Matthew and Helen talk with Muslim community leader Hifsa Haroon Iqbal, MBE, about political elements of Islam, violence within the Q'ran and the Bible, dialogue between Jewish and Muslim women, and Christmas. Hifsa is trustee of the Islamic-Jewish  women's network <a href='https://www.nisanashim.org/'>Nisa-Nashim</a>. Hifsa's website is <a href='https://hifsaharooniqbal.com/'>here</a> and the blog post we discuss is <a href='https://hifsaharooniqbal.com/2020/10/18/no-president-macron-islam-isnt-in-crisis-but-some-muslims-certainly-are/'>here</a>. We finish the year on an optimistic note!

Matthew and Helen talk with Muslim community leader Hifsa Haroon Iqbal, MBE, about political elements of Islam, violence within the Q'ran and the Bible, dialogue between Jewish and Muslim women, and Christmas. Hifsa is trustee of the Islamic-Jewish women's network Nisa-Nashim. Hifsa's website is here and the blog post we discuss is here. We finish the year on an optimistic note!

Matthew and Helen talk with Muslim community leader Hifsa Haroon Iqbal, MBE, about political elements of Islam, violence within the Q'ran and the Bible, dialogue between Jewish and Muslim women, and Christmas. Hifsa is trustee of the Islamic-Jewish&nbsp; women's network <a href="https://www.nisanashim.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nisa-Nashim</a>. Hifsa's website is <a href="https://hifsaharooniqbal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and the blog post we discuss is <a href="https://hifsaharooniqbal.com/2020/10/18/no-president-macron-islam-isnt-in-crisis-but-some-muslims-certainly-are/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. We finish the year on an optimistic note!

Political Islam and interfaith conversations - with guest Hifsa Haroon Iqbal

Conversations about places where faith and politics overlap, with particular interest in extremism and violence. Run by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence www.csbvbristol.org.uk. Meet our hosting team. Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister and biblical specialist, and director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Matthew Feldman is an expert on the radical right and director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, although he speaks here in a private capacity. Maria Power is a Catholic social historian and an expert on peace-making initiatives in Northern Ireland. She is director of the Human Dignity Project at the Las Casas Institute, Oxford and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Michael Spalione is a political theologian and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. We usually have an invited guest. Conversations focus on a diverse range of topics, such as antisemitism, the myth of redemptive violence, BLM, Islamism, and MAGA.     Music at the beginning and end of each episode was from "Pride Cometh", used by kind permission of FALL Hardcore.

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Conversations about places where faith and politics overlap, with particular interest in extremism and violence. Run by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence www.csbvbristol.org.uk. Meet our hosting team. Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister and biblical specialist, and director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Matthew Feldman is an expert on the radical right and director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, although he speaks here in a private capacity. Maria Power is a Catholic social historian and an expert on peace-making initiatives in Northern Ireland. She is director of the Human Dignity Project at the Las Casas Institute, Oxford and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Michael Spalione is a political theologian and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. We usually have an invited guest. Conversations focus on a diverse range of topics, such as antisemitism, the myth of redemptive violence, BLM, Islamism, and MAGA. Music at the beginning and end of each episode was from "Pride Cometh", used by kind permission of FALL Hardcore.

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