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World Service,30 Jul 2009,28 mins

30/07/2009

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Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Matthew Bannister. On today's programme: Rabiah Hutchinson - the surf chick who married into Al Qaeda's inner circle. Rabiah Hutchinson We devote the whole programme to Matthew Bannister's exclusive interview with Rabiah Hutchinson, the Australian surf chick who converted to Islam and ended up married to a member of Al Qaeda's inner circle. The security services in Australia say Rabiah Hutchinson's terrorist links make her a threat to national security. She says she's just a 56 year-old granny. The story of her life is told in the book 'The Mother of Mohammed', by Sally Neighbour.

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