taj hargey, welcome to hardtalk.

taj hargey, we could talk plenty more on this, but we've to end.ery much. hello there. well, we should get off to a pretty sunny start across eastern areas of the country before things generally turn cloudier later today, and that cloud will hang around into the weekend as well. weather front brought the rain yesterday. that's clearing out into europe, clearer skies following but then we've got this next wodge of cloud. this weather front, the warm front, is going to bring warm airacross the uk, yes, but also we'll have outbreaks of rain spreading in as well. so, the forecast in a bit more detail. for the early risers, clear skies to start across england and wales, but further north and west, the clouds that bit thicker and there'll be a few showers in western scotland and northern ireland. for the early risers, temperatures just in double figures, but in the countryside, single figures, so there will be a certain chill in the airfirst thing in the morning. quite quickly, england and wales and should get off to a sunny start on friday before the cl

my guest today is a muslim scholar and taj hargey —— in mind, taj hargey, who has long stirred controversyng fellow muslims by condemning the burqa and calling for a new progressive and gender equal in light of islam. will his ideas ever gain traction in the muslim community? taj hargey, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. let's start with some definitions. you spent much of a life in south africa and have found it to mosques, one in cape town, south africa and one in oxford in the uk. you are a student of islam. but how would you describe yourself? i would say i am an enlightened progressive liberal muslim that sticks to the koran and doesn't allow secondary sources that are suspect to determine my manifestation of faith. i feel the koran is enough, its has repeatedly the book is complete and detailed, god has not left out anything, he doesn't make mistakes or one out of words to the 6236 verses should be enough for muslims was the —— because the creator says that and human manufactured sources like the hadith, the sharia, which is mentally —— which is a mediaeval concoction and the

taj hargey, we could talk plenty more on this, but we've to end.nk you very much. hello there. we're looking at quite a changeable spell of weather, really, over the next few days, with some rain around. we'll certainly get some rain as we go on through the next 2a hours. the satellite picture shows a band of cloud pushing in across the united kingdom for today, and this is rain—bearing cloud. now, we have seen three bands of rain that will tend to merge together into one as it moves its way in across england and wales as we go on through the next few hours. so there is some rain on the way for some of us. if you're out early a bit in the morning, a lot of cloud for england and wales, with bursts of heavy rain swinging across western england, wales, and on towards the midlands and central, southern england. add to that a lot of cloud and it will feel humid for these areas. a fresher feel to the weather in the north—west, but a lot of cloud and widespread frequent heavy thundery showers working in here as we go through thursday morning. so, the fore