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Wed 24 Oct 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 7.

  • Shawn Mendes & Zedd

    Lost In Japan (Remix)

    • Shawn Mendes: The Album.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Incognito

    Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • (CD Single).
    • Talkin' Loud.

  • David Bowie

    China Girl

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • The Killers

    Human

    • Day & Age.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Ariana Grande

    breathin

  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • The Chainsmokers

    Side Effects (feat. Emily Warren)

    • (CD Single).
    • Disruptor Records.

  • Andy Williams

    Moon River

    • The Best Of Andy Williams.
    • Dino.

  • Hozier

    Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • blink-182

    I Miss You

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • Oasis

    Don't Look Back In Anger

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • Mark Ronson

    Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Was (Not Was)

    Walk The Dinosaur

    • (Single).
    • Fontana.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • East 17

    It's Alright

    • Dance Zone '94 (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Setting Sun

    • Live Forever (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Olly Murs

    Moves (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Swing Out Sister

    Breakout

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Robbie Williams

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Love You Anymore

    • Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Reprise.

  • The Swinging Blue Jeans

    You're No Good

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Lorde

    Green Light

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Lie To Me

    • Walls.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beautiful South

    Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:

It was a hazy late afternoon in spring, on the eve of the Muslim month of fasting, when I was stuffing my face at a Bar Mitzvah. I enjoyed giving my soul sustenance at this coming of age ceremony, while heralding the Islamic holy month in a London synagogue. The rabbi, in his welcome speech, wished me a blessed Ramadan, and added, β€œWe hope you enjoy your last supper!” I wolfed down the challah, offered sunset prayers in a quiet corner of the synagogue, then zoomed across town to the mosque for Ramadan bonus prayers.

I knew my experiences that night were special, and not to be taken for granted, especially in a world where conflict can splinter friendship and peace. Yet it’s precisely real-life encounters such as these that I think are worth remembering during Radio 2’s Faith in the world week.

Like when I visited the grand mosque in Paris, which was built to honour the tens of thousands of Muslims who fought for France in World War 1. I stepped through the great prayer hall and along the turquoise tiled courtyard, knowing that below my feet, the underground caverns of the mosque provided sanctuary for hundreds of Jews fleeing the Nazis. They were under the protection of the rector of Paris Mosque, Si Kaddour Benghabrit. When I look at his black and white photograph, as he sits with an air of calm, his hands folded, I want to reach in and grasp them and thank him for his humanity.

Too often I feel at a loss. I read a news story about hate, violence, and in the gloom I ask: where is the hope? But it can take one person, one story to transform an entire universe of feeling.

The American Muslim scholar, Dalia Mogahed says, β€œRemember this: for all the ugliness in the world, there is far more beauty. For all the cruelty, there is far more kindness. And remember one more thing: Those who remind you of this simple fact - keep them close.”

I will keep them close, whether it’s an old photograph of a peace ambassador like Si Kaddour Benghabrit or a friend of another faith wishing me well in mine. Because to survive the darkest shadows, all I need is one candle.

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