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17听JANUARY 2009
HISTORICAL WALKS IN GREAT BRITAIN
John McCarthy is joined by writer and broadcaster Charlie Connelly who鈥檚 been following in the footsteps of significant historical figures in a series of major walks around Britain and Ireland.
The first British mosque was established in Woking in 1889 and now it鈥檚 estimated that there are over 1,600 Mosques in Britain, from the grand Regents Park Mosque in London to small community Mosques in many of Britain鈥檚 city and town centres. Asian Network presenter Adil Ray shares his knowledge and discusses the travelling pleasures of visiting mosques in Britain and further afield.
Presented by John McCarthy
Photograph:听The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
This week鈥檚 guests:
听 is a writer and broadcaster. He鈥檚 also been a rock and roll tour manager, a mortuary assistant and the marketing manager for the Complete Works of Lenin. Charlie has been walking in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland in the footsteps of some pivotal historical figures and retracing some historical routes of great significance. His book 鈥And Did Those Feet鈥 was a Radio 4 鈥楤ook of the Week鈥 recently.
And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN-10: 1408700840
ISBN-13: 978-1408700846
was born in Birmingham and is of Pakistani and Kenyan origin. He joined the 大象传媒 Asian Network in 2002 and presents his own daily popular music with comedy 鈥淎dil Ray鈥 Show. Adil goes regularly to the Central Mosque in Birmingham and considers it both a religious building and a community centre, a link with cultural past and present and with his parents and family. He is interested in the small houses that have been converted into mosques in city centres around the country - simple and right in the middle of the community but he has also visited Turkey and Pakistan where he鈥檚 been to some really spectacular mosques. Although British Mosques aren鈥檛 architectural jewels some, like Regents Park, are quite beautiful. 听Adil is keen to persuade people to visit a mosque, whatever their background or beliefs.
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John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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