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A new report has found that reticent therapists are avoiding the subject of faith and it's having a detrimental affect on Muslim mental health. The report, from the Wolf Institute, highlights the impact that stigma within the Muslim community has on people seeking help. We hear from Akeel Khalil who runs Icare, a charity working with people in the Muslim community suffering from mental health crises, and Jamilla Hekmoun the author of the Woolf Institute's report.

As the dispute over ultra-Orthodox military exemptions continues we explore Haredi conscription, following Israel's High Court order instructing a funding freeze for educational institutions whose students are eligible for conscription. British Rabbi Herschel Gluck and Professor Yossi Mekelberg, Professor of International Relations and Associate Fellow at Chatham House, discuss the response from the Haredi community and secular opposition to the exemptions.

Richard Dawkins has described himself as a "cultural Christian". He points out that he is still an atheist - but he'd find it problematic if Christianity became a minority religion in this country. We鈥檒l explore what it means to be a cultural Christian with Chine McDonald, the Director of Theos, and Dr Joy Clarkson, a Research Associate in Theology and Literature at King's College London.

As tensions from the war in Gaza are felt across the world, we hear from a choir bringing women from Abrahamic faiths together. The choir brings Christian, Jewish and Muslim women together to sing and perform. Our reporter Emb Hashmi went to meet them and hear their thoughts on the war in the Middle East.

Presenter: Edward Stourton
Producers: Alexa Good & Peter Everett
Production Coordinator: David Baguley
Editor: Tim Pemberton