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Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar.
Parents of children at Catholic schools face the prospect of having to pay hundreds of pounds every year just to get their children to school. The traditional subsidy they have enjoyed is being withdrawn, meaning many will have to leave their faith schools altogether. Kevin Bocquet asks whether this is the latest victim of council cuts or part of an anti-religious agenda.
In the second on our series on Paganism, Charles Carroll explores why Paganism is growing.
Turkey votes for a new parliament on Sunday. While the Islamic-rooted AK party is enjoying a comfortable lead in the polls, in the country's predominantly Kurdish southeast the AKP is facing still competition from candidates campaigning for greater ethnic rights. Dorian Jones reports.
This week the Government presented its revised 'Prevent' strategy, aimed at tackling extremism as well as terrorism. But will it do the job - we discuss the issue with Haras Rafiq, Director of the Counter Extremism Consultancy Centri and Farooq Murad, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
Should the Archbishop of Canterbury be involved in politics? Tim Montgomery Editor of Conservative Home and Nick Spencer author and Research Director of Theos discuss.
Edward talks to Fr Nadim Nassar who is a Syrian Anglican priest about reports that Syria's inter-religious harmony is being severely strained by the unrest.
This week the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) published a damning critique of the Irish state's failure to protect women confined to the Irish Church's 'Magdalene Laundries'. Edward speaks to Mary Currington, a former Magdalene survivor.