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Living Our Beliefs: Exploring Faith & Religion in Daily LifeBonus. Building Trust Across Faiths (Lindsay Simmonds and Julie Siddiqi)Episode 99. Bonus For this Bonus episode, I’ve invited two British women, Lindsay Simmonds and Julie Siddiqi, both PhDs, to talk about their interfaith friendship and the public facing work they’ve done since Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 Oct. 2023. Lindsay is an Orthodox Jew and Julie is Muslim. The fact of their religious identities and deep practice is noteworthy and relevant, as the attack and subsequent war, have proven polarizing, straining the already challenging work of bridging religious differences between Jews and Muslims. Lindsay and Julie offer an inspiring example of possibility, showing us the pat...2025-05-2952 min
Together We ThriveActivsim, social justice and becoming MayorIn Shakespeaere’s a Midsummer Night’s Dream, there is a line that says “though she be but little, she is fierce”, that is Shahin. Short in height, mighty in her passion, compassion and willingness to stand against injustice and inequalities, you will hear from our chat that Shahin has always carried that thread through her whole life. She helped set up and then run a helpline for Muslim women with the Muslim Women’s Network and is currently working for Islamic Relief Worldwide as their Head of Global Advocacy. She is a Green Party Counci...2024-09-0155 min
A Manifesto For HopePrinciple 7: Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them, with Steve Chalke’s guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur (part 2 of 2)Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ people: Poverty will never be solved by programmes. It takes a village to raise a child but too often we’ve left it to paid professionals. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Julie Siddiqi MBE. In part one Steve sets out his seventh principle, in part two Julie responds. “This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur and founder and director of Together We Thrive. We talk together about Principle 7: Do things ‘with’ people, not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them. I...2024-04-2431 minA Manifesto For HopePrinciple 7: Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them, with Steve Chalke’s guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur (part 1 of 2)Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ people: Poverty will never be solved by programmes. It takes a village to raise a child but too often we’ve left it to paid professionals. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Julie Siddiqi MBE. In part one Steve sets out his seventh principle, in part two Julie responds. “This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur and founder and director of Together We Thrive. We talk together about Principle 7: Do things ‘with’ people, not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them. I...2024-04-2430 min
HyphenatedInterfaith leader Julie Siddiqi MBE on the Israel-Hamas war and facing backlash for her commitment to Jewish-Muslim relationsThis week, journalist and Hyphen contributor Taj Ali, ITV News political correspondent Shehab Khan and Dimi Reider, an Israeli journalist and co-founder of +972 magazine, discuss the fallout from UK MPs voting against calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Britain’s failed Rwanda immigration plan and new research suggesting religious Britons are significantly happier than atheists. Host Reya El-Salahi chats to Julie Siddiqi, the co-founder of Nisa-Nashim, about the challenges of being an interfaith activist during the Israel-Palestine conflict and being a critical friend in the fight against gender inequality in mosques. Plus, Hyphen reporter Ais...2023-11-2254 min
Cumberland LodgeDialogue & Debate: Faith Responses To COVID - 19Recorded live: 20 May 2020
A Dialogue & Debate webinar on 'Faith Responses to COVID-19', exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK's faith landscape and how different faith communities are approaching the challenges and opportunities it brings.
Presented by our former Programme Director Dr Jan-Jonathan Bock, with guest panellists:
Rabbi Charley Baginsky - Director of Strategy & Partnerships, Liberal Judaism
Julie Siddiqi - Co-founder of The Big Iftar
Onkardeep Singh MBE - Founding member of the City Sikhs network, and Founder of Society & Me
The Revd Lucy Winkett - Writer, broadcaster, and Rector, St James's Church Piccadilly2021-09-151h 03