pm (repeated 11.00pm sunday), on bbc radio 4 

how should we think about our enemies? (in the moral maze series) (presented by michael burke, with panellists giles fraser, mona siddiqui, tim stanley, and sonia sodha)

including interviews with …

• rabbi yehoshua pfeffer

• atef alshaer

• mediator gabrielle rifkind

• rami elhanan, parents circle

• bassam aramin, parents circle

BB: Prince Philip

last monday afternoon (12th april), 4.30-5.00pm, on bbc radio 4 

prince philip (in the beyond belief series) (presented by ernie rea) 

“Ernie Rea and a multi-faith panel discuss the spiritual life of Prince Philip.”

including discussion with … 

• rabbi jonathan romain 

• mona siddiqui 

• catherine pepinster 

• martin palmer

Twt: No Corbyn apology

this evening (tuesday 26th), 10.02-10.02pm, 10.10-10.13pm, and 10.14-10.25pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by ritula shah) includes …

“Some candidates were apologising on social media today. Tonight Nia Griffith, Labour’s defence spokeswoman, said handling of anti-semitism was a shame on the party, and that Mr Corbyn should apologise. Tonight he was interviewed by Andrew Neil though, and declined to do so.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nick eardley 

• professor mona siddiqui

• nick spencer of theos

• journalist jonathan freedland

MM: Anti-semitism

this evening (wednesday 24th), 8.00-8.45pm, on bbc radio 4

anti-semitism (in the moral maze series, chaired by michael buerk, with melanie phillips, mona siddiqui, tim stanley, and matthew taylor), with witnesses …-

• robert a h cohen of jews for justice for palestinians

• john inge, bishop of worcester

• historian adam sutcliffe, professor, kings college london

Laicité

last monday afternoon (11th january), 4.30-5.00pm, on bbc radio 4
france (in the beyond belief series) (presented by ernie rea)

“Ernie Rea discusses religion in secular France with • Kay Chadwick, Reader in French Historical Studies at Liverpool University; • Mona Siddiqui, professor of Islamic and Inter-religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh; and • Natasha Lehrer, writer and literary editor of the Jewish Quarterly.”

Mona Siddiqui: the Messiah

yesterday evening (tuesday 31st), 10.45-11.00pm, on bbc radio 3
thy kingdom come (episode 2 of 5 of on earth as it is in heaven, in the the essay series)

“British Muslim Academic Mona Siddiqui explores the second section of the Lord’s Prayer. She considers the lines “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”.”

(0:05:06) “After all, the Jews anticipated the future global reign of God: the Messiah was expected to be a leader, restoring a monarchy lost because of the exile to Egypt.”

Prophecy (In Our Time)

this morning (thursday), 9.00-9.45am, on bbc radio 4:
Prophecy, with melvyn bragg, mona siddiqui, justin meggitt, and jonathan stökl: