Podcasts about baroness warsi

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.comNote to Subscribers: Interested in chatting with Mehdi on Zoom TODAY? He'll be hosting a Town Hall ‘Ask Me Anything' where he'll be talking about this year's elections, voting, and taking your questions! This live online event will be at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 10pm GMT and is exclusively for paid subscribers. Please register via the link at the bottom of this email. “In this country, four generations on, we don't matter, we don't belong, that we're still othered, and that it doesn't matter how much blood, sweat, life you give, you're still seen as the enemy within.” — Sayeeda WarsiMuslims don't matter. That's not just the reality for a lot of Muslims living in Western countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, where Islamophobia has gone mainstream in both politics and the media.It's also the name of a new book from Sayeeda Warsi, the British baroness and former Conservative cabinet minister, which examines her fear and heartbreak when it comes to the way in which even the perception of being a 'Muslim' results in dehumanization and bigotry.Mehdi recently traveled to London and sat down for a wide-ranging conversation with Baroness Warsi on the growth of Islamophobia in the US and the UK and how Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza, in the wake of the Oct 7th attacks, has resulted in further hatred directed at Muslims across the globe.The two also discuss the state of the UK's Conservative Party with Warsi, who served as the country's first Muslim cabinet member, recently resigning the Conservative whip, saying her party has moved too far to the Islamophobic right.“I think that the Conservative Party's relationship with the Muslim community is deeply toxic and flawed,” Warsi tells Mehdi. Gaza also comes up, with Warsi condemning the UK's support for “war crimes” against the Palestinians under both Conservative and Labour governments. In 2014, Warsi quit David Cameron's Conservative-led coalition government in protest over the then Israeli assault on Gaza. Watch the full interview above, it's a great conversation. Paid subscribers can watch the full 37-minute interview, while free subscribers can watch the first 5 minutes. Paid subscribers: Register via the link below for today's Town Hall with Mehdi…

This week, Ellen and Alona talk to investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan. Peter is the former editor-in-chief of the award-winning website openDemocracy and is the author of Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics.Public faith in democracy has been undermined by hidden influence and undisclosed donations—but how susceptible is the new government to this?In an entertaining conversation, spanning from Mongolian wrestling to Keir Starmer's glasses, Peter shares his journey doing investigative work, the corrosive impact of what he calls “dark money”, and what Labour is getting wrong.To watch this interview and others—including with Baroness Warsi and Jon Sopel—search for ‘Prospect Magazine' on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Baroness Warsi, former Conservative cabinet minister and lawyer, joins Ellen and Alona to talk about her new book Muslims Don't Matter, about “the silencing, stereotyping and stigmatising of Muslims by the British press and political parties.”Politicians, media outlets, think tanks and even the entertainment industry have poisoned public discourse about Muslims, culminating in this summer's riots. She describes how Islamophobia, which she calls “Britain's bigotry blind spot”, not only passes the “dinner table test”, but has been enacted into policy.In a moving conversation about her journey in the public eye, she talks about her lifelong effort to challenge racism and why she's finally resigned the whip.Muslims Don't Matter is out now: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/sayeeda-warsi/muslims-dont-matter/9780349136486/Her podcast with David Baddiel ‘A Muslim and a Jew go there' is available to stream: https://shows.acast.com/a-muslim-a-jew-go-there Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Naomi and Alex discuss Baroness Warsi's resignation as a Tory peer and whether that Party is now lost to islamophobia. Plus, why does right wing politics find climate action so difficult. All this, and a BOMBSHELL revelation from Naomi about her undeclared relationship with Lord Waheed Alli. (Also, you must listen to the end. Trust us.) If you can afford to help, you can back Quiet Riot on Ko-fi. CALLS TO ACTION Best for Britain's tree-planting donation is here. Baroness Warsi's apology to the LGBT+ community. Baroness Warsi's full interview with James O'Brien. Alex's 2014 piece on the floods. MET Office's rain research. is here. Compernicus's heatwave research is here. Find us on Facebook and Twitter as @quietriotpod or use our Starter Pack on Bluesky. Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO CONTRIBUTE, PLEASE DO. Click here to back Quiet Riot on Ko-fi. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou, and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dive into this week's episode of our weekly news review where we're joined by the audacious Leilani Dowding, whose X account has become a beacon for candid commentary on today's hottest issues. Today, we're peeling back the layers on some of the most contentious topics straight from Leilani's recent posts. From the spiralling costs of asylum seeker accommodations in the UK to the controversial use of Ozempic for weight loss, Leilani doesn't shy away from the tough questions. We'll also find out if Alex Jones was right, as we venture into the eerie world of genetic engineering with "spider goats" and tackle the shifting sands of UK politics under Two Tier Keir's Labour. Don't miss out on Leilani's sharp insights and our deep dive into the stories that are setting X abuzz. Join us for a session that promises to enlighten, provoke, and challenge your views on the news that shapes our world. Half-Filipina, half-English, Leilani Dowding is a former Page Three Girl and was crowned Miss Great Britain in 1998, going on to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant. Leilani had a starring role in The Real Housewives of Cheshire and has appeared on The Big Breakfast, This Morning, Celebrity Wrestling and in numerous national newspapers. She is a proud 'Freedom Fighting Refusnik' and an unmissable commentator on world affairs, with her stance against tyranny and wokeness, Leilani has found a whole new army of fans. Follow Leilani on

Lawyer, businesswoman, campaigner and the first female Muslim UK cabinet minister. Baroness Warsi has broken glass ceilings throughout her career and tirelessly campaigned against Islamophobia within both society and the Conservative party. She joins James to discuss why she believes she's in a toxic relationship with the Conservative party and which cabinet minister is to blame for taking the party away from its conservative values and turning it towards the far-right.Sayeeda hosts a brand-new podcast with comedian, David Baddiel. A Muslim & A Jew Go There. It's available to listen on all podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/amuslimandajewgothere

Politician Sayeeda Warsi and comedian David Baddiel come together to discuss the topical issues affecting British Muslims and Jews in a way that others might not dare. In this introductory prologue, Baroness Warsi, who wrote the keynote speech “Muslims Don't Matter”, and David Baddiel, author of “Jews Don't Count”, discuss their own experiences of prejudice and their own racial identity. Sayeeda, Baroness Warsi, Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner and has been consistently voted one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Warsi is author of The Enemy Within, A Tale of Muslim Britain and author of the keynote speech “Muslims Don't Matter”.David Baddiel is a comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter. Recently he published the Sunday Times bestselling polemic “Jews Don't Count” and has also written and presented a documentary under the same title for Channel 4. This podcast is produced by Instinct Productions Executive Producer: Jemima Khan Goldsmith Series Producer: Rachel BalmerHead of Development: Sarah LintonProduction Manager: Sangeetha Veluruhttps://instinctproductions.comEnquiries: podcast@instinctproductions.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to publicly address the fallout from remarks made by MP Lee Anderson after an Islamophobia row deepened on Sunday.The former deputy chairman lost the Conservative whip after failing to apologise for claiming “Islamists” had “got control” of Sadiq Khan.But critics including the London mayor and Tory peer Baroness Warsi have hit out at the Prime Minister for failing to explicitly condemn the comments.Oliver Dowden earlier declined to say whether Mr Anderson's words were racist and left the door open for a possible return to the party, prompting accusations that the remarks were not being taken seriously enough.Julia Hartley-Brewer gives her verdict on the developing political controversy.Click here for more from TalkTV https://talk.tvIf you need any help visit: https://talk.tv/helplines Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The writer Hadley Freeman stopped eating when she was 14, and spent the next three years in and out of hospital, battling with anorexia. Now in her mid-forties, she says she didn't completely close the door on the disease until relatively recently. In Good Girls – A Story and Study of Anorexia, she gives an unflinching account of what happened to her and looks at what happens to girls who become anorexic now; what we know and what we don't about the mental illness. Brian Friel's classic play Dancing at Lughnasa has opened at the National Theatre. Telling the story of the five Mundy sisters, two of the actors, more recently on our screens in Derry Girls - Siobhan McSweeney and Louisa Harland - discuss their new roles. Emma Booth is on the Woman's Hour Power List, this year focussed on women in sport. Emma impressed the judges as she took a public stand against major golf brand TaylorMade and their lack of female imagery and golf products for women. She reflects on speaking out against such a well-known company and how it is to be a woman in golf. The conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has criticised the home secretary Suella Braverman for using "racist rhetoric". She says her recent comments on small boats and grooming gangs have "emboldened racists". We ask her why she's decided to speak out. Have you ever heard an interview with a robot on the radio? We speak to the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot, Ai-Da, and her creator, Aidan Meller. What's it like to become a pop star at almost 46? Twenty years ago Alexis Strum had a record deal and achieved her dream to make an album, but then it was pulled. She walked away from music – until now. She shares her story with Nuala. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Louise Corley

The conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has criticised the home secretary Suella Braverman for using  "racist rhetoric".  She says her recent comments on small boats and grooming gangs have "emboldened racists".  Baroness Warsi held a number of ministerial roles in the coalition government before resigning in 2014. Anita asks her why she's decided to speak out now. If you've had breast cancer – what do you know about the signs the disease may have progressed? The charity Met UP UK says the information given to the 55,900 people diagnosed every year is very patchy. Every day, 31 women in the UK die from secondary breast cancer, which is incurable. In Greater Manchester every patient is provided with an infographic in their end of treatment plan, about signs to look out for. NHS England says it has adopted this in its guidelines but can't mandate every health trust uses it. We speak to Jo Taylor from METUP UK and oncologist Carlo Palmieri from Clatterbridge Health Centre about why this is important. In November 2005 police constable Sharon Beshenivsky she was shot and killed as she responded to an alarm at a travel agent in Bradford. She was with a colleague PC Teresa Millburn who was also shot but survived.  Today, a 74-year old man is due to appear in court charged with Sharon's murder after being extradited from Pakistan. Anita speaks to Julie Langford, a journalist at BBC Radio Leeds who was at the scene the day after it happened. For the first time ever the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has begun collating data on the number of women undergoing labiaplasty where women want to reduce the size of the labia. It's in response to the increased demand for the procedure which some fear could be driven by either body dysphoria or the prevalence of pornography. Anita Rani talks to cosmetic surgeon Dr Paraskevi Dimitriadi and psychologist Elizabeth Ritchie about the trend. "Cluttercore" and "Clustercore" are the latest interior design trends popping up on social media. Minimalism is out, and rooms bursting at the seams with clashing colours and loads of knick-knacks are in. But it's more than just having lots of items everywhere. You have to arrange the items in curated vignettes. So, how is it done? When does it become clutter? And, what's the history behind our desire to organise and curate? Anita is joined by Claire Bingham author of The New Naturalists: Inside the Homes of Creative Collectors, and Dr Vanessa Brown, senior lecturer at the Nottingham School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Bob Nettles

Rishi Sunak has become prime minister following the resignation of Liz Truss. What do we know about Sunak and his programme for government? He is the UK's youngest prime minister in more than 200 years and the first British Asian PM. Today's Mishal Husain speaks to Baroness Warsi, who was the first British Muslim to serve in cabinet, and Sunder Katwala, Director of the think tank British Future. Today's Nick Robinson also spoke to George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times.

This week's difficult woman is Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. Lawyer, Politician, Baroness, and former Co-Chair of the conservative party Baroness Warsi has never had a problem speaking up against her party when she feels it is not in line with her values. She talks new PM's, conservative islamophobia, and even some behind the scenes secrets about Alistair Campbell!

Welcome to Dane Baptiste Questions Everything, a podcast where comedian Dane Baptiste, producer Howard Cohen and a special guest take turns posing questions that just need answering. This is episode 145 and we spoke to politician Baroness Sayeeda Warsi about what it means to be a British citizen, how your house defines you and be an ethnic minority conservative. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and beyond. #questioneverything @DBQEPodcastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/danebaptistequestionseverything. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boris Johnson has ordered the Cabinet Office to investigate a claim by a Conservative MP that she was sacked as a minister, in part, because she's a Muslim. A Downing Street spokesperson said the Prime Minister took Nusrat Ghani's allegation very seriously. This comes at the beginning of what could prove to be a pivotal week for the Prime Minister, as the government awaits the publication of a report into a series of gatherings at Number 10 during lockdown. Today's Justin Webb hears the analysis of the BBC's Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Today's Mishal Husain speaks to the Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim appointed to a cabinet position in the UK, before questioning the Education Minister, Nadhim Zahawi.

Every menopause has its own story - and here's mine. In this episode I share a part of my own journey - which was included in Kaye Adams and Vicky Allan's book STILL HOT! As Kaye and Vicky say “Let's rejoice as we step free of the menopausal closet. The menopause is not one story, but many and diverse . . . and, whatever your experience, you are not alone.” My story was included alongside household names like Lorraine Kelly, Baroness Warsi, Anthea Turner, Michelle Heaton and Trinny Woodall and many more.    Buy Kaye Adams & Vicky Allan's book STILL HOT!  Read my book, NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Modernhood Listen to Kaye Adams' SFM episode here Listen to Vicky Allan's SFM episode here   School for Mothers Website - School for Mothers Instagram

In part two of mywardmal with lawyer, politician and writer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, she reveals her comfort blanket, birthday suit - and not one but two wardrobe malfunctions...Find the Savayra Foundation, of which Baroness Warsi is trustee, here.You can also find Baroness Warsi on her website sayeedawarsi and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Thanks to our politically neutral house band ‘duo’. Today's track was 'Despacito' from their new 'Gig In Your Garden' album. Find them at duoguitarmusic.com, order 'Gig in Your Garden' here and watch their Facebook gig here every Friday at 8pm UK time. The band are giving proceeds from the album sales to Florence Nightingale Foundation.And, of course, huge thanks to you for listening! If you like this episode, please check out the others and give us a five-star rating and review.Finally, we’d love to hear about YOUR wardrobe malfunctions. Please email us at help@mywardmal.com. And you can also find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all @mywardmal, and on our website at mywardmal.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In part two of mywardmal with lawyer, politician and writer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, she reveals her comfort blanket, birthday suit - and not one but two wardrobe malfunctions...Find the Savayra Foundation, of which Baroness Warsi is trustee, here.You can also find Baroness Warsi on her website sayeedawarsi and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Thanks to our politically neutral house band ‘duo’. Today's track was 'Despacito' from their new 'Gig In Your Garden' album. Find them at duoguitarmusic.com, order 'Gig in Your Garden' here and watch their Facebook gig here every Friday at 8pm UK time. The band are giving proceeds from the album sales to Florence Nightingale Foundation.And, of course, huge thanks to you for listening! If you like this episode, please check out the others and give us a five-star rating and review.Finally, we’d love to hear about YOUR wardrobe malfunctions. Please email us at help@mywardmal.com. And you can also find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all @mywardmal, and on our website at mywardmal.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s special guest is lawyer, politician and writer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi! She and Susannah discuss parenting, shoes and Michael Portillo… This is a two-parter. Part two drops on Sunday. Find the Savayra Foundation, of which Baroness Warsi is trustee, here.You can also find Baroness Warsi on her website sayeedawarsi and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Thanks to our politically neutral house band ‘duo’. Find them at duoguitarmusic.com, order 'Gig in Your Garden' here and watch their Facebook gig here every Friday at 8pm UK time. The band are giving proceeds from the album sales to Florence Nightingale Foundation.And, of course, huge thanks to you for listening! If you like this episode, please check out the others and give us a five-star rating and review.Finally, we’d love to hear about YOUR wardrobe malfunctions. Please email us at help@mywardmal.com. And you can also find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all @mywardmal, and on our website at mywardmal.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s special guest is lawyer, politician and writer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi! She and Susannah discuss parenting, shoes and Michael Portillo… This is a two-parter. Part two drops on Sunday. Find the Savayra Foundation, of which Baroness Warsi is trustee, here.You can also find Baroness Warsi on her website sayeedawarsi and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Thanks to our politically neutral house band ‘duo’. Find them at duoguitarmusic.com, order 'Gig in Your Garden' here and watch their Facebook gig here every Friday at 8pm UK time. The band are giving proceeds from the album sales to Florence Nightingale Foundation.And, of course, huge thanks to you for listening! If you like this episode, please check out the others and give us a five-star rating and review.Finally, we’d love to hear about YOUR wardrobe malfunctions. Please email us at help@mywardmal.com. And you can also find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all @mywardmal, and on our website at mywardmal.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Self-catering owner Helen from North Yorkshire joins the team to reflect on the last year, her budget hopes and thoughts on the PM's road map. Gemma speaks to a vaccination volunteer where they are doing 1,800 vaccinations a day. That's one every 3 minutes. And Aisha Iqbal discusses Baroness Warsi taking to the stage for comedy and how the former Co-Chairwoman of the Conservative Party compares her colleagues to Games of Throne characters! Sound: Adam Campbell Producer: Louise Wheeler

Colin Murray celebrates the magic of books with Heather Morris, international number one bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Geoff Dyer award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, singer, actor and Celebs Go Dating star Tom Read Wilson, writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah and Reverend Kate Bottley. Plus, readings from Richard Madeley, Baroness Warsi, John Robins, Emma Barnett, Laura Whitmore, Benjamin Zand and Michael Mansfield QC. You can hear Colin Murray's 5 Live show on Mondays to Wednesdays - 22:30 to 01:00 UK time. Please note that this is an edited version of the show, which aired on 11 November 2020 - and not all guests named in the introduction feature in the episode.

A truly insightful conversation with Baroness Warsi, where we discuss activism, political apathy, the state of politics today and much more.   Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi is a British lawyer, politician and member of the House of Lords who served as co-Chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012.    She served in Cameron–Clegg coalition, first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010 and 2012, then as the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as the Minister of State for Faith and Communities (styled as "Senior Minister of State"), until her resignation citing her disagreement with the Government's policy on the Israel–Gaza conflict in August 2014.   I.G. @TheGambian @Kultural.Renaissance Twitter: @MomodouTaal @SayeedaWarsi

The anti-racism campaigner Trevor Phillips has been suspended from the Labour Party over allegations of Islamophobia. Some have described the move as “Orwellian”; others believe he has a case to answer. The issue turns on what we mean by ‘Islamophobia’ – although even to pose that question is to invite denunciation in some quarters; why split hairs when it’s obvious that anti-Muslim bigotry is rife? The Conservative party has been under attack for the allegedly Islamophobic utterances of some within its ranks, but it is waiting to agree on a definition of ‘Islamophobia’ before committing to an inquiry. It is 20 years since the term entered the political lexicon and almost a decade since Baroness Warsi declared that Islamophobia had passed the ‘dinner table test’ and become acceptable in polite society; yet, we still haven’t quite decided what it is and what it isn’t. Some people – including many Muslims – have a problem with the word itself because they think it reinforces the idea that Islam is something to be afraid of. Islam is a religion, not a race, but the definition used by the Labour Party calls Islamophobia ‘a type of racism’, because of the comparable experiences described by Muslims at the sharp end of group discrimination. Meanwhile, free speech advocates are concerned that any formal definition risks blurring the line between the unacceptable hatred of people (Muslims) and the legitimate criticism of ideas (Islam). Once we have our definition, whom should we appoint to decide whether particular words or deeds are Islamophobic? And if there’s a spectrum that runs from insensitivity and disrespect at one end to the most hideous kinds of hate crime at the other, where along that line should the law intervene? With Mohammed Amin, Myriam Francois, Ibrahim Mogra & Fiyaz Mughal. Producer: Dan Tierney.

On dialogue. In a special podcast by the Woolf Institute, recorded live at our 'We need to talk about Israel/Palestine' event, Baroness Warsi and Jonathan Freedland attempt to do just that. How can British Muslims and Jews talk about the conflict? Why have past discussions led to so many tensions? And what can we learn from an open and honest dialogue? Featuring Jonathan Freedland, Sayeeda Warsi and Ed Kessler.

How allegations of child abuse engulfed Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the campaign to return the Elgin marbles to Greece, Britain's first black headteacher, the origins of the Barbie doll and how Baroness Warsi made history. Photo: Zoilamerica Narváez announces in a press conference that she is filing a law suit against her stepfather Daniel Ortega, March 1998 (RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images):

How should licence fees for the over-75s be funded? Roger Bolton talks to James Purnell, one of the most powerful men in BBC radio, as the Corporation launches a public consultation. Roger also meets Baroness Warsi at the House of Lords. Frustrated by stereotypes of Muslim women, her recent BBC Radio 4 programme How to be a Muslim Woman has set out to change the conversation. As the BBC's Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast marks its 100th edition, we hear from listeners and its editor, Jasper Corbett. He talks about where he draws the line on broadcasting distressing content and why day-by-day coverage of the Inquiry remains important. And, as we approach midwinter, night-time radio listeners share their nocturnal habits and reveal the programmes that they turn to in the small hours. Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Alice Bloch A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

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Rana Mitter goes to a drama which asks the audience to play jury in a trial following the hijacking of a plane. He's joined by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, whose book 'The Enemy Within' looks at attitudes towards the Islamic community in Britain, Richard English author of 'Does Terrorism Work?: A History', Faisal Devji, author of several studies of political Islam and the ideology of Jihad, and 2017 New Generation Thinker Thomas Simpson. 'Terror' by Ferdinand von Schirach in a translation by David Tushingham is directed at the Lyric Hammersmith by Sean Holmes running from 14 Jun ‐ 15 Jul 2017Baroness Sayeeda Warsi's book is called 'The Enemy Within'. Richard English is the author of Does Terrorism Work?: A History Faisal Devji's books include 'Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity' (2005) and 'The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics' (2009) Tom Simpson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio and television. You can find more on the Free Thinking website. Producer: Luke Mulhall

Former Tory Minister Baroness Warsi on balancing faith and fasting with life in the political arena and her views on multicultural Britain. Things Unseen. For people who have a faith, and those who just feel there’s more out there than meets the eye.

Baroness Warsi discusses integration and counter-terrorism, themes from her new book.

On Start the Week Amol Rajan talks to Sayeeda Warsi about how far Britain's Muslim community is viewed as 'the enemy within'. As the child of Pakistani immigrants who became Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, Baroness Warsi is in a unique position to explore questions of cultural difference, terrorism, and 'British values', and to explore how society can become more integrated. The economist Paul Collier has spent his career looking for solutions to seemingly intractable problems: in his latest book he focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis and argues for the establishment of special economic zones where displaced Syrians could work and benefit their host countries. The philosopher Roger Scruton develops his ideas of human nature by concentrating on our relations with others, bound together in a shared world. Producer: Katy Hickman.

Shelagh Fogarty looks at claims that the numbers of Christians being killed around the world has increased dramatically in the last year. She speaks to religious leaders in Africa and the Middle East and to the Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi.

In a major series for Radio 3, we rediscover some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and over twenty episodes, we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim member of the British Cabinet, gives her personal take on Persian scholar Imam Bukhari.Producer: Sarah Taylor.

Co-chairman of the Conservative party, Baroness Warsi recalls her Pakistani-born father during her Yorkshire childhood telling her about the heroic martial deeds conducted by a thirteenth century Indian princess, Razia Sultana. Descended from humble stock, the much mythologized Sultana ruled for less than four years in the 1230s, but has long been celebrated as the first female Indian Muslim leader. Sayeeda Warsi explains why she's fascinated by this character whose reign was abruptly brought to an end by the jealous rivalries of the male nobility around her who could not tolerate the fact that she had been chosen by her father above the heads of her brothers. We'll hear whether Sayeeda draws inspiration from Razia's model of bold leadership, and whether she finds parallels with her own experience of British politics today within the senior ranks of the Conservative Party. Writer and expert on India, William Dalrymple sets the scene, explaining how and why Turkish Muslims had an empire that reached as far as the Himalayas, at a time when northern India was having to withstand the Mongol incursions of Genghis Khan. Producer: Mark Smalley.