BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Mona Siddiqui

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Mona Siddiqui

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 21 October 2012

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the academic & commentator, Mona Siddiqui.

Born in Karachi and brought up in Huddersfield, she's a rarity - a female Muslim theologian. As Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at Edinburgh University her analysis regularly sheds light on controversial issues affecting the Muslim faith. Her calm & reasoned standpoint can be heard regularly on the Today programme's Thought for the Day.

Brought up in a house stuffed full of books, her academic promise revealed itself early on and despite dallying with the idea of journalism as a career, she finally followed the path her mother wanted for her - academia.
She says, "I like to be in places where I feel my voice can be heard and I can say things of some value."

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Nat King Cole L O V E
Nat King Cole, Capitol
Johann Strauss II The Blue Danube
Performer: Wiener Philharmonic with Riccardo Muti
New Year’s Concert 2004, Deutsche Grammophon
Jagjit Singh Tum Ko Dekha
Golden Collection of Jagjit Singh, Radio City Music Entertainment
UB40 Red Red Wine
Labour of Love, Virgin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in A Major - Alla Turca
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida
Mozart: Piano Sonatas., Philips
Ghulam Farid Sabri & Magbool Ahmed Sabri Bhar di Johli
Qawwali Ghulam Farid…, Radio City
Itzhak Perlman Remembrances
Schindler’s List soundtrack, MCA
Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite Number 1 - Prelude in G Major
Performer: Yo Yo Ma
J S Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, CBS

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