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Historian Justin Champion on Toleration

Professor Justin Champion examines Locke's Letter on Toleration through the inhabitants of Spitalfields past and present.

Professor Justin Champion examines Locke's theory of Toleration through the inhabitants of Spitalfields past and present. He goes to Brick Lane whose famous mosque was built as a Huguenot Church and became a synagogue before becoming the centre of Bengali life in London. He meets the Bishop of London, himself of Huguenot descent and local politician Abdal Ullah to discuss religious tolerance then and now

Producer: Maggie Ayre.

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Tue 21 Jul 2015 12:04
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