The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast

The most popular, and understandable, image of the far right today usually involves people dressed in black, shouting Nazi slogans or erupting into violence at football matches across Europe. 
But new research suggests many youths drawn to the extremes are looking for something more basic – a sense of belonging. 
Some have co-opted very traditional religion, while others try to make a religion out of their political ideology. 
GUEST:
Dr Agnieszka Pasieka of University of Montreal wrote about the “Dreams of the Far Right” for Aeon magazine. She’s also the author of Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe.

New research suggests many far right youths drawn to the extremes are looking for something more basic – a sense of belonging. 
Some have co-opted very traditional religion, while others try to make a religion out of their political ideology. 
GUESTS:
Dr Agnieszka Pasieka of University of Montreal wrote about the “Dreams of the Far Right” for Aeon magazine. She’s also the author of Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe.

On the 15th of March 2019, Farid Ahmed and his beloved wife Husna travelled to the Deans Avenue Mosque in Christchurch for Friday prayer. 
As they parted to pray in their different sections, Farid couldn’t know it would be the last time he saw Husna alive.
And he couldn’t know about her bravery that ultimately cost her life.
Husna Ahmed was one of 51 Muslim worshippers murdered that night. 
Their assailant was an Australian. 
Farid’s response tells a powerful story about his own resilience and his faith.
This is part two of a special Religion and Ethics Report series on how faith and friendship helped three religious communities overcome violent attack, as Australia grapples with the aftermath of its own devastating attack at Bondi.
GUEST:
Farid Ahmed is the author of Husna’s Story: My wife, the Christchurch Massacre and My Journey to Forgiveness.

In 2018, a gunman walked into in a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood of Pittsburgh.
He killed 11 worshippers in one of America's worst antisemitic attacks. 
As you’ll hear, deep in their Jewish faith and traditions, somehow the survivors of Squirrel Hill found ways to rebuild.
This episode takes you to Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. 
This is the second episode in our three-part series After the Storm: How faith and friendship helped three religious communities overcome violent attack. 
GUEST:
Mark Oppenheimer is the author of Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Shooting and the Soul of a Neighbourhood and teaches in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, at Washington University in St. Louis.

In a move that defies the stereotype of American mega-churches, the pastor of 24,000-strong Methodist parish in Kansas has announced he’s running as Democrat for the US Senate in November. 
Adam Hamilton is also a best-selling author and podcaster. 
Hamilton joins a growing chorus of Christian ministers who are reclaiming faith from pro-Trump forces. 
But he’s careful to stress, he’s no liberal. 
GUEST:
Kathryn Post from the Religion News Service is following this historic race.