The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven and Earth Show as the BBC’s religious discussion programme.
Contents
[hide]
The constant bombardment of dramatic news, puts our mind into the fallacy of false choices, we have to either choose the Islamomaniacs or the Islamists and terrorist. The fact of the matter is that these are not our only choices, we have countless other options, between these two extremes.
Format
The format is loosely based on BBC1’s political discussion show, Question Time, though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured four panellists from a range of different religious and ethical perspectives, as well as a number of contributors from the live studio audience. In Series 5, the panel was dropped, and the debates took place entirely within the audience, which still featured a number of contributors.
Each week, panel and audience debate three ethical, moral or religious topics which featured in the week’s news.
Guests
Panellists have included notable atheist[1][2][3] Richard Dawkins, convert to Roman Catholicism Ann Widdecombe, Imam Ibrahim Mogra, Muslim commentator Mohammed Ansar, Scottish philosopher John Joseph Haldane, Bible scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Lord Carey, Jonathan Bartley, Peter Hitchens, Alexander Goldberg, Ian McMillan, Andrew Pinsent, Stephen Lowe, Tommy Robinson, Michael Nazir-Ali, Samuel Westrop and Decca Aitkenhead.
The programme used to have a slot for a celebrity interview in which a famous person talks about their life and their moral, ethical and religious beliefs and interests. Such celebrities have included Richard Dawkins, Annie Lennox, John Barrowman, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Simpson and Jamelia. In the second series this section was dropped, and the whole programme instead concentrates on the three discussions.
The programme is currently in its eighth series, which began in January 2015.
Presenters
Nicky Campbell has presented the show since it began in 2007. Campbell was initially joined by Sonia Deol during the first 14 episodes of series one in February 2008. Deol no longer appeared after this and without explanation.
During series 3 in June 2010, Campbell was absent from the programme. Kaye Adams guest presented the programme on these dates. Campbell then returned from his absence to present the final show in July 2010.
Programme information
The programme is produced for the BBC by Mentorn Media (owned by Tinopolis).
From July 2010, The Big Questions’s breaks and its slot was filled with a new studio-based religious and ethics discussion programme, Sunday Morning Live hosted by Sian Williams (formerly Susanna Reid and Samira Ahmed). The Big Questions still runs January – July, Sunday Morning Live runs July – November.
Categories: Video
Essence of Conscious Nation Building
http://www.alislam.org/archives/sermons/summary/FSD20150213-EN.pdf
Shortcomings are of two kinds, individual and communal just as good qualities are also both individual and communal. It should be remembered that flaws and shortcomings develop due to the influence of the environment. Just as seed cannot germinate without soil and even if it did it would wither away very soon, shortcomings and virtues which are borne of flaws and good qualities are influenced by environment, making environmental factors a necessary element.
Environments are also of two types; one kind only affects individuals and does not influence everyone in a community. For example lands in specific areas are specifically good for growing certain crops. Like there are areas in Pakistan where fragrant Basmati rice is grown and which cannot be replicated elsewhere. Virtue or evil also develop due to specific situations on communal level and results in rise or fall of nations. Individuals can improve and progress through effort but an individual’s effort cannot impact communal good or evil. An individual is only an element of a community and a communal shortcoming cannot be rectified by reformation of just one element.
If swallowed toxin will impact one’s entire body adversely just as good, wholesome food impacts one’s body in a positive way. Thus communal virtue or communal evil impacts the entire community. A whole certainly impacts all its elements and the principle is that benefit or loss to a whole is beneficial or adverse for every element. An individual can correct himself but the entire community needs to reflect and make effort for communal reformation. While it is important for each individual to self-reflect it is also important to reflect on communal shortcomings and rectify them. There can be no success without collective remedy!
http://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2015-02-13.html
Eeman Mujh Ko De De Irfan Mujh Ko De De – Urdu Nazm at Jalsa Salana UK 2014
On Saturday August 30, 2014, Lajna Session.
http://www.alislam.org/v/8860.html
Khalifatul Masih II – Pearls of Wisdom
http://www.alislam.org/archives/sermons/summary/FSD20150227-EN.pdf
Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
If a Khalifa was to give an interpretation which appears contrary to the interpretation of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) he should be informed. If the Khalifa of the time considers that his interpretation could be gleaned from the Promised Messiah’s interpretation, fine, or else he would correct his interpretation. It is not that there is any contradiction of views. There is no contradiction; the cause of any such occurrence would be unawareness.
http://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2015-02-27.html
This beautiful nazam recited by the Kirishan Ahmad Patel On Jalsa Salana 1999, with beautiful voice
Ahmadiyya Nazam – Jo Khak Main Milay
PROUD TO BE AHMADI MUSLIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-em5VAuh6K0
The one who humbles himself to dust
He finds the Lover(Allah) or God
The anxious one who is trying different remedies
Try this prescription
A poem from Durre Sameen(a very precious Diamond)