{"id":5821,"date":"2018-10-18T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2018-10-18T10:42:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T09:42:56","slug":"listen-to-stephen-knights-opening-remarks-at-the-battleofideas-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/10\/listen-to-stephen-knights-opening-remarks-at-the-battleofideas-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen To Stephen Knight&#8217;s Opening Remarks at The #BattleOfIdeas 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"348\" title=\"image\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image_thumb.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was very pleased to be at the Battle Of Ideas this year to speak about religion. The festival itself consists of many, many, (many!) public discussions and debates with an emphasis on inviting the audience to have their say by challenging the guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>My panel was titled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleofideas.org.uk\/session\/from-bakers-to-burqas-religious-freedom-today\/\">From Bakers to Burqas: Religious Freedom Today\u2019<\/a>. I aim to make audio of the full panel available soon, but for now you can hear my opening remarks below. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px; height: 270px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" id=\"okplayer\" src=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/GO7Up4ljPS0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 480px; height: 270px; position: absolute;\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" seamless=\"seamless\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><i><br \/><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><br \/><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Stephen Knight is host of The #GSPodcast. 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