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On Holy Ground

James D. Holt

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 7

On Holy Ground’ the podcast dedicated to learning through encounter. It is based on the premise that in all of our dialogues we are able to learn more about others, and also about ourselves. It utilises the idea that the space between us is holy ground, with all of encounters being potentially transformative. Each episode will seek to highlight the diversity of beliefs we find in the world, and how we learn through an open, honest and respectful discussion.

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Sitting down with an inspirational Muslim

Season 1 · Episode 8

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 • Duration 48:22

James is joined by Elinor Chohan. Elinor is a passionate advocate for social justice and community cohesion, with a 20-year nursing career as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Resuscitation and Clinical Skills. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Management and regularly delivers motivational talks as an alumna of Manchester Metropolitan University.

In 2004, Elinor and her husband co-founded Miri Roshni, a charity dedicated to education, poverty alleviation, wellness, and humanitarian aid. The charity’s impactful initiatives include a school, orphanage, vocational training, higher education support, microfinancing for women, and healthcare projects. It also has initiatives addressing domestic abuse and has recently launched a community centre project in Pakistan. Extending its reach across the UK, Turkey, Pakistan, Kashmir, Romania, Gaza, Saudi Arabia and Zambia, Miri Roshni delivers emergency aid and tailored support, nurturing the next generation to excellence.

Elinor's contributions to interfaith dialogue and community development earned her an MBE in 2018, alongside numerous accolades. As Chair of the Remembering Srebrenica Northwest Board (2015–2024), she led genocide education efforts and raised funds for a counselling centre supporting women affected by war rape in Bosnia. She also serves as Chair of the Altrincham Interfaith Group and a Trustee of the British Muslim Heritage Centre, championing initiatives that foster unity and understanding.

Her work has included advising on race equality, championing humanitarian efforts, and mentoring future leaders through Teach First UK. Elinor's dedication to nurturing the next generation and fostering inclusivity reflects her lifelong commitment to creating lasting positive change.

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Sitting down with a member of the Baha'i community

Season 1 · Episode 7

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 • Duration 54:58

In this episode James is joined by Debbie Tibbey. Debbie was born into a Christian family in the North East of England in the 1960s. At the age of 18, she found out about the Bahá’i Faith and after investigating the religion for a year or so, she declared her faith in Bahá’u’lláh and became a Bahá’i. After studying Drama and Art to degree level in Liverpool she trained as a primary school teacher, a career which spanned almost 30 years, and included teaching posts in various parts of UK and in Eswatini (still Swaziland in the 1990s) where she helped to establish a Bahá’i-run primary school open to children of all ethnicities, faiths and backgrounds. She has served on NASACRE, the REC and the Expert Advisory Group for RE as well as on Dorset SACRE as the Bahá’i representative.

She now teaches and mentors teenagers with additional needs at an independent specialist school which holds great importance on mental wellbeing, creativity and the importance of animals and the outdoors.

She married to artist and sculptor Charles Tibbey and they have two grown sons and a very elderly cat.

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A conversation with a Sikh philosopher and teacher

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 • Duration 52:23

In this episode James is joined by Dr Ranvir Kanwar Singh. Ranvir is a teacher and while a Board Member of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales introduced the concept of worldviews to religious education. Prior to this, he served on the executive of the World Congress of Faiths and has written a Key Stage 3 textbook on Sikhism. He was the architect of paragraph 67 of the Durban Declaration which recognised Sikhs as a qaum or people.

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Sitting down with an Ahmadiyya Muslim

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • Duration 54:40

In this episode James is joined by Waqar Amedi. Previously a journalist, Waqar has been teaching RE for 19 years, and been Head of Department for 14 years. Presently he is Head of RS at Prior's Field School in Godalming, Surrey. He is the author of several textbooks and revision guides for GCSE and A Level RS, and has run CPD and student events across the country. Every year Waqar travels to Pakistan to train secondary teachers in Rabwah, his mother’s birthplace. He has been on the NATRE Executive Committee since 2021. He is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whom he serves as a coordinator of various educational projects. He is on the editorial board of the community's international magazine, The Review of Religions.

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Sitting down with a Sunni-Sufi Muslim

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • Duration 37:20

In this episode James is joined by the Amjed Zafar. Amjed is a pharmacist, he is also a community leader in Manchester serving as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Quba Initiative. Quba Initiative was established primarily to facilitate the dissemination of Sacred Islamic learning, It endeavours to engage with the community on all levels.

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A chat with an inspirational teacher and campaigner for reform

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 39:35

In this episode James is joined by the Reverend Dr K. Augustine-Ihm. Augustine is a charismatic Afro-American educator, theologian, pastor, activist, leader, mentor, trustee, presenter, speaker, and missiologist based in the United Kingdom. He is an active Anglican priest in the Anglican Communion and a member of the Order of the Mustard Seed. More about Augustine can be found on his website at augustineihm.co.uk

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On Holy Ground: the how and why?

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • Duration 32:47

'On Holy Ground’ the podcast dedicated to learning through encounter. It is based on the premise that in all of our dialogues we are able to learn more about others, and also about ourselves. It utilises the idea that the space between us is holy ground, with all of encounters being potentially transformative.

This first episode will be different to subsequent ones, in the sense that I will be on my own and will provide the backdrop to future podcasts. It will explore my approach to inter-faith encounters.

Follow me at jamesdholt.com and @drjamesdholt

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