The Boland Guest List Friday 12th February.. First up tells the story about Students from some of Britain's top universities are travelling to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda. Young British Muslims are joining a terror group that is blamed for hundreds of deaths in the African country. Boland first guest Mohamed Abdullahi, director of the UK Somali Community Initiative, said his organisation is separately investigating the case of five men and an 18 year old from London, thought to be fighting for the terrorist group. He says he treads a fine line between helping concerned families and identifying threats to the u.k. authorities.
Next up is Davender Ghai, a Hindu grandfather has won the right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre in Britain. Davender, aged 71, believes such a cremation is essential to the liberation of his soul after death. Wednesday's landmark ruling means thousands of Hindus, Sikhs and anyone else wanting ' natural cremation' can have their dying wishes legally carried out.
And finally in the first hour relates the report that In 2007, 7.8 million Britons used some form of online dating service in pursuit of romance, and no fewer than one thousand people sign up to the Guardian dating service Soulmates every week. In fact, there is a 50:50 chance that any single person you know logs on to find love. Published in time for Valentines day this week end is Sonali Fernando's book ' Soul Mates', a quirky guide to the world of online dating. Boland’s guest Sonali is an award winning documentary filmmaker and writer who has directed over twenty five films for Channel Four and the BBC.
The second hour is the The Travel Show offer all the latest travel news with Sean Tippton from ABTA’s headquarters in London followed by some recommended holiday and exciting places to visit. Boland Friday at 11am