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Focus on Faith

A look at the impact of religion around the world

World Service,420 episodes

Episodes

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The marriages not made in heaven
A wife begins a hunger strike to persuade the Vatican to release her Archbishop husband
28 mins20 Aug 2001
Kashmir - death continues amid religious violence
Peace talks about Kashmir have failed - with over 200 people killed in the last few months
28 mins13 Aug 2001
Slobodan and the massacre of Srebrenica
The eyes of the world are on the Hague as Slobodan Milosevic awaits trial
28 mins30 Jul 2001
Genoa protests - should religion join in?
Anti-capitalist protests in Genoa
28 mins24 Jul 2001
Who should be armed?
The UN conference on small arms and light arms responsible for killing millions
28 mins17 Jul 2001
Algeria's political and religious divisions
Why Algeria is experiencing ethnic, political and religious divisions
28 mins13 Jul 2001
Tension at the Temple Mount
In Jerusalem tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the Temple Mount area
28 mins06 Jul 2001
Islamic party banned in Turkey
An Islamic party is banned in Turkey
29 mins03 Jul 2001
Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
The issue of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
28 mins29 Jun 2001
The legacy of the Rwandan genocide
In the first of two reports, how Rwanda is coming to terms with the events of 1994
29 mins18 Jun 2001
France acts to outlaw cults
New French laws to outlaw cults and sects have been opposed by mainstream religions
28 mins11 Jun 2001
Iran's election - and revolution
A discussion on Islam in Iran and the 'Islamic' experiment versus democracy
28 mins04 Jun 2001
Chile's cardinal causes outrage by urging forgiveness
28 mins28 May 2001
Indonesia and Islam
Religious violence in Indonesia has destabilised the government there
28 mins22 May 2001
The airlift in Ethiopia - 10 years on
Ethiopian Jews look back with gratitude to the airlift 10 years ago
28 mins21 May 2001
Sudan's religious discrimination
Why Sudan has been declared a disaster area
28 mins06 May 2001
The Pope visits Syria
Pope Benedict XVI visits Syria to follow in the footsteps of St Paul
27 mins04 May 2001
Balkan war criminals
Balkan war criminals come closer to trial
28 mins23 Apr 2001
Christian Africa
The phenomenal growth of Christianity in Africa
28 mins16 Apr 2001
The Catholic Church and antisemitism
The Catholic Church and antisemitism
28 mins09 Apr 2001
Faith and politics
Courting the religious vote in the US and the UK
28 mins03 Apr 2001
Mexico's Zapatistas and the Catholic church
Can peace be reached between the Zapatista rebels and the government in Mexico?
27 mins26 Mar 2001
Saudi Arabia at a crossroads
A report on Saudi Arabia's crossroads and its strict interpretation of Islam
28 mins19 Mar 2001
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas
A wave of outrage follows the Taliban's destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan
28 mins15 Mar 2001
Armenia - the first Christian country
Special edition of the programme which comes from the British Library, London
28 mins05 Mar 2001
Human trafficking - 21st century slavery
Why 21st century slavery - the international traffic in women
27 mins26 Feb 2001
The Mela in India
The Hindu festival that attracts millions of pilgrims every 12 years
28 mins19 Feb 2001
Widowhood - the rights of women
The fate of widows around the world
28 mins05 Feb 2001
Forum on religious intolerance
A conference is being held to help build bridges between religions and cultures
27 mins02 Feb 2001
Revolution and Reform in Islam - part four
The final programme in the series exploring a debate at the heart of contemporary Islam
28 mins22 Jan 2001