23/10/2011

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Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar. In March this year, Sunday spoke to Imam Mustafa Graf of the Didsbury Mosque in Manchester, shortly after that he was captured by government forces. He is now back in the UK and will join Edward to tell him his story of imprisonment and torture, and to give his reaction to the death of Gaddafi. Relations between the Scottish government and the Catholic Church have worsened recently over the thorny issue of same-sex marriage.Trevor Barnes reports on the break up from the SNP's annual conference in Inverness Tunisia was the birth place of the Arab Spring and this Sunday the country will go to the polls for the first time, with the Islamist party Ennahda expected to do well. Allan Little reports from Tunis A season celebrating The King James Bible comes to an end with a 12 hours of performance of pieces by different writers at Westminster Abbey. Christopher Lamb will meet Catherine Tate who is one of the performers, taking on the role of a tweeting God. Protesters have been occupying the area around Wall Street for several weeks now, their protests spreading around the world. Matt Wells has been to meet the campaigners whose faith has been their motivation. Edward will hear how St Pauls Cathedral became embroiled in the occupy protests in the city of London. David Willey looks ahead with Edward to the Pope's visit to Assisi to mark the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's historic trip. And the Pope received the new British Ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker last month. Edward speaks to him to explore the issues he will be facing 12 months after the Papal visit to the UK Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.