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Living with the Enemy: Sept 24

Bankstown residents put religion under the magnifying glass in a timely episode of the SBS Reality series.

2014-09-23_1421It’s a rather timely episode of Living with the Enemy this week as religion goes under the Reality TV magnifying glass.

Sorry, can’t bring myself to call this series a doco, although I haven’t watched this particular ep. which appears to have just one faith as its basis.

Almost half the Muslims in Australia live in south-western Sydney. The majority in just five suburbs centered on Bankstown. Ben was born and bred in Bankstown, he’s seen his world change as Arab Muslims have stamped their identity on his home suburb, and he doesn’t like what he sees. Ahmed and Lydia are a devout Muslim couple living in western Sydney. Ahmed is from Egypt, Lydia is a convert who grew up in a country pub. Lydia converted in the wake of the September 11 attacks after enrolling in a course on Islam to better understand the religion and the motivation for the terror attacks. She wanted to find out why they had happened, what motivated the hijackers. Instead of discovering a religion of hate and war, she says, she discovered a religion of peace and justice. Ben believes there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim. Can Lydia and Ahmed convince him otherwise?

Wednesday, 24 September at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.

2 Responses

  1. Ben, you disappointed me. This programme made me realise how wonderful and lovely lydia and ahmed were……lovely couple…..ben you should have stuck to the programme and at least given ahmed and lydia a follow up of why Australian’s dislike muslims, instead of constantly mouthing off, some of your views were valid but became void when you pulled out of your part of the deal.
    Ahmed and Lydia I thoroughly enjoyed watching the programme

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