Hajj, Russian Jews and Weddings are back.
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan.
Hajj will be held on a much smaller scale this year with a very limited number of pilgrims from various nationalities who already reside in Saudi Arabia able to perform it. Emily asks Dr Carool Kersten from Kings College, London, what took the authorities so long and what impact has this had on Muslims world wide?
For religious groups everywhere, lock-down has been a huge challenge. With places of worship and religious centres shuttered, maintaining a sense of community hasn鈥檛 been easy. It鈥檚 a particular problem for Russia鈥檚 Jewish community, which 鈥� 30 years after the fall of communism - is still recovering from decades of state-sponsored Antisemitism. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports on what the Jews of Russia have been doing to build a community and the efforts they鈥檙e taking during the pandemic to preserve it.
With places of worship opening for weddings from the 4th of July we hear from one couple who have been waiting in limbo to hear whether their postponed big day could go ahead and 成人快手 Religion Editor, Martin Bashir explains the rules of socially distanced weddings.
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Carmel Lonergan
Catherine Earlam
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Amanda Hancox
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week