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0:00:05 > 0:00:11This programme contains some strong language.

0:00:29 > 0:00:35On the surface, Britain's 2.7 million Muslims are united in faith.

0:00:36 > 0:00:40But behind closed doors in Muslim homes across the country...

0:00:40 > 0:00:43Damson jam and cream. Lovely.

0:00:43 > 0:00:47..there's a struggle to define what makes a good Muslim.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49Muslims judge each other too much.

0:00:49 > 0:00:52We kind of hold each other to these impossible standards,

0:00:52 > 0:00:54and it's not fair and it's not kind.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58I want the foundations of Islam laid out

0:00:58 > 0:01:01so that Muslims will be happy to say,

0:01:01 > 0:01:03"I am a fundamentalist Muslim."

0:01:03 > 0:01:07This religion is betrayed by the whole world, and especially

0:01:07 > 0:01:11by Muslims, because they are not applying it properly.

0:01:13 > 0:01:15Now ten Muslims from across Britain

0:01:15 > 0:01:18will live under one roof for ten days...

0:01:18 > 0:01:21I've never heard so much emphasis on Heaven and Hell.

0:01:21 > 0:01:25Don't tell me what I can talk about, go start with someone else.

0:01:25 > 0:01:30Can we ten people come together and understand each other?

0:01:30 > 0:01:35..to work out who embodies the spirit of Islam...

0:01:35 > 0:01:37We have huge amounts of racism and anti-blackness

0:01:37 > 0:01:39- in our communities, yes or no? - I agree.

0:01:39 > 0:01:43We're so intellectually dishonest, we really struggle with looking

0:01:43 > 0:01:46at our own flaws and working on them.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48..what being a Muslim really means...

0:01:48 > 0:01:50When I say "Allahu Akbar",

0:01:50 > 0:01:53those are the best minutes of my life.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Another hug. - HE LAUGHS

0:01:55 > 0:01:58..and how that fits with modern Britain.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01Muslims need to integrate more for their own sake,

0:02:01 > 0:02:03and that's an Islamic teaching.

0:02:03 > 0:02:05You must be where you are. Fully.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08- I'm a Muslim, in case you didn't know.- Are you?

0:02:08 > 0:02:12- I'm part of the EDL... - Oh, really? Give me a hug, then.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14I get why he was in Belmarsh.

0:02:26 > 0:02:28The city of York,

0:02:28 > 0:02:30founded by Romans,

0:02:30 > 0:02:36raided by Vikings, and rebuilt by William the Conqueror.

0:02:36 > 0:02:41Today, it's home to about 200,000 mainly white Britons,

0:02:41 > 0:02:45a population that's about to increase by ten.

0:02:46 > 0:02:49These Muslims,

0:02:49 > 0:02:51Shia and Sunni,

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Arab and Asian...

0:02:54 > 0:02:55Pakistani dress.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57..African and European.

0:02:57 > 0:03:02We need in this time to rediscover how to be human beings,

0:03:02 > 0:03:04because we're losing it.

0:03:04 > 0:03:08..have come together from across Britain to spend the next ten days

0:03:08 > 0:03:10living in one house,

0:03:10 > 0:03:15to work out what being part of the Muslim community really means.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18I'm scared that I'm going to walk in

0:03:18 > 0:03:21and Mr Sharia Law

0:03:21 > 0:03:25is going to see the hair and the heels, and attack.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29First to arrive is 27-year-old Mehreen,

0:03:29 > 0:03:33a schoolteacher from north London.

0:03:33 > 0:03:35Do you want your teabag in?

0:03:35 > 0:03:37Yes, please. You know my style.

0:03:37 > 0:03:41Growing up, I wasn't the most attractive child.

0:03:41 > 0:03:45I had a very, very big mono-brow

0:03:45 > 0:03:47and a moustache...

0:03:47 > 0:03:49and a beard.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51In year 10,

0:03:51 > 0:03:55I was allowed to remove my moustache and get my eyebrows done.

0:03:55 > 0:03:57And I actually looked pretty.

0:03:59 > 0:04:03A lot of Muslim people have a really warped view.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06They think that I'm the Muslim girl gone bad.

0:04:07 > 0:04:11But my religion is a very, very, very important part to me.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14I pray every single day.

0:04:15 > 0:04:19I'm your average, normal British Muslim person.

0:04:19 > 0:04:23They're in the majority, but our voice is the least heard.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27OK. And wait.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31What I am a little bit nervous about, so to speak,

0:04:31 > 0:04:35is the free mixing, obviously between males and females.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Muhammad said that the best place

0:04:37 > 0:04:39for the woman is at the back row

0:04:39 > 0:04:41and the best place for the man is at the front row.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48Abdul Haq is a former professional boxer.

0:04:50 > 0:04:55Born Anthony Small and brought up in a Christian household,

0:04:55 > 0:04:57he converted to Islam 11 years ago.

0:04:58 > 0:05:00When it's lost, it means hellfire.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03He makes videos promoting his version of the faith

0:05:03 > 0:05:04and posts them online.

0:05:04 > 0:05:07Allah can command women to cover. No apologies.

0:05:07 > 0:05:11We must take heed of the separation between males and females,

0:05:11 > 0:05:14so I've got the evidence with me in paper form

0:05:14 > 0:05:17to give to the ten members of the house.

0:05:19 > 0:05:20Hi.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22It's nice to meet you.

0:05:22 > 0:05:23Nice to meet you, too.

0:05:23 > 0:05:25- What's your name, sorry?- Abdul Haq.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27Abdul Haq. I'm Mehreen.

0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Nice to meet you, Mehreen. How are you?- Like a submarine.

0:05:33 > 0:05:34I think I'll give you this to read,

0:05:34 > 0:05:36while you're sat there waiting, shall I?

0:05:36 > 0:05:37Ah, thank you.

0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Thank you very much. - No problems. Alhamdulillah.

0:05:42 > 0:05:45Abdul Haq's evidence is a series of quotes

0:05:45 > 0:05:50he's taken from the Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

0:05:50 > 0:05:54He's interpreted these to mean that unrelated men and women

0:05:54 > 0:05:55should not mix.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57Do you have any other handouts?

0:05:57 > 0:06:01- I have upstairs, just generally, but not at the moment...- OK.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06- So the free-mixing one, you thought was the most important?- Yeah.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09Obviously there's other issues that could arise, but from my

0:06:09 > 0:06:13point of view, the free mixing was something that affects all of us...

0:06:13 > 0:06:16- OK.- ..so I decided to address it first of all...- OK.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19And do you hand these out at work?

0:06:19 > 0:06:22- I'm self-employed, so... - Oh, right.- I just work for...

0:06:25 > 0:06:27- What do you do? - I'm an entrepreneur.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29Oh, right.

0:06:29 > 0:06:30Lovely.

0:06:31 > 0:06:35I mean, sometimes people who are religious can be quite zealous.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Their way is the only way and is the right way,

0:06:37 > 0:06:40and if you're not a part of that, you're the wrong way.

0:06:43 > 0:06:47In fact, that's one of the very reasons I don't like to go

0:06:47 > 0:06:49into the religion, because it's too black and white,

0:06:49 > 0:06:52and life is full of many shades.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Obviously after establishing the evidence,

0:06:55 > 0:06:57guidance comes from Allah...

0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Hey.- Hello.- Hello.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Nice to meet you. - You too. What's your name?

0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Hi, Naila.- Naila, good to meet you. - Yeah, you too.- I'm Mehreen.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Hiya.- You smell lovely. - Oh, thanks.- Hi.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Hello.- As-salaam-alaikum.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Wa-alaikum-salaam. How are you doing?

0:07:11 > 0:07:13- I won't shake hands, but I'll give you that leaflet.- Thank you.

0:07:13 > 0:07:15- OK.- Abdul Haq.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Abdul Haq. Naila.- OK.- Hiya.

0:07:19 > 0:07:20OK...

0:07:20 > 0:07:23Abdul Haq also believes

0:07:23 > 0:07:26he should avoid making eye contact with women.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'll sit somewhere more comfortable, I think.

0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Yeah, I didn't really like the stools.- Yeah.

0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Have you read that?- Yeah.

0:07:37 > 0:07:38Yeah...

0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Hello.- Hello.- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46- I'm Ferhan.- Ferhan? Naila.- Naila?

0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Hello.- I'm Mehreen, like a submarine.- Mehreen.

0:07:49 > 0:07:50I'm coming out of a

0:07:50 > 0:07:53sort of a stage in my life where I'm looking to settle down,

0:07:53 > 0:07:55have a family and I'm thinking,

0:07:55 > 0:07:58I wonder if there's a place for me in Islam.

0:08:00 > 0:08:02Sorry, can I... Not to be rude,

0:08:02 > 0:08:04I've given it to everyone so far,

0:08:04 > 0:08:06so I thought I'd give it to you just to be polite.

0:08:06 > 0:08:08As-salaam-alaikum.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10I hope it's nothing rude.

0:08:10 > 0:08:11THEY LAUGH

0:08:11 > 0:08:14How are you doing? Are you OK? I've just got this leaflet here.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17I am so old, I am old enough to be his mother.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21When the world is falling apart and people are being killed

0:08:21 > 0:08:25and fleeing for their lives, this is so pathetic.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27As the other Muslims arrive...

0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Hello.- Would you like a chair?

0:08:29 > 0:08:31..and start to mix freely,

0:08:31 > 0:08:35Abdul Haq separates himself from the group.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Hi.- What's your name?

0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Baraa.- Where is this name from?

0:08:40 > 0:08:43- What do you think?- I think Syria. - Yes.

0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Hi, everyone.- ALL: Hello.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47- As-salaam-alaikum. - Wa-alaikum-salaam.

0:08:47 > 0:08:52- My name is Humaira. - What's up?- Hello. Ferhan.

0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Nabil.- Evidence against free mixing. That's why I'm sat over there.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59It's all well and good praying five times a day and fasting,

0:08:59 > 0:09:03but it's also important to make sure that your neighbours love you,

0:09:03 > 0:09:05to make sure that you put a smile on people's faces.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08We are the only religion on Earth that believes that

0:09:08 > 0:09:10a smile is an act of charity.

0:09:11 > 0:09:1631-year-old British Nigerian Nabil lives in Croydon and is

0:09:16 > 0:09:19a stand-up comedian.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22It is a tough time to be English.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25Obviously, we just got booted out of the Euros by Iceland,

0:09:25 > 0:09:30voted out of Europe by people who shop at Iceland.

0:09:30 > 0:09:31LAUGHTER

0:09:31 > 0:09:35Recently, I have also started an organisation providing support

0:09:35 > 0:09:38and shelter for vulnerable homeless men.

0:09:38 > 0:09:41They're actually part of the same principle that I live my life by.

0:09:41 > 0:09:44If you see something that's wrong, you should change it with your hands

0:09:44 > 0:09:47and if you can't change it with your hands you should speak about it,

0:09:47 > 0:09:50and if you can do neither then feel the anger in your heart.

0:09:50 > 0:09:54These are Hadith from the Prophet Muhammad. As-salaam-alaikum.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56You guys have been great. As-salaam-alaikum.

0:10:00 > 0:10:02The group has been together for less than an hour...

0:10:02 > 0:10:05Where does it say in the Koran that mixing is not allowed?

0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Let me explain.- It's a simple question. Does it exist, or not?

0:10:09 > 0:10:11We are talking about ABC Islam here.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15..and already they are queueing up to challenge Abdul Haq.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18I'll be honest, I have never seen anything like it.

0:10:18 > 0:10:20I've had someone who doesn't want to shake your hand.

0:10:20 > 0:10:24I've never had something where you are physically separating yourself,

0:10:24 > 0:10:26and you think that is a more appropriate distance

0:10:26 > 0:10:28than perhaps here or there.

0:10:28 > 0:10:31Nobody has assigned you in the group

0:10:31 > 0:10:33to decide what the way of God is.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35I have established the evidence.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37For me, I am free in front of Allah.

0:10:37 > 0:10:41Why did you choose to be here? Why did you choose to be here...

0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Let me finish.- ..with five other women,

0:10:43 > 0:10:46then bring us this and say we can't mix, we can't do this and that?

0:10:46 > 0:10:49To me, that's questionable.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52I am in two minds, right, because he says no free mixing.

0:10:52 > 0:10:53As far as I'm concerned,

0:10:53 > 0:10:56- as long as you're in this house, you're still free mixing.- Exactly.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59However, we are taught, let there be a group

0:10:59 > 0:11:01from among you who go out

0:11:01 > 0:11:03and preach the haq.

0:11:03 > 0:11:06Now, if that's his expression of truth,

0:11:06 > 0:11:09then don't criticise him and tell him he's disrespecting you.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12You are disrespecting him. He didn't pull you to sit down with him.

0:11:12 > 0:11:15He sat down over there. So compromise. He is still talking.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18Abdul Haq, what would be comfortable for you in the house?

0:11:18 > 0:11:20- How do you see it working? - There are two tables here.

0:11:20 > 0:11:23So why don't the sisters on that side, the brothers on this side?

0:11:23 > 0:11:27I don't want to do that. No way. I'm not going to do that.

0:11:27 > 0:11:31I think it is highly arrogant of you to want things just what

0:11:31 > 0:11:35- makes you happy.- You asked my opinion, I've given you my reply.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37If you're all free mixing in here, I'll go out in the garden.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40Can I just hug you? Because everybody's being really hard.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42I am tough skinned.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45I think he's just a bit lost. All the quotations...

0:11:45 > 0:11:47Because, practically, what are we supposed to do?

0:11:47 > 0:11:50Am I supposed to cook and send him food and he eats somewhere else?

0:11:50 > 0:11:53I'm not doing that. There has to be some level of integration.

0:11:53 > 0:11:54Between me and you,

0:11:54 > 0:11:57this isn't even like a boy-man thing but they have a point.

0:11:57 > 0:12:01You knew there was going to be girls here.

0:12:01 > 0:12:03This is my first point...

0:12:03 > 0:12:05Before anything else,

0:12:05 > 0:12:08decisions need to be made about where everyone will be sleeping.

0:12:08 > 0:12:10It would be nice if brothers could be on one floor

0:12:10 > 0:12:11and sisters on another floor.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14- I think that's a great idea... - She agrees with me.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17If it's possible with the way the house is set up.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Alhamdulillah.- That would be great. - We are not hardcore.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23I have got your bag. Put my mind at rest.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29We need to hurry so we can choose.

0:12:29 > 0:12:33- She is adamant she wants this room here.- It is so cool.

0:12:33 > 0:12:36I think what she'd really like is to share a room with you.

0:12:36 > 0:12:38Astaghfirullah.

0:12:38 > 0:12:40HE LAUGHS

0:12:40 > 0:12:43I have no time for religion, I need a way of life.

0:12:43 > 0:12:49To be a Muslim means simply to take on certain practices which

0:12:49 > 0:12:51give your life a kind of support.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54It is like tomatoes on a trellis.

0:12:54 > 0:12:57Instead of flopping around on the ground, you're held up.

0:12:57 > 0:13:01- I call it the skeleton.- You don't want to share a room with me?

0:13:01 > 0:13:05No, no, no. It's just that the sisters are quite...

0:13:05 > 0:13:10- They are fine, and we can have very interesting conversations.- OK.

0:13:10 > 0:13:14It is not a shell, Muslims turn it into a shell,

0:13:14 > 0:13:17which is just...they become like a tortoise.

0:13:17 > 0:13:21Ideally, there would have been complete separate floors.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24It's funny how that happens to converts in particular.

0:13:24 > 0:13:26Yes, because they become overzealous.

0:13:26 > 0:13:27One, two...

0:13:28 > 0:13:31I am down to collect people and then everyone can...

0:13:31 > 0:13:35Yes, I just want to do as I am going to do. Two minutes.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Yeah.- No pressure.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39HE PRAYS

0:13:39 > 0:13:42Ferhan is sharing with Mani.

0:13:42 > 0:13:44He is practising the azan,

0:13:44 > 0:13:47the call to announce each of the five daily prayers.

0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Perfect. Amazing.- Was it OK? - No, it was great.

0:13:55 > 0:13:59- It's quite emotional, actually. - Let's have that as our azan.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02- You are perfect for it. - I've never done it before.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05You are so good at it. You must have done that growing up?

0:14:05 > 0:14:08No, I haven't, not the azan part.

0:14:08 > 0:14:11You did it really well and you memorised it.

0:14:11 > 0:14:15- You've memorised it so well. Well done.- Another hug.

0:14:15 > 0:14:18I think there's going to be lots of hugs here.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20I'm a very huggable person.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Absolutely. I think that is great. - Exactly.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26Are we allowed to? Are you sure?

0:14:26 > 0:14:30Mani is 32 and lives with his mum in Manchester.

0:14:32 > 0:14:35He recently got married in Pakistan.

0:14:35 > 0:14:39My mum, my nana and my sister got together and thought,

0:14:39 > 0:14:42"We'll sort him out." I got a phone call,

0:14:42 > 0:14:47"You're getting married, by the way." "OK, really?

0:14:47 > 0:14:49"Thank you.

0:14:49 > 0:14:51"Boy or a girl?"

0:14:51 > 0:14:54I could get a lot of style tips off you.

0:14:54 > 0:14:55Of course.

0:14:55 > 0:14:59'She is a cousin of mine so even if the marriage doesn't work,

0:14:59 > 0:15:01'you'll still related, right?'

0:15:01 > 0:15:04You can still tag each other on Facebook.

0:15:04 > 0:15:06His wife is waiting to receive her visa

0:15:06 > 0:15:08before she can join him in England.

0:15:08 > 0:15:12Is a difficult having a wife but not having her around?

0:15:12 > 0:15:16The time I'm spending now talking to her over the phone, I think

0:15:16 > 0:15:20your husband-and-wife relation should be a friendship anyway.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23So, for that reason, I think it's worked out better.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Shall I do it from here? - From this floor here.

0:15:30 > 0:15:32Where everyone else can hear it.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34I feel a bit special now because

0:15:34 > 0:15:39I'm going to obviously speak to him and I'm ready.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Are you going to join the prayer?- No.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45Because I don't pray traditionally like that.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47Guys, Mani is going to do our azan.

0:15:47 > 0:15:51I write letters to God at night where I share what I want to share.

0:15:51 > 0:15:56I've got my own ways. I think there is space for everyone to find that.

0:15:56 > 0:16:01- Kaaba is this way, right? - The Kaaba is that way, I believe.

0:16:01 > 0:16:03This way, wasn't it?

0:16:03 > 0:16:07First, they need to work out the correct direction for prayer.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10- I think it was this way.- OK. - So, I'll do it...

0:16:10 > 0:16:13Towards the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the city of Mecca.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18HE RECITES

0:16:23 > 0:16:25Mine's nicer. I'm joking.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33What does being a Muslim mean to you?

0:16:33 > 0:16:35To be a Muslim is someone who submits to God.

0:16:35 > 0:16:37We believe in one God,

0:16:37 > 0:16:38we worship one God

0:16:38 > 0:16:41and, by extension, we fear one God.

0:16:45 > 0:16:51Praying together...in my school, when we pray together,

0:16:51 > 0:16:56for me, it gives you a really, really magical feeling.

0:16:56 > 0:17:00I can't explain it, but it's a moment of peace.

0:17:04 > 0:17:09As I've got older, I feel like you need that time to get away

0:17:09 > 0:17:11from the world and the stresses,

0:17:11 > 0:17:14so, for me, now, it's more a form of meditation more than anything else.

0:17:20 > 0:17:24Right, I am joining.

0:17:30 > 0:17:34Having a connection with God, I feel spiritual when I do it and

0:17:34 > 0:17:37sometimes, I feel like moved emotionally by it.

0:17:37 > 0:17:41The word Muslim in Arabic comes from salam, Islam,

0:17:41 > 0:17:43peace, love and compassion.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46That's the way I see it and this is the way I think

0:17:46 > 0:17:48I should live my life.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58- NEWS REPORT:- This was not a hi-tech attack, but the brutality

0:17:58 > 0:18:02and the banality of the method make it all the more terrifying.

0:18:03 > 0:18:05The previous night,

0:18:05 > 0:18:10a man drove a truck through a crowd of people in Nice killing 86.

0:18:10 > 0:18:14So-called Islamic State said it was a response to their call to action.

0:18:14 > 0:18:17I am angry with the people that did it.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20I'm angry with people that told them it was a good idea

0:18:20 > 0:18:24but I am also angry with the people who will now victimise me for it,

0:18:24 > 0:18:27angry with the people who think I need to explain those

0:18:27 > 0:18:30people's actions, just angry all the way through.

0:18:31 > 0:18:35- NEWS REPORT:- The vehicle accelerated right into the middle of the crowd.

0:18:35 > 0:18:38We are the face of terrorism for the world at large.

0:18:38 > 0:18:42But we also see what they're doing in the West,

0:18:42 > 0:18:44how they are treating countries and what they've done in the past

0:18:44 > 0:18:47and that is not sexy to talk about.

0:18:47 > 0:18:51'The police surrounded the car and he kept shooting him...'

0:18:51 > 0:18:55It's the same cycle that happens again and again and again.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58'Bodies were falling like skittles...'

0:18:58 > 0:19:01Something is done in the name of Islam, Muslims are blamed,

0:19:01 > 0:19:03there are reprisals attacks.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06These reprisal attacks and Islamophobia in general is not

0:19:06 > 0:19:10dealt with by our law enforcement and by government.

0:19:10 > 0:19:14'Another saw parents throwing their children over fences...'

0:19:14 > 0:19:17That catalyses radicalisation because people feel like they

0:19:17 > 0:19:21aren't being heard, and when people feel like they're not being heard,

0:19:21 > 0:19:24that leads to more violence.

0:19:26 > 0:19:28So I am heartbroken...

0:19:30 > 0:19:32..because they are human beings.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34It doesn't matter what religion they are,

0:19:34 > 0:19:37they are just human beings going about their business.

0:19:37 > 0:19:41They're children. And we care about them.

0:19:41 > 0:19:43We care about them.

0:19:43 > 0:19:47And I think that the world at large does not see that.

0:19:47 > 0:19:51They go, we're Muslims so we're cut off, and they tarnish everybody

0:19:51 > 0:19:53with the same brush and they decide

0:19:53 > 0:19:56that we're all bad, that we're heartless.

0:19:56 > 0:19:57We're all affected by this.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00I felt the pain for the Muslims who have been killed,

0:20:00 > 0:20:03- that's what I felt. - But why must we separate?

0:20:03 > 0:20:06You don't think that Muslims lives are worth crying more tears, do you,

0:20:06 > 0:20:09than non-Muslims? You just think they don't get enough recognition.

0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Which we agree too.- Of course, every life is sacred, but as a Muslim...

0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Just stop there!- Let him answer.

0:20:16 > 0:20:18Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him,

0:20:18 > 0:20:21said that Islam is superior and will never be surpassed.

0:20:21 > 0:20:24Our communities are disgusting in many ways,

0:20:24 > 0:20:25we have a huge amount of racism

0:20:25 > 0:20:28- and anti-blackness in our communities. Yes or no?- I agree.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30We have huge issues with domestic violence

0:20:30 > 0:20:33- and sexism in our communities, yes or no?- I'm not aware of it.

0:20:33 > 0:20:35So on what most basis are we best nation at the moment?

0:20:35 > 0:20:38Exactly, we are still the best nation because we believe in Allah.

0:20:38 > 0:20:41That's not enough me. I think there is more to it.

0:20:41 > 0:20:43I simply cannot say, because I believe in a God,

0:20:43 > 0:20:46that I am morally superior because of that.

0:20:46 > 0:20:48- NAILA:- I'm not waiting for the hellfire,

0:20:48 > 0:20:50I want to live a decent life here and now.

0:20:50 > 0:20:53Allah said he created us to worship him,

0:20:53 > 0:20:56- not to just live a fun life. - You deserve to eat too.

0:20:56 > 0:20:59- I'm going to come... - I'll give you a quote,

0:20:59 > 0:21:01"For every human deserves to eat."

0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Come on.- Why do you think people are responding to you in this way?

0:21:04 > 0:21:08People have their own opinions about what Islam is.

0:21:08 > 0:21:10So, when they hear something contrary to this,

0:21:10 > 0:21:12it's like, "You're telling me that what my father told me,

0:21:12 > 0:21:14"what my grandfather told me

0:21:14 > 0:21:16"and my mosque teacher told me is not true?"

0:21:16 > 0:21:18Does anyone know whether vinegar is?

0:21:18 > 0:21:22If people leave the room because I'm speaking from the divine text

0:21:22 > 0:21:25and it doesn't sit with their own desires, then I am happy.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29- I have got one.- Thank you.

0:21:29 > 0:21:32As the Hadith goes, don't harm yourself and don't harm others.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34I've put it in the fridge.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37Abdul Haq, a real cutie.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40He's one of those Muslims, it seems like, who are quite

0:21:40 > 0:21:44bogged down by the literal meaning of words and quotations.

0:21:44 > 0:21:47Do you think you are not even allowed to try it?

0:21:47 > 0:21:50Allah says, do they not know I will question him about everything?

0:21:50 > 0:21:52He comes, says a statement,

0:21:52 > 0:21:56quotes a verse or a Hadith and thinks it is right.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58Islam has got nothing against culture,

0:21:58 > 0:22:01as long as the culture doesn't disagree with Islam.

0:22:01 > 0:22:05Scholarship is very poisonous and very dangerous medicine,

0:22:05 > 0:22:08because it can give you the illusion of knowledge.

0:22:08 > 0:22:12The great quality of the Muslim should be humility.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18He was sitting by himself, I didn't want him to be lonely.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20Earlier, he was about four metres away,

0:22:20 > 0:22:22now you're a little bit closer, so...

0:22:22 > 0:22:24It's the exact same difference, brother.

0:22:24 > 0:22:26Did you bring your ruler to check?

0:22:26 > 0:22:29How many metres does it become free mixing?

0:22:29 > 0:22:31Allahu Alim.

0:22:31 > 0:22:35The aspect of segregation is something that should be distinct.

0:22:35 > 0:22:40- MEHREEN:- Saying that, he smiles at me when he looks at me.

0:22:43 > 0:22:47I wonder if he is married. I didn't ask. I should ask that.

0:23:05 > 0:23:07Shoulder chin.

0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Morning.- You look so good.

0:23:10 > 0:23:14Mehreen has received a religious leaflet.

0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Who gave you that?- Abdul Haq.

0:23:16 > 0:23:24Abdul Haq has given me a leaflet on how to wear the jilbaab correctly,

0:23:24 > 0:23:27and it says it's based on clear-cut evidences

0:23:27 > 0:23:30and not open to interpretation.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34The jilbaab is a floor-length gown that loosely covers

0:23:34 > 0:23:36the whole body.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39- ABDUL HAQ:- A Muslim woman should cover her hair.

0:23:39 > 0:23:44She should dress modestly, not showing all of her ornaments,

0:23:44 > 0:23:46the shape of her body,

0:23:46 > 0:23:49the best way to say is obviously the shape of her body.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51Tear it up and fling it in the bin.

0:23:51 > 0:23:56- Round one, fight.- Abdul Haq. You give me space to talk.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59Why are you sitting here drinking your water and not helping us

0:23:59 > 0:24:03in the kitchen? It is serving the people is a higher level.

0:24:03 > 0:24:04This is not representing Islam.

0:24:04 > 0:24:06I am older than you, you should listen to me.

0:24:06 > 0:24:09- I'm leaving this conversation. - You don't work, you sit and dictate.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12- What you're doing is not Islam. - You sit and dictate.

0:24:12 > 0:24:15You are giving people the impression that's all right.

0:24:15 > 0:24:17Your actions are very rude and abrupt and I'm going to leave.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20You're talking about yourself when you say that.

0:24:20 > 0:24:21You're talking about yourself.

0:24:21 > 0:24:25To come in and insult us by doing this at us when you're only...

0:24:25 > 0:24:28You were in diapers when I said Shahadah, probably.

0:24:28 > 0:24:30He hadn't even become a Muslim probably.

0:24:30 > 0:24:34It gets too much, and he's done that ever since he got here.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37Why doesn't he, instead of doing all that, go in the sink and clean up,

0:24:37 > 0:24:40clean up all this mess here which he was party to create?

0:24:40 > 0:24:42It gives a bad impression of Islam,

0:24:42 > 0:24:45the very impression that is so prevalent, that this is what men do.

0:24:45 > 0:24:47They go, "Vrh-vrh-vrh!"

0:24:47 > 0:24:49and the women have to wear this black hideous thing

0:24:49 > 0:24:51and that's the Sunnah.

0:24:53 > 0:24:57I'd much prefer if he was just a complete arsehole

0:24:57 > 0:25:01and someone who was making me angry and making me want to fight,

0:25:01 > 0:25:03but because throughout the first day

0:25:03 > 0:25:07I probably dealt with him the calmest and the nicest,

0:25:07 > 0:25:08and I was the most forgiving -

0:25:08 > 0:25:11I gave you water, I gave you your food

0:25:11 > 0:25:13and I make sure I lowered my gaze while I handed you your food,

0:25:13 > 0:25:17and then that whole time, you've been sitting there thinking,

0:25:17 > 0:25:20"I've got to give her this leaflet, I've got to give her this leaflet."

0:25:20 > 0:25:23That's made me feel let down.

0:25:23 > 0:25:27I was really going out of my way to care for him.

0:25:28 > 0:25:32Is it more important to look like a Muslim or feel like a Muslim?

0:25:32 > 0:25:38My mother is the most pious person I have ever come across.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40She doesn't wear a hijab.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43- And they think that's who a Muslim woman is.- Yeah.

0:25:43 > 0:25:44Not stylish women, like us.

0:25:44 > 0:25:47No, Muslim women aren't allowed to be stylish.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50At 16 you had to cover your legs.

0:25:50 > 0:25:52We wore a pyjama-legging-type thing.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55You can't drink, you can't go out with boys -

0:25:55 > 0:26:00and if you went out with a boy, that would make you a prostitute.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02I wear it predominantly as an act of worship.

0:26:02 > 0:26:04Your hijab is about haya -

0:26:04 > 0:26:07remembering about modesty, in Islam, is for both men and women.

0:26:07 > 0:26:11What that looks like now is very different

0:26:11 > 0:26:13to what would have been in 7th-century Arabia.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17All of the Muslims have come to the house

0:26:17 > 0:26:21to show how they bring Islam into their daily lives.

0:26:22 > 0:26:23For one of them,

0:26:23 > 0:26:28this means overcoming one of the biggest cultural taboos of all.

0:26:28 > 0:26:32Growing up, I didn't particularly desire any relationship with a girl.

0:26:32 > 0:26:34What I desired was a relationship

0:26:34 > 0:26:37with, you know, a nice boy.

0:26:40 > 0:26:43Ferhan is from Glasgow, and now lives in London.

0:26:43 > 0:26:45I'm here with my bears.

0:26:45 > 0:26:46We have a group called Bearminton.

0:26:46 > 0:26:50Mostly it attracts guys that are bears, which is...

0:26:50 > 0:26:55they have beards, they're big and hairy, and they like to have fun.

0:26:55 > 0:26:58My dad had mentioned that he wasn't fond of gay people at all.

0:26:58 > 0:27:01My mum struggled to understand what that meant for the future.

0:27:01 > 0:27:03My mum and dad do want to see me married,

0:27:03 > 0:27:06but it's hard to explain that that might not happen

0:27:06 > 0:27:08in the traditional way.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11He's decided to tell the group he's gay...

0:27:11 > 0:27:13while they're having breakfast.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16I am scared about people's opinions,

0:27:16 > 0:27:17and what they'll say.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20This is something you can't change.

0:27:20 > 0:27:22It's in your fitra.

0:27:22 > 0:27:24ALL CHATTER

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Abdul, come and take a seat.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28I just have an announcement to make.

0:27:28 > 0:27:32It's something that, er, you may or may not have already picked up on.

0:27:32 > 0:27:34It's something I've sort of struggled with,

0:27:34 > 0:27:37and it's part of the reason I kind of felt ostracised from my culture,

0:27:37 > 0:27:39but now I'm realising I didn't have to feel

0:27:39 > 0:27:42ostracised by my faith, necessarily.

0:27:42 > 0:27:44And it feels quite, erm,

0:27:44 > 0:27:46difficult to kind of share it with you right now,

0:27:46 > 0:27:48but you might already know,

0:27:48 > 0:27:49you might already have picked up on it.

0:27:49 > 0:27:52I mean, does anyone want to hazard a guess

0:27:52 > 0:27:54as to what I might be talking about?

0:27:54 > 0:27:55You're gay.

0:27:55 > 0:27:56HE LAUGHS

0:27:56 > 0:27:59Yeah. No, I am gay. Today, my friends are coming over.

0:27:59 > 0:28:02- They're a couple, a gay couple.- Mm.

0:28:02 > 0:28:05And I'm just looking forward to you meeting them all,

0:28:05 > 0:28:07and I hope you'd make them feel welcome.

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Can I just ask you, when you say you're gay,

0:28:09 > 0:28:12do you believe that, Islamically, you're allowed to be gay?

0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Well, so, that's the thing, so...- No...

0:28:14 > 0:28:17..culturally, I've been ostracised for being gay,

0:28:17 > 0:28:19but now that I'm coming back into my faith,

0:28:19 > 0:28:21it's because I've realised

0:28:21 > 0:28:23that actually being gay and being Muslim

0:28:23 > 0:28:25are not mutually exclusive things.

0:28:25 > 0:28:28From my point of view, that takes you out the whole of Islam,

0:28:28 > 0:28:29cos that is so against the divine texts.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32- This is how God designed me. - This is so clear...

0:28:32 > 0:28:34It's written in my fitra, which is my nature.

0:28:34 > 0:28:36- Yeah, fair enough. - I've established the evidence,

0:28:36 > 0:28:37I've got nothing more to say.

0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'm not arguing. You... Lakum deenukum waliya deen -

0:28:40 > 0:28:42to you is your religion and to me is my religion.

0:28:42 > 0:28:44Yeah, he... I haven't seen him that angry.

0:28:44 > 0:28:47No-one has a right to tell you that you're not a Muslim,

0:28:47 > 0:28:49because you're calling yourself a Muslim,

0:28:49 > 0:28:51and if they think you're doing something haram,

0:28:51 > 0:28:53I'm showing my hair, I'm sure THAT'S haram.

0:28:53 > 0:28:55I've been to a club, I'm sure THAT'S haram.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57So, am I not a Muslim either?

0:29:05 > 0:29:09- Are you... Are you OK?- I... - Can I speak to you? Come on.- Yeah.

0:29:13 > 0:29:16I said, "Do you believe you are allowed, Islamically, to be gay?"

0:29:16 > 0:29:17and he said yes.

0:29:17 > 0:29:20What's Allah going to say to him on the Day of Judgment?

0:29:20 > 0:29:21Obviously we've always known.

0:29:21 > 0:29:23We've never discussed it, but it was kind of...

0:29:23 > 0:29:26No. I'll tell you why I didn't know. The reason I didn't know

0:29:26 > 0:29:28was because the first conversation I had with him

0:29:28 > 0:29:30was that he was looking for a wife.

0:29:30 > 0:29:32You laugh! That's the...

0:29:32 > 0:29:34I mean, that's the first conversation he had with me,

0:29:34 > 0:29:36is that he was looking for a wife.

0:29:39 > 0:29:40Nah, nah...

0:29:41 > 0:29:43I mean...

0:29:44 > 0:29:45Bismillah.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50HE LAUGHS

0:29:52 > 0:29:54He told me he was looking for a wife, brother.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57What do you want me to do?

0:29:57 > 0:29:59He said, "I'm looking for a wife," innit?

0:30:00 > 0:30:02Alhamdulillah.

0:30:02 > 0:30:04He might be the most outspoken,

0:30:04 > 0:30:07but Abdul Haq is not the only one in the group

0:30:07 > 0:30:13struggling to accept Ferhan's claim that it's OK to be gay and Muslim.

0:30:13 > 0:30:18Is being homosexual something biological, natural, genetic?

0:30:18 > 0:30:19I should question it first.

0:30:19 > 0:30:22'Obviously I don't have a problem with Ferhan at all,

0:30:22 > 0:30:25'but, when asked, "Is it allowed in Islam to be gay?" '

0:30:25 > 0:30:28I wouldn't want him to say it is allowed in Islam YET,

0:30:28 > 0:30:31until we can make 100% proof of science -

0:30:31 > 0:30:34if it was a scientific, biological thing or not.

0:30:34 > 0:30:38I remember Ferhan told us that he was raised with his mother

0:30:38 > 0:30:40and three sisters, which is a female environment -

0:30:40 > 0:30:42I can't say that it's 100% psychological,

0:30:42 > 0:30:45but this could be one of the reasons - and it was proven.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47I don't think that it's something

0:30:47 > 0:30:49that we shouldn't be taking in consideration.

0:30:49 > 0:30:55Male homosexuality is much more of an issue than female one, actually.

0:30:55 > 0:30:57Female homosexuality is...

0:30:57 > 0:30:59They can't actually do it, physically, you know?

0:30:59 > 0:31:03Men, the penetrating capacity is with the man,

0:31:03 > 0:31:07and I feel that's why it's more of an issue.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09- Hello!- Hello!

0:31:09 > 0:31:11- So good to see you!- OK!

0:31:11 > 0:31:15In my view, the procreative fluid is flowing

0:31:15 > 0:31:18towards the wrong organs, you know?

0:31:19 > 0:31:23Where Saba and Baraa take issue with Abdul Haq

0:31:23 > 0:31:25is how he makes his argument.

0:31:25 > 0:31:28They way you're revealing your thoughts is very harmful for Islam.

0:31:28 > 0:31:31Stop, stop - by saying that homosexuality is not allowed

0:31:31 > 0:31:32in Islam, I'm harming Islam?!

0:31:32 > 0:31:35- Are you a qualified alim?- It doesn't take a qualified alim...- It does.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38- ..to say that homosexuality isn't allowed.- It does.

0:31:38 > 0:31:40It takes a qualified alim to say that homosexuality isn't allowed?

0:31:40 > 0:31:43- No, it takes...- Do you think homosexuality is allowed in Islam?

0:31:43 > 0:31:45No. Do you think it's allowed in Islam?

0:31:45 > 0:31:46But that isn't the question.

0:31:46 > 0:31:49What you do in private, whether it's drinking...

0:31:49 > 0:31:50And he's come out in public...

0:31:50 > 0:31:53So, you're just going to go whack, like that?

0:31:53 > 0:31:55You mentioned about private, but he's come out in public...

0:31:55 > 0:31:58- It's not the Islamic way. - I tell you what happens in life -

0:31:58 > 0:32:01when people can't attack the message, they attack the messenger.

0:32:01 > 0:32:03The same thing happened to all the prophets.

0:32:03 > 0:32:04You are still guilty...

0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Hi, everyone! - Hello, Ferhan, how are you?

0:32:06 > 0:32:08- I'm good.- Give me a hug, my friend.

0:32:08 > 0:32:10- ABDUL HAQ:- I'm not really comfortable

0:32:10 > 0:32:11being around a homosexual.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14That's probably just my Afro-Caribbean background.

0:32:14 > 0:32:17So, how do you guys all know Ferhan? Like, how did you guys all meet?

0:32:17 > 0:32:19- We played rugby together.- Oh!- Yeah.

0:32:19 > 0:32:23- Played rugby for a gay team in London.- Ooh.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Gay inclusive, that's what...- Yeah.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27Because they're not only gay people, a gay man playing,

0:32:27 > 0:32:30- but also straight men. Like, a few.- Yeah, a few.

0:32:30 > 0:32:34- NABIL:- It wasn't really an issue for me. You live and let live, no?

0:32:34 > 0:32:37But what do I know? I'm not a scholar or anything. That's just...

0:32:37 > 0:32:38When in doubt, don't be a dick.

0:32:38 > 0:32:40That's what I go to every single time.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43- Lovely.- Let's have a toast to our friendship...- Oh, lovely.

0:32:43 > 0:32:45Thank you for having us.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47Yeah, thank you for being so hospitable. Thanks.

0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Thanks very much.- Cheers.

0:32:54 > 0:32:57A lot of people probably would have already guessed anyway,

0:32:57 > 0:32:59but to actually formally kind of say it,

0:32:59 > 0:33:01it's quite a big step.

0:33:01 > 0:33:04It's not one that someone from my culture often does make.

0:33:06 > 0:33:09I think it's really, really important to be visible,

0:33:09 > 0:33:11otherwise you reach the state of denial

0:33:11 > 0:33:13that sort of exists within my culture.

0:33:15 > 0:33:16If you leave that unchecked,

0:33:16 > 0:33:20it can just lead to some really, really dark situations, I think.

0:33:23 > 0:33:28I think that the Muslim community drowns in shame.

0:33:29 > 0:33:34So, when I was growing up, I saw a lot of hypocrisy around me,

0:33:34 > 0:33:36a lot of two-faced behaviours,

0:33:36 > 0:33:41by the very people who were, you know, preaching Islam.

0:33:43 > 0:33:47There isn't the conversations to allow people to open up

0:33:47 > 0:33:49and to live normal, healthy lives.

0:33:49 > 0:33:50They put on fronts.

0:33:50 > 0:33:53I think that that's the consequence

0:33:53 > 0:33:56of that kind of repressed way of living.

0:33:58 > 0:34:01- FERHAN:- I mean, marriage is one of the most visual aspects

0:34:01 > 0:34:03of that, I think, and that's why

0:34:03 > 0:34:07being gay seems like it's an attack on faith, but it's not.

0:34:11 > 0:34:13Naila, are you a good Muslim?

0:34:13 > 0:34:17Hah! I don't know what a good Muslim is.

0:34:17 > 0:34:20I don't really think about whether I'm a good Muslim or not.

0:34:20 > 0:34:24I'm a...a normal Muslim. I have my days.

0:34:24 > 0:34:26There have been moments where I've struggled with my faith,

0:34:26 > 0:34:28and I've questioned.

0:34:29 > 0:34:32According to how a good Muslim is defined,

0:34:32 > 0:34:35I would very much fall in the bad Muslim category.

0:34:38 > 0:34:42If you think there should be a greater emphasis on your inside...

0:34:42 > 0:34:45..Is kind and considerate of all people...

0:34:45 > 0:34:47..I think I'm doing a pretty decent job.

0:34:47 > 0:34:49..I fall into a good human being.

0:34:56 > 0:34:59The role of the Muslims living amongst non-Muslims

0:34:59 > 0:35:02is one of spreading the message - the one of da'wah,

0:35:02 > 0:35:05calling and inviting people to embrace al-Islam.

0:35:06 > 0:35:11Abdul Haq has decided to perform da'wah - preaching Islam -

0:35:11 > 0:35:13on the streets of York,

0:35:13 > 0:35:15and wants the rest of the house to help.

0:35:16 > 0:35:18That would be really fun - I like a dawat.

0:35:18 > 0:35:19Da'wah.

0:35:19 > 0:35:21Oh, da'wah? Oh, I don't know...

0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Dawat is when you throw a big dinner, I love those.- No, no, no.

0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Oh, it's different! Oh, right. - Da'wah is...- I got excited.

0:35:27 > 0:35:31It's invitation towards the Islamic side of things, if that makes sense.

0:35:31 > 0:35:32OK.

0:35:32 > 0:35:36- He's going to give us some lectures and Hadith, so...- OK, OK.

0:35:36 > 0:35:39OK, that'll be good. That'll give us some context.

0:35:41 > 0:35:45I find it incumbent upon myself to call people to embrace Islam

0:35:45 > 0:35:47to save themselves from the hellfire,

0:35:47 > 0:35:50to accept God as the Creator, the one who gives life and takes.

0:35:50 > 0:35:53Here's the leaflets - a general call to al-Islam,

0:35:53 > 0:35:55which is Why Should I Bother Embracing Islam?

0:35:55 > 0:35:57Obviously the problems in society

0:35:57 > 0:35:59and the Islamic solution to those problems.

0:35:59 > 0:36:02What Sharia Law Is, that word that people are scared of,

0:36:02 > 0:36:04and the final one, What Is The Islamic State?

0:36:04 > 0:36:07- Well, I'm out.- OK.- So, I won't be coming. I'll just tell you that.

0:36:07 > 0:36:10- No problem, that's fine.- I'm trying to separate these leaflets

0:36:10 > 0:36:11into things I think have inaccuracies

0:36:11 > 0:36:15- and things I think are just wrong. - OK.- So, I won't be coming with you.

0:36:15 > 0:36:16I won't be coming with you.

0:36:16 > 0:36:20There is so much humanity in Islam which, I'm sorry to say,

0:36:20 > 0:36:21is not coming through you.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23For that reason, I'm out.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27- MIMICS AL PACINO: - The people like you

0:36:27 > 0:36:29need people like me,

0:36:29 > 0:36:33so you can point your fingers and say, "That's the bad guy."

0:36:33 > 0:36:34What film's that from?

0:36:34 > 0:36:35Scarface!

0:36:35 > 0:36:37The lessons we're taking from that film

0:36:37 > 0:36:40is the man came to live the American Dream,

0:36:40 > 0:36:42but what was his end? Did he find happiness?

0:36:42 > 0:36:45In that same scene I mentioned, what's he saying?

0:36:45 > 0:36:46He said, "Is this what it is?"

0:36:46 > 0:36:49I didn't make the sahabas just sahabas just for the sake of it.

0:36:49 > 0:36:51'And how many people are like that?

0:36:51 > 0:36:53'Cos they reached the point in their life,

0:36:53 > 0:36:55'like Scarface, Al Pacino,'

0:36:55 > 0:36:57"Is this it? What else is there?"

0:36:57 > 0:36:59As a Muslim, we know this is not it.

0:37:01 > 0:37:03- MIMICS AL PACINO: - OK, you want to play rough?

0:37:03 > 0:37:06You want to go to war? I'll take you to war, man.

0:37:06 > 0:37:08Say hello to my little friend!

0:37:15 > 0:37:17Yeah, if we just turn right, and then left...

0:37:17 > 0:37:21# You say you want a revolution

0:37:21 > 0:37:25# Well, you know

0:37:25 > 0:37:28# We all want to change the world... #

0:37:28 > 0:37:29What's the worst that can happen?

0:37:29 > 0:37:31Oi, don't answer that!

0:37:31 > 0:37:33Learn about Islam today, don't delay.

0:37:33 > 0:37:34Save yourself from the hellfire.

0:37:34 > 0:37:37Learn about Islam. We invite you to al-Islam.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:37:40 > 0:37:42There you go, take it. Have a nice day, yeah?

0:37:44 > 0:37:48# ..But when you talk about destruction... #

0:37:48 > 0:37:51I looked at just what's on the outside of the flyers.

0:37:51 > 0:37:54They all seem to have that whole "under an Islamic State",

0:37:54 > 0:37:56and because I am not comfortable with the ideology,

0:37:56 > 0:37:58I think I might have to leave.

0:37:58 > 0:38:01Embrace Islam today, don't delay. Save yourself from... You sure?

0:38:01 > 0:38:02As a Muslim, I reject human rights.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Human rights are letting you hand out that.- No...

0:38:07 > 0:38:08- FERHAN:- Adult shop!

0:38:08 > 0:38:09Why don't you go in and ask them,

0:38:09 > 0:38:12"Can I have a halal vibrator, please?"

0:38:14 > 0:38:16So, we look to the sharia and an Islamic State...

0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Do you know what a bear is? - No.- You are one, my friend!

0:38:19 > 0:38:21I hate to break it to you. You're a bear!

0:38:21 > 0:38:24The one who commits fornication, they get the death sentence, also.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26Homosexuality is an abomination.

0:38:26 > 0:38:27I was born gay.

0:38:30 > 0:38:33- I love hugs.- I can tell you do!

0:38:34 > 0:38:39- It's the best form of saying something without saying it.- Totes.

0:38:39 > 0:38:41Islam is the prevention for that.

0:38:41 > 0:38:44Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:38:44 > 0:38:46The call to Islam is here.

0:38:46 > 0:38:49Is it OK, in your religion,

0:38:49 > 0:38:53for me to maybe wear my top up here, like this?

0:38:53 > 0:38:55Maybe like that?

0:38:56 > 0:38:58Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00Is that OK?

0:39:00 > 0:39:04If I walked around the streets like that?

0:39:04 > 0:39:05I will not look you in the eye.

0:39:05 > 0:39:07I feel you're treating me less than a man.

0:39:07 > 0:39:10I have looked at you, in fact, but not too much.

0:39:10 > 0:39:12Yeah.

0:39:12 > 0:39:14Oh, it's good to see some positivity.

0:39:14 > 0:39:16It's just about the way, man.

0:39:16 > 0:39:19Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:39:19 > 0:39:22You sure? No probs. Have a nice day, anyway.

0:39:22 > 0:39:25- ZOHRA:- I think all of those leaflets were talking rubbish.

0:39:25 > 0:39:27They were factually incorrect, and they were rubbish.

0:39:27 > 0:39:30I can't even smile about it. They were just rubbish.

0:39:30 > 0:39:32We invite you to Islam, the call to Islam is here.

0:39:32 > 0:39:34Learn about Islam today.

0:39:34 > 0:39:37- HUMAIRA:- I would not trust the sources of Abdul's information

0:39:37 > 0:39:38in the slightest.

0:39:38 > 0:39:41At best, it's coming from people who are incredibly misinformed...

0:39:41 > 0:39:43Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:39:43 > 0:39:46..and at worst, it's coming from people who have, you know,

0:39:46 > 0:39:49very malicious intentions and are violent people.

0:39:49 > 0:39:51Learn about Islam, we invite you to Islam.

0:39:51 > 0:39:52No probs, have a nice day.

0:39:52 > 0:39:56If you imagine you are Abdul, and you have this ideology,

0:39:56 > 0:39:58and this ideology is saving you, it will save your life.

0:39:58 > 0:40:00There's a challenge to that

0:40:00 > 0:40:02that means that actually maybe you have a doubt about that -

0:40:02 > 0:40:04you lose a lot, psychologically,

0:40:04 > 0:40:06and so I don't know what's underneath that,

0:40:06 > 0:40:08I'm not going to claim to know him at all,

0:40:08 > 0:40:13but I can see why he's holding on to it really, really strongly.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17Tell us about where you grew up.

0:40:17 > 0:40:19What was it like when you were growing up?

0:40:19 > 0:40:21Growing up, I had something called little man syndrome -

0:40:21 > 0:40:24especially with the name Anthony Small!

0:40:24 > 0:40:27I went to secondary school in the same area

0:40:27 > 0:40:29where Stephen Lawrence was murdered.

0:40:29 > 0:40:33We were being chased after school by members of the National Front.

0:40:33 > 0:40:35It must've been Nabil tying this one up, innit?!

0:40:35 > 0:40:37'A close friend of mine presented a book to me

0:40:37 > 0:40:39'called An Illustrated Guide To al-Islam.'

0:40:39 > 0:40:43When I embraced Islam, it felt like I had the ultimate purpose to life.

0:40:43 > 0:40:46- You think today was good? - Yeah, masha'Allah. Very good day.

0:40:46 > 0:40:47- How did you feel about it? - It was good.

0:40:47 > 0:40:50'Muhammad said, "The peak of our religion

0:40:50 > 0:40:52' "is to love and hate for the sake of God." '

0:40:55 > 0:40:58I know of an individual who was killed in Pakistan.

0:41:01 > 0:41:04Another individual who was killed in Syria

0:41:04 > 0:41:06by an American drone.

0:41:08 > 0:41:10It brought happiness to my heart,

0:41:10 > 0:41:13because, Islamically, the one who's killed for his belief system

0:41:13 > 0:41:15is considered a martyr.

0:41:15 > 0:41:18Abdul Haq's views have brought him to the attention

0:41:18 > 0:41:21of the British security services.

0:41:21 > 0:41:25In 2014, the Home Office confiscated his passport.

0:41:26 > 0:41:27He obtained a false one.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Why did you forge your passport?

0:41:31 > 0:41:34Because it was incumbent upon me to leave the country.

0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Why?- For personal reasons. Someone in my...

0:41:40 > 0:41:43One of my family members was in a really bad situation.

0:41:47 > 0:41:48The police didn't believe him.

0:41:48 > 0:41:53He was accused of trying to join so-called Islamic State in Syria.

0:41:53 > 0:41:57I spent nine months inside of Belmarsh on remand.

0:41:57 > 0:41:59I stood trial at the Old Bailey,

0:41:59 > 0:42:02and I was found not guilty, and I left from the Old Bailey...

0:42:02 > 0:42:04through the front door.

0:42:04 > 0:42:06In a black cab.

0:42:08 > 0:42:11Would you go to Syria today if you had your passport?

0:42:11 > 0:42:12I would go to Syria.

0:42:16 > 0:42:19I have no leaflets, I have no evidence, but I guarantee you

0:42:19 > 0:42:21a good time.

0:42:21 > 0:42:23Naila has planned a night out.

0:42:23 > 0:42:28For light relief, to have a laugh, we are going to karaoke tonight.

0:42:28 > 0:42:31Oh, my God! So good.

0:42:31 > 0:42:32Are you going to come?

0:42:32 > 0:42:36It's not necessarily my thing but I'm not against it either.

0:42:36 > 0:42:38Are you scared to have fun with us?

0:42:38 > 0:42:40You're a married man and you're going to look like you're

0:42:40 > 0:42:42having too much fun.

0:42:42 > 0:42:47- For me, it's not...- It's...fun.

0:42:47 > 0:42:50I wouldn't want my wife out with guys

0:42:50 > 0:42:52that aren't from our family doing that.

0:42:52 > 0:42:54And I wouldn't do that either.

0:42:54 > 0:43:00So, tonight, guys, we're going out to do karaoke.

0:43:01 > 0:43:05Thank you so much, really. Just in time. You're a star, man.

0:43:05 > 0:43:10Muhammad said that music is the handiwork of the Shay'taan,

0:43:10 > 0:43:12and just to go out

0:43:12 > 0:43:14for the sake of entertainment and dancing obviously

0:43:14 > 0:43:16is not something that I would agree with at all.

0:43:16 > 0:43:19- You are more than welcome. - Cheers. No problems.

0:43:19 > 0:43:22I'm of the opinion that music is forbidden,

0:43:22 > 0:43:24at least the type of music that you would get in a pub.

0:43:24 > 0:43:28But I think it's important for me to go so that people realise

0:43:28 > 0:43:32that I'm a human and I'm not always a representative of my religion.

0:43:32 > 0:43:37Don't laugh at me but my favourite kind of music is country music.

0:43:37 > 0:43:41I like Bob Dylan, you know, the sort of protest singers like that.

0:43:42 > 0:43:46I'm surprised that Nabil's not coming because I know Nabil

0:43:46 > 0:43:47very much does listen to music.

0:43:47 > 0:43:49I'm familiar with Metallica.

0:43:49 > 0:43:52Tell me about your favourite Metallica songs,

0:43:52 > 0:43:54or your favourite songs generally?

0:43:54 > 0:43:57They're not my favourites any more because music is haram.

0:43:57 > 0:44:00Favourite country singer is Dolly Parton. She is my role model.

0:44:00 > 0:44:05I think she's a fantastic example of "don't judge a book by its cover".

0:44:05 > 0:44:10I can imagine Mani doing a bit of I Will Survive.

0:44:12 > 0:44:15Or It's Raining Men.

0:44:15 > 0:44:17MAN SINGS

0:44:20 > 0:44:22Tonight, I think with Naila, for example,

0:44:22 > 0:44:25I'd love to just sit down and have a cocktail.

0:44:25 > 0:44:27That would be a great thing to do.

0:44:27 > 0:44:30But I'm a bit apprehensive about talking too openly about drinking,

0:44:30 > 0:44:33simply because my mother really disapproves of alcohol...

0:44:33 > 0:44:35quite strongly.

0:44:35 > 0:44:37She's never touched a drop in her life

0:44:37 > 0:44:41and she's be very disappointed to know that I've tried it.

0:44:41 > 0:44:43Very much so.

0:44:47 > 0:44:48THEY CHATTER

0:44:55 > 0:44:59# What they're going to say

0:44:59 > 0:45:03# Let the storm rage on... #

0:45:03 > 0:45:05# Do you know what you started?

0:45:05 > 0:45:07# I just came here to party

0:45:07 > 0:45:10# And now we're rockin' on the dance floor, acting naughty

0:45:10 > 0:45:13# Your hands around my waist

0:45:13 > 0:45:15# Just let the music play

0:45:15 > 0:45:18# We're hand in hand, chest to chest and now we're face-to-face... #

0:45:18 > 0:45:21I was very restricted by the religion.

0:45:21 > 0:45:25"Don't do this, don't do that. This means this, this means that."

0:45:25 > 0:45:28I felt the Muslim god, as I was exposed to,

0:45:28 > 0:45:31was a very punishing god.

0:45:31 > 0:45:33There was a lot to be guilty and ashamed of.

0:45:33 > 0:45:36# Weren't you the one who tried to break me with desire?

0:45:36 > 0:45:38# Did you think I'd crumble?

0:45:38 > 0:45:40# Did you think I'd lay down and die? #

0:45:40 > 0:45:42That's not exclusive to Islam.

0:45:42 > 0:45:44Wherever you've got religion,

0:45:44 > 0:45:50you've got mass control and you find a way to humiliate people.

0:45:52 > 0:45:54# I will survive

0:45:54 > 0:45:56# I will survive... #

0:45:56 > 0:46:01You condition them enough and they will humiliate themselves

0:46:01 > 0:46:03in the privacy of their minds.

0:46:03 > 0:46:05# You're beautiful

0:46:06 > 0:46:08# You're beautiful

0:46:09 > 0:46:11# You're beautiful, it's true. #

0:46:14 > 0:46:16CHEERING

0:46:16 > 0:46:20It was so much fun. It was exactly what we needed, in fact.

0:46:20 > 0:46:24I think it was such a nice release from all the tension

0:46:24 > 0:46:26of the last couple of days.

0:46:26 > 0:46:28# You're beautiful

0:46:28 > 0:46:32# You're beautiful, it's true. #

0:46:32 > 0:46:33My religion doesn't say,

0:46:33 > 0:46:37"Don't smile or you will burn in the hellfire."

0:46:37 > 0:46:41Even Abdul Haq has a laugh when girls aren't around.

0:46:41 > 0:46:44I'm Baraa. Nice to meet you, mate.

0:46:44 > 0:46:48While the others head home, Syrian-born student Baraa

0:46:48 > 0:46:50has stopped to chat to one of the locals.

0:46:50 > 0:46:55- What's all this about?- This is a TV show about Muslims in the UK.

0:46:55 > 0:46:57- I'm a Muslim, in case you didn't know.- Oh, yeah?

0:46:57 > 0:47:00- I'm part of the EDL.- Wow, really? - I run with the EDL.

0:47:00 > 0:47:03- Give me a hug, then.- No. - Give me a hug.

0:47:03 > 0:47:05- Come on, give me a hug. - English Defence League.

0:47:05 > 0:47:07I know EDL, man.

0:47:07 > 0:47:09You've never marched with them, so you don't know.

0:47:09 > 0:47:11You are the very first EDL person I've met in person.

0:47:11 > 0:47:13I'm really, really interested.

0:47:13 > 0:47:16Tell me any misconception, any wrong information.

0:47:16 > 0:47:19I'm not prepared to disclose nothing about the EDL.

0:47:19 > 0:47:23Just tell me anything you have about anything you think might be wrong

0:47:23 > 0:47:25or anything you'd like to know from me.

0:47:25 > 0:47:28- I'm really interested. - Isis, formed by Muslims.

0:47:28 > 0:47:31- OK, fair play...- Terror.- Yeah.

0:47:32 > 0:47:35You talk about World War III, World War III's already started.

0:47:35 > 0:47:37I'll tell you something,

0:47:37 > 0:47:40I'm a person and I'm a Muslim, I lived all my life in Syria.

0:47:40 > 0:47:42Believe me, I promise you, I can do anything to make you

0:47:42 > 0:47:45believe that I hate Isis as much as you do.

0:47:45 > 0:47:49I know EDL and I've heard a lot about them and their activities but

0:47:49 > 0:47:53I want you to know I'm on your side. I'm not coming here to spread Islam.

0:47:53 > 0:47:56I'm not coming here to take people's jobs or scare them or take

0:47:56 > 0:48:00the British colony, take over. I'm not here to do anything.

0:48:00 > 0:48:03I came here to do my Masters, I came here to enjoy my time and

0:48:03 > 0:48:05to meet interesting people like you who can understand

0:48:05 > 0:48:07and give me a chance to speak.

0:48:07 > 0:48:09Some people don't even want to give me a chance to speak.

0:48:09 > 0:48:11They're just, "Fuck off, you're fucking Muslim."

0:48:11 > 0:48:13No, that's not the case, man.

0:48:13 > 0:48:15I'm your brother. Look, we are the same, aren't we?

0:48:15 > 0:48:17We are the same, right?

0:48:18 > 0:48:22- Leave it be. Goodnight. - Goodnight, mate. Enjoy your time.

0:48:23 > 0:48:25'I think he represents the mentality

0:48:25 > 0:48:28'that doesn't really accept foreigners,

0:48:28 > 0:48:31'doesn't really accept people from different cultures.'

0:48:31 > 0:48:34I think it was thought-provoking for him.

0:48:34 > 0:48:36That's why he waved his hand and he said goodbye,

0:48:36 > 0:48:38otherwise he would have just turned his back and left.

0:48:38 > 0:48:42But he was kind of thinking or processing things or... Yeah.

0:48:43 > 0:48:46Elated at his first encounter with the EDL,

0:48:46 > 0:48:50Baraa has returned home to share the story.

0:48:50 > 0:48:53Guess who I just spoken to now when we were coming back home.

0:48:53 > 0:48:55Somebody you gave da'wah to earlier today.

0:48:55 > 0:48:57No, somebody who I gave da'wah to in another way.

0:48:57 > 0:49:01But guess from which views he holds.

0:49:01 > 0:49:02- Was he a Muslim?- No.

0:49:02 > 0:49:06- Left wing, right wing... - Yes, the second one. EDL.

0:49:06 > 0:49:10- So you just bumped into an EDL guy? - He asked me a couple of questions.

0:49:10 > 0:49:14I told him it's about Islam and then he smiled and said, "I'm EDL."

0:49:14 > 0:49:16I said, "Oh, really? Come give me a hug."

0:49:16 > 0:49:19It was the very first EDL person I've seen in person, live.

0:49:19 > 0:49:21Have you spoken to EDL before?

0:49:21 > 0:49:24Yeah, but my interaction with the EDL are different from you

0:49:24 > 0:49:27and I don't think I would stand and smile or laugh with anybody

0:49:27 > 0:49:30that belongs to the party that's responsible for the amount of

0:49:30 > 0:49:34attacks on Muslims and mosques that the EDL are responsible for.

0:49:34 > 0:49:36I wouldn't hug or shake hands with an EDL member.

0:49:36 > 0:49:40- Do you want to include them all in one label?- Are you mad?

0:49:40 > 0:49:42- Do you actually know what the EDL is?- I know the EDL...

0:49:42 > 0:49:48It's not a few of them have racist views and most of them are good.

0:49:48 > 0:49:53The party is founded on the principle of Islamophobic

0:49:53 > 0:49:55and xenophobic views.

0:49:55 > 0:49:58These guys are bigots and you shouldn't be

0:49:58 > 0:50:00proud that you just hugged

0:50:00 > 0:50:02an EDL guy who told you he was from the EDL.

0:50:02 > 0:50:06- I was excited, not proud.- Why would you be excited to hug an EDL member?

0:50:06 > 0:50:08You could have challenged him on his views.

0:50:08 > 0:50:10You could have done something there but instead you wanted to be

0:50:10 > 0:50:12- his buddy.- No, no, no, I swear not.

0:50:12 > 0:50:16Can I just cut in? Sorry to be rude, but this is the result of

0:50:16 > 0:50:19when you go around trying to make Islam pleasing to everyone.

0:50:19 > 0:50:22You don't know how to stand against those who are enemies to Islam.

0:50:22 > 0:50:23You just treat everyone the same.

0:50:23 > 0:50:25You could have asked him, "OK, you're in the EDL.

0:50:25 > 0:50:29"You're a fascist party. You attack and you harass innocent people.

0:50:29 > 0:50:31"If you keep attacking young Muslims,

0:50:31 > 0:50:33"if you keep harassing young Muslims

0:50:33 > 0:50:36"and desecrating mosques, people will get angry and want revenge."

0:50:36 > 0:50:38That's why we have the problem that we have.

0:50:38 > 0:50:40These guys are part of the cycle of radicalisation.

0:50:40 > 0:50:44But he came to this party because he is misled, he's misinformed,

0:50:44 > 0:50:47he's an idiot. I made him provoke his thoughts.

0:50:47 > 0:50:49How? By telling him that you hate Isis and hugging him.

0:50:49 > 0:50:51OK, I was wrong. Thank you for correcting me.

0:50:51 > 0:50:53I'll try my best to be better.

0:50:53 > 0:50:55You're welcome. You want to high five me and hug me too,

0:50:55 > 0:50:57or is that reserved for fascists?

0:50:57 > 0:50:59I'm not liberate enough to hug you and high five you.

0:50:59 > 0:51:01- That's relieving.- Thank you.

0:51:06 > 0:51:10Every time my wife is out, if she's even ten minutes late and her

0:51:10 > 0:51:12phone doesn't ring, I start to get scared.

0:51:14 > 0:51:16So many stories don't make it to the news.

0:51:17 > 0:51:21One of my relatives got punched in the face after Lee Rigby.

0:51:21 > 0:51:24Someone tried to attack my wife in front of me.

0:51:24 > 0:51:27It was the Irish before and now it's us.

0:51:37 > 0:51:39As-salaam-alaikum.

0:51:39 > 0:51:42- You might be wondering why we're up early in the morning.- Yeah.

0:51:42 > 0:51:45So, a lot of you might know what I do for a living.

0:51:45 > 0:51:48I co-founded a non-profit organisation,

0:51:48 > 0:51:51and through this organisation we give support and shelter to

0:51:51 > 0:51:53vulnerable homeless people.

0:51:53 > 0:51:56We will be going to a soup kitchen and we will be cooking for

0:51:56 > 0:51:59over 100 homeless people.

0:51:59 > 0:52:00Masha'Allah.

0:52:04 > 0:52:08I don't care what religious views you have. We do God's work first.

0:52:09 > 0:52:13When I say God's work, not literally creating or anything like that.

0:52:13 > 0:52:15LAUGHTER

0:52:15 > 0:52:17Let's first just do the good, Inshallah.

0:52:17 > 0:52:19- We welcome it.- Thank you.

0:52:23 > 0:52:27For the first time, everyone's putting their differences aside

0:52:27 > 0:52:29and joining in together.

0:52:29 > 0:52:32To me that is what a good Muslim is.

0:52:32 > 0:52:33Nobody can be perfect,

0:52:33 > 0:52:37but what you can be is a person that tries their best in every

0:52:37 > 0:52:41single situation to be the best person they can be to others.

0:52:41 > 0:52:43And that's Islam in a nutshell for me.

0:52:45 > 0:52:48Whatever else they may disagree on,

0:52:48 > 0:52:51all Muslims understand the importance of charity.

0:52:53 > 0:52:56Nabil has brought the group to a soup kitchen

0:52:56 > 0:52:58at the back of a church in Leeds.

0:52:58 > 0:53:00Alhamdulillah.

0:53:00 > 0:53:03Abdul Haq was showing me photos of his family.

0:53:04 > 0:53:08He was just washing up in the sink next to me and I said, "I'm coming,"

0:53:08 > 0:53:10and he didn't move.

0:53:13 > 0:53:16Would your life have been a lot better if you lived in

0:53:16 > 0:53:19a society where alcohol wasn't allowed?

0:53:21 > 0:53:23I think it would be a lot healthier.

0:53:23 > 0:53:26So Smirnoff, Tennant's, Strongbow have agreed to pay tax

0:53:26 > 0:53:28to the government. The government is saying,

0:53:28 > 0:53:30"If I'm getting money out of this,

0:53:30 > 0:53:33"no matter what it does to society, then let it be."

0:53:33 > 0:53:36- That is the straight bigger picture there.- Exactly.

0:53:36 > 0:53:40It's a bizarre sight, seeing them all around the table bonding.

0:53:40 > 0:53:43- You wouldn't ever think you'd see a sight like that.- No.

0:53:43 > 0:53:45God is going to say, "I will save you from the hellfire."

0:53:45 > 0:53:47Do you see the importance of being a Muslim?

0:53:47 > 0:53:50I would rather we just let them find out that all the people that did

0:53:50 > 0:53:52this for us were Muslims.

0:53:52 > 0:53:57That is more, I think, than "Hey, convert now! Have some soup."

0:53:57 > 0:53:58You know what I mean?

0:53:58 > 0:54:01Thank you, God, for the food that you have given us and thank you,

0:54:01 > 0:54:05God, for bringing these great people to our doors and providing us

0:54:05 > 0:54:07- with this beautiful curry. - It's been a pleasure.- Amen.

0:54:11 > 0:54:14- Hiya!- Are you doing seconds or no? - I think we can.- Yes.

0:54:14 > 0:54:16Food is gorgeous.

0:54:18 > 0:54:23I think the best da'wah is that which touches your heart naturally.

0:54:23 > 0:54:25Just a reminder, you know,

0:54:25 > 0:54:28we complain when our food isn't nice enough.

0:54:28 > 0:54:30Enjoy your meal.

0:54:30 > 0:54:33But these people don't have anywhere to eat but here.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36And what makes it worse is that they are the lucky ones, you know?

0:54:45 > 0:54:49- I ate it all. - Did you go for seconds?- No.

0:54:49 > 0:54:51I haven't started yet, so you take this,

0:54:51 > 0:54:53I'll get more for myself.

0:54:55 > 0:54:58What are you doing today?

0:54:58 > 0:55:03One of my friends, so the guy over there, he has the charity

0:55:03 > 0:55:07where he goes and helps people in trouble, homeless people, etc.

0:55:07 > 0:55:11So he asked us all to come along today to help him cook.

0:55:11 > 0:55:16It's the influx of economic migrants coming to our country, yeah?

0:55:16 > 0:55:18Taking our places. Why am I on the streets?

0:55:18 > 0:55:20I shouldn't be on the streets.

0:55:20 > 0:55:22Do you think you're on the streets because of immigrants?

0:55:22 > 0:55:27Partly because of myself but also due to lack of housing spaces.

0:55:27 > 0:55:31I've seen the face of Leeds change completely.

0:55:31 > 0:55:34- What do you mean? - Like, Polish shops all over.

0:55:34 > 0:55:38A lot of Asians in Leeds that do help.

0:55:38 > 0:55:41OK, so we don't have a problem with the Asians?

0:55:41 > 0:55:44Asians have got a problem with themselves.

0:55:44 > 0:55:45Because a lot of people now, right,

0:55:45 > 0:55:51look at young Asian lads as groomers and rapists and stuff like that.

0:55:51 > 0:55:55When you're done we need help at the back here. We're just cleaning.

0:55:55 > 0:55:56I don't want to stop the conversation.

0:55:58 > 0:56:02It was nice to meet you. I'm Asian but I'm definitely not a groomer.

0:56:02 > 0:56:05If it wasn't for immigrants I wouldn't be here today

0:56:05 > 0:56:07and if I wasn't here today,

0:56:07 > 0:56:09you wouldn't have a glass of milk to make you feel better.

0:56:09 > 0:56:12So that makes me a little bit sad, but nonetheless, I've got to go

0:56:12 > 0:56:16and help in the back. It was lovely to meet both of you.

0:56:16 > 0:56:20We didn't mean any offence. We were just speaking openly.

0:56:20 > 0:56:21- I'll see you later.- See you.

0:56:29 > 0:56:31It was a surprisingly good day.

0:56:31 > 0:56:36I think it's the first day no-one's objected and everybody got involved.

0:56:36 > 0:56:40It is a big part of our faith, charity and whatnot.

0:56:41 > 0:56:43Really, what kind of an arsehole would you have to be to not

0:56:43 > 0:56:46want to feed the homeless, you know?

0:56:49 > 0:56:51I think this has been really positive for my faith.

0:56:51 > 0:56:54Because I'm in the middle and I constantly have to give

0:56:54 > 0:56:57that third radical-moderate opinion,

0:56:57 > 0:57:01I think that's kind of ignited the intellectual passion that I had.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04Allah!

0:57:04 > 0:57:09I went away from being religious nearly 30 years ago.

0:57:09 > 0:57:13I'm surprised that 30 years down the line the younger generation

0:57:13 > 0:57:17has still got lots of hang-ups, and then it's got more extreme,

0:57:17 > 0:57:19so it's like, oh, it's even worse.

0:57:22 > 0:57:26I've been very surprised at the degrees of how people

0:57:26 > 0:57:28understand the religion of Islam.

0:57:28 > 0:57:30I'm not sure the majority of people in this house would say,

0:57:30 > 0:57:32"I am a practising Muslim."

0:57:32 > 0:57:35You speak to them, "I'm on my own road, I'm on my own journey."

0:57:35 > 0:57:38They don't want to hear what Allah has got to say and what

0:57:38 > 0:57:39the Prophet has got to say.

0:57:40 > 0:57:43I've got such a soft spot for Abdul Haq.

0:57:43 > 0:57:45You can tell a nasty man from a mile away

0:57:45 > 0:57:50and Abdul Haq is not a nasty man. He's a messed-up man.

0:57:50 > 0:57:55I just can't accept he's a monster and turn away from him.

0:58:03 > 0:58:08- Next time, talk turns to identity... - I come from a Shia background.

0:58:08 > 0:58:12If someone says, "I'm a Shia," they are kuffar.

0:58:12 > 0:58:14- Five-star, grade A kuffar. - What does that mean?

0:58:14 > 0:58:16- That means they're going to go to the hellfire.- Holy Moley.

0:58:16 > 0:58:18..Britishness...

0:58:18 > 0:58:21British values for me, colonialism, institutional racism,

0:58:21 > 0:58:23theft and genocide.

0:58:23 > 0:58:26- ..and race. - For God's sake, listen to me.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28You told me not to mention my experiences.

0:58:28 > 0:58:30- The race thing.- The race thing.

0:58:30 > 0:58:33The majority of racist abuse I've ever taken in my life

0:58:33 > 0:58:35has been from other Muslims.