The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast

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.

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.

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. Kathryn Post, a journalist from the Religion News Service is following this historic race.
As the Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion begins public hearings, we begin a three-part series on how three faith communities – Christian, Jewish, and Muslim – responded to mass violence inflicted on them. 
The gunmen inspired by the Islamic State group who opened fire on the Jewish Channukah festival in Bondi Beach last December brought religious violence to Australia at an unprecedented scale. But as those who’ve suffered similar tragedy shows, it is possible to rebuild. Our series, After the Storm, has already begun as a podcast on ABC Listen. But we’re bringing part of those stories to air. This week, author Kevin Sack looks at the 2015 tragedy at the Mother Emmanuel Church, an historic Black congregation in South Carolina. Kevin spent a decade working on his landmark book, Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church.
And you can hear the full length podcast of the Kevin Sack interview here

When a white supremacist gunman opened fire during a Bible study at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina, nine worshippers, including their charismatic pastor, were murdered at a bible class in a racist attack.
Writer Kevin Sack spent a decade documenting what happened at Mother Emanuel, tracing not only the events of June 17, 2015, but the deeper history of race, resistance, and forgiveness that shaped the community’s response.
In this episode, you’ll hear the story of how that church endured and what its response can teach others confronting religious violence today. 
This is part one 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.