0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language
0:00:04 > 0:00:06York.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08This walled city is home to Roman ruins,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11an ancient cathedral,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15and, for this week, these ten Muslims.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20A community constantly in the spotlight.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23We go to school, we go to university, we work,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25how else do you want me to integrate?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27They've come together from across Britain...
0:00:27 > 0:00:29THEY LAUGH
0:00:29 > 0:00:31..to live under one roof.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32HE PRAYS
0:00:32 > 0:00:35For the last five days they have explored their faith.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37I don't pray traditionally like that.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38HE PRAYS
0:00:38 > 0:00:39I've got my own ways.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- You are harming Islam. - Are you mad?
0:00:41 > 0:00:46But they've got very different ideas about what makes a good Muslim.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I'm coming back into my faith because I've realised
0:00:48 > 0:00:51that being gay and being Muslim are not mutually exclusive things.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54You don't think I'm a good representative of Muslim women?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56A Muslim woman should cover her hair.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00THEY SING
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Now they'll shift their focus to identity...
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I was told that I was a Paki terrorist...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07that should go back home.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08..race...
0:01:08 > 0:01:10You, as a white person, don't have the right to tell me...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I have nothing about whiteness.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Listen. Listen...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16..and what it means to be a Muslim in the UK.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I want Britain to become an Islamic state.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I feel like I need to call the anti-terrorism police.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24BACK OFF! BACK OFF!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Back off!
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Back off!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30This is a battle for the soul of Islam.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33If you don't integrate, you're always going to be outsider,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35and that's not only dangerous
0:01:35 > 0:01:37but it's stupid.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38It's going to be a good feeling, bro.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40HE LAUGHS
0:01:51 > 0:01:53It's five days since the group arrived in York
0:01:53 > 0:01:58and so far they've struggled to define what makes a good Muslim.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02# What I got to do to make you happy...? #
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Fear Allah, as he should be feared.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07HE LAUGHS
0:02:07 > 0:02:08I am fearing you at the moment.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10No, don't fear me.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Only Allah..
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Give me that kettle... - Only Allah is...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16LAUGHTER
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Today they will turn their attention to what Britain thinks of them.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27They are given the results of a survey exploring public opinion
0:02:27 > 0:02:29about the Muslim community.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35OK, guys. A sample of 1,708 members of the British public,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37who were asked whether they agree or disagree
0:02:37 > 0:02:39with the following statements.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"Muslim values are compatible with British values."
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Agree: 20%
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Disagree: 44%
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Just the idea that people can
0:02:49 > 0:02:51separate British values and Muslim values...
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I've got an idea.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Why don't we find out what we love about Britain
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and how our faith helps us to be the best that we can?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01What does that have to do with values?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03How about we come from the opposite way,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07and we define generally what Muslim values are?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Which is not to have boyfriend and girlfriend...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Oh, it's always the same stuff.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14..which is marriage. Muslim values is not to drink alcohol.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- That's your interpretation of it. - Yeah, your interpretation.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19God has clearly forbidden alcohol in the Qur'an.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21How many Muslims do you know who don't drink?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23How many Muslims do you know who smoke ganja?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24But it's not Islam, is it?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28From the get-go, the values of a Muslim are not compatible with British values.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Next point,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34"I would feel comfortable if a Muslim moved in next door to my home."
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Agree: 38%
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Disagree: 25%
0:03:39 > 0:03:43I've made so many new non-Muslim friends
0:03:43 > 0:03:45by just feeding them.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Why their hell should I bring you curry
0:03:47 > 0:03:49or bring you anything, for you to think it's OK
0:03:49 > 0:03:51for me to live next door. That makes no sense.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53What are we going to do? Bomb up the house next door?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Stupid!
0:03:54 > 0:03:58They've got an image of Muslims, that's why they've got this...
0:03:58 > 0:03:59- It's not good enough.- She's right,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02but on top of that there's a thing called neighbourliness
0:04:02 > 0:04:04that has almost disappeared.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05We need to bring it back,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08because my people from here
0:04:08 > 0:04:10have forgotten how to be good neighbours themselves
0:04:10 > 0:04:13because they are locked into these little battery houses
0:04:13 > 0:04:15where they never talk to the neighbours any more.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Mm, I'm going to start making scones a lot now.
0:04:19 > 0:04:2176-year-old Saba
0:04:21 > 0:04:24lives in Nottingham with her husband.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27But Saba hasn't always been a Muslim.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28She was once Hilary.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I was somebody else.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I was born in Calcutta, India,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I used to ride ponies,
0:04:35 > 0:04:41and it was a very English, middle-class lifestyle.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44During the '60s I was a hippie, I suppose,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46but I wasn't a great heavy dope smoker.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I did take one or two trips
0:04:48 > 0:04:51because I needed to do it for my psychological health.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53SHE CHUCKLES
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I came to Islam from a very different place.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02But I know that, in a sense... That Allah has always been caring for me.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Abdul Haq, please stop.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I was still speaking.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08We haven't got time for some people to go on and on and on.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11If I may interject.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Next question,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14"Muslims in Britain
0:05:14 > 0:05:17"have failed to integrate into British society."
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Agree: 49%.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Disagree: 20%.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I think, in my opinion, as an outsider,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Muslims in Britain have massively failed to integrate.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27They are kind of in a closed bubble
0:05:27 > 0:05:31where they only talk about certain things and they socialise alone
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- without integrating with the society.- But there are areas where
0:05:34 > 0:05:37white people don't want to integrate with the rest of Britain.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Parts of Chelsea and Fulham where they just get together
0:05:39 > 0:05:42and eat whatever it is that white people eat.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43I, as a white Muslim convert,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46am sick of hearing Islam conflated with a racist agenda.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Islam is not limited to a race...
0:05:49 > 0:05:50at all.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52The problem is cultural Islam...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54No, you should shut up because he wants to talk. Please stop.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57There is a problem and the solution...
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Stop being the dominating male, please, for goodness' sake.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03'I think we are integrated.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:05We go to school, we go to university, we work.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07How else do you fucking want me to integrate?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I don't understand.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Hearing those questions
0:06:19 > 0:06:21almost made Muslims seem like aliens,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and so to actually hear the result,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I've never heard anything like it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27That was shocking.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29That really surprised me. I was disappointed
0:06:29 > 0:06:31in the British public.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I thought they were good questions.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I think people have terrific enthusiasm
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and everybody wants to contribute.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43But it's very important, the discipline of timing,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47how long you speak, and also how often.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51You've got to get that balance right in the communication area.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Saba always complains about male privilege.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57For example, Abdul Haq is never allowed to speak.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00When we are discussing race, she, as a white person,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02wants to always throw in a, "Well, I'm a white Muslim
0:07:02 > 0:07:05"so therefore Islam is not seen as a racial thing."
0:07:05 > 0:07:06You're one person.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And I think today I will actually pull her up on it.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14When people find out that I'm not only black but also Muslim,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16it gets worse.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I used to have a joke... One of my favourite poets, Boonaa Mohammed,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23says it - "I am black and I am Muslim, which means everywhere I go
0:07:23 > 0:07:25"someone hates me."
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Have I experienced Islamophobia? No.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Not at all.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31SHE LAUGHS
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Nothing.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The Muslims have come together from across Britain
0:07:37 > 0:07:40to share their take on faith with each other.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45But for the next few days they'll be joined by four non-Muslim locals.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47'They were happy to live for five or six days...'
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I was saying, "Let's clean, let's clean, let's clean..."
0:07:50 > 0:07:52They find out four non-Muslims may be coming.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55"Oh, my God, we don't want them to think we are dirty. Let's clean.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56"Let's clean. Oh, my God."
0:07:56 > 0:07:59'Somebody put mince with blood dripping in the fridge,'
0:07:59 > 0:08:02they didn't mind. "Oh, it's fantastic, I like it."
0:08:02 > 0:08:04But when non-Muslims are coming, or English people,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06"Oh, my God, Goray are coming."
0:08:06 > 0:08:09They learned how to clean, overnight.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Something that they couldn't do for how many days?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13That's colonial thinking for you.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17You don't care about yourself, you don't want good for your own
0:08:17 > 0:08:20but you want to look good to Mr Davis.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26These York locals are curious about Islam.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30'I was reared in Catholicism but I don't practise a faith.'
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I want society to be as integrated as possible,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36so I want to understand more about Islam
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and how we can actually help that work.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42They want to find out what being a Muslim in Britain really means.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46'As a Catholic I want to get to know people's views'
0:08:46 > 0:08:48on British values,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52and I'd like to understand why there appears to be
0:08:52 > 0:08:54a support for radicalism.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58'From an early age I decided that I was an atheist.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00'I don't agree with aspects of Islam'
0:09:00 > 0:09:02that homosexuals should be stoned,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05that women don't have an equal place in the world,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'and it will be interesting to see the views from both sides.'
0:09:08 > 0:09:11They will be visiting the house each day
0:09:11 > 0:09:14and showing the Muslims around York.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18They will try to understand what being part of the Muslim community
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- is really about.- Hello.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Here we go.- A tall order,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25as the household has so far failed to agree
0:09:25 > 0:09:28on what makes a good Muslim.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I won't shake your hand but nice to meet you anyway.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35It's nothing personal...
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- My name is Abdul Haq, what's your name?- Jason.- Nice to meet you, Jason.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Say it again, sorry?- Abdul Haq.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Abdul Haq?- It means servant of the truth.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh. OK. Now I know.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45'I'm a little nervous.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47'I'm not religious myself.'
0:09:47 > 0:09:49There are lots of names I'm going to have to remember,
0:09:49 > 0:09:50which is always a challenge.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Mehreen.- Mehreen?- Yes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- It's like a submarine.- Like water? - Yes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Precisely.- I can remember that one.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I don't expect them to cry at Elgar or anything like that
0:10:00 > 0:10:04but I think it would be interesting to see if they feel themselves as British as I do.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- And you?- Tom.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Tom.- Nice and easy one!
0:10:10 > 0:10:13My dad was from Portugal via Pakistan.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16When you walked in, I thought Prince William was here.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Ah, no, well, is that a compliment?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I suppose it might be.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Hi, guys. Just to let you know,
0:10:23 > 0:10:24I'm not being antisocial,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I'm just making lunch
0:10:26 > 0:10:27and I don't want anything to burn.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Welcome.- And you are...?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I'm Nabil. Nice to meet you.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37And do you like Britain?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Erm, good question, actually.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41I think Britain is quite a nice place.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Maybe I had a misconception at one point
0:10:43 > 0:10:46about the open sex culture
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and they don't give their virginity to marriage.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51So it was mainly about virgin issues.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55So why is it that when conflict takes place on the side of the Muslims,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59it's terrorism, but when Britain, America and their allies conduct it,
0:10:59 > 0:11:00it's justified?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Is it justified?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04If the British government decides to go to war,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and it's gone through our democracy,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10and whether you like it or not, our democracy functions...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12No, it doesn't.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Have you always worn the veil?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The hijab I began wearing when I was in my early teens.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20And the niqab I didn't wear for long.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I think I wore that for a few months,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25but I found it very practically difficult.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26This is going to sound really sad,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29but I eat quite often
0:11:29 > 0:11:33and I really struggled to eat with the niqab on!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Years ago, when I was doing my degree,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39there was a Muslim girl on my corridor
0:11:39 > 0:11:41and I invited her a couple of times for drinks
0:11:41 > 0:11:43and of course she never wanted to come.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45So it does create a bit of an artificial barrier.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48So why didn't you just invite her out to a restaurant
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- or one of the numerous other places you go to.- Expensive!
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Well, that's not any good excuse, is it? Alcohol is hardly cheap.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56You could've gone to a milkshake bar, you can go to Nando's.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I don't enjoy that.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- I have once been to a Nando's. - Once been to a Nando's...
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I didn't rate it, particularly.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'I found that conversation really irritating.'
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I think right now Jason thinks that Muslims
0:12:09 > 0:12:12don't integrate and we believe that we are superior
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and that's why we don't associate, but I think, actually,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18it's quite ironic because
0:12:18 > 0:12:23as far as I can see right now, he's the one who thinks that he is superior,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and refuses to even change
0:12:26 > 0:12:30the location of where he's asking a colleague
0:12:30 > 0:12:32to come out to,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34because of his arrogance.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Guys, shall we go?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Where are we going?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Antique dealer Jon is proud of the city and its history.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Today he's planned a trip to a local landmark.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46A place with personal significance for him.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48My father was an Army officer.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50He served with the British Army, initially,
0:12:50 > 0:12:54and we're going to the local war memorial just to pay respects to the people
0:12:54 > 0:12:56who have died fighting for all of us.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And I'll ask you to share this experience with me.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I'm not going to come because I believe that those
0:13:02 > 0:13:04who you speak about at the memorial,
0:13:04 > 0:13:09they actually fought over dividing up the Muslim lands.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Right, would you
0:13:12 > 0:13:17accept that they also stopped
0:13:17 > 0:13:20what was a massacre of the Jews?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Whatever good they done, they also done a lot of harm
0:13:23 > 0:13:26in relation to the problems we see in the Middle East today.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Abdul, I accept your point of view.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29No problem. Bye.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I'm coming with you.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Is that something we agree on, Auntie?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Yeah, absolutely.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36HE LAUGHS
0:13:36 > 0:13:40In these memorials, very little respect is paid to the African soldiers that took part
0:13:40 > 0:13:42or even to the Sikh. Recently there has been...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45The Sikh, the Indians and the Muslim soldiers as well.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47So on that grounds... I respect you as a person,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49but I will not attend this today.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52OK, I accept that, and thank you.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54But I do apologise if it offends you as a person.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It doesn't offend me as a person.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It is entirely your decision.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I really reflect Nabil's views on this,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04so with the greatest respect to your father and to yourself,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I won't be coming today.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- That's OK, that's fine, I accept that.- OK.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10So I'm assuming I shall dismiss myself.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Have a nice time, guys.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It's always sad when you see this many names.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- I know.- You can't even count them.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36You can't.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Most of them were kids.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47It says where they're from, as well. Middlesbrough, Leeds.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I feel happy that some of you decided to come.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54What do you feel about the ones who are not here?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Had it been the other way around,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59had I been the person,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I think I would've gone out of respect to them.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05These guys gave their lives for you and me, so we could have our freedoms.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08You know, eventually, that's what it boils down to.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13You look around, you look at all these names,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and behind every single name, there's a family, there's a death.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18And you'd think we would have learned by now that this is
0:15:18 > 0:15:20not the way to go.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23This is true. On the other hand, these people were conscripted.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26That's something we don't do any more, so I guess Britain's
0:15:26 > 0:15:29moved on a little bit in terms of respecting people's rights...
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Britain's moved on in terms of respecting people's rights?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34There's no conscription, is what I'm getting at.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And now they're fighting... with their free will.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- Yes.- And that's a good thing? - It's a better thing.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46So the soldiers have chosen that lifestyle, haven't they?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49In both cases, it's still the people who decide to take the army
0:15:49 > 0:15:52to war that have all the control and the power and...
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Yes, but in theory, that's a democratic decision.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- In theory.- Yeah. - And then Iraq happened.- Yeah.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Absolutely.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06At the house, Nabil has something he wants to get off his chest.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09He's asked Saba for a word.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14I understand that, obviously, as a man, I have privileges.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17But here's the thing - I've noticed whenever we discuss,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21for example, the racial aspect of Islamophobia in the UK,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24you tend to have a problem with it, and you tend to say,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26"No, don't make it into a racist thing.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29"I'm English and I'm Muslim," which is true, you are,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32but remember that when we speak of our experience as unique to us,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34and you stop us from discussing that,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37you're doing the exact same thing that maybe
0:16:37 > 0:16:40me and Abdul Haq might do if we dominate a discussion,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and it is very frustrating, because this is our experience.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- You don't get it, do you? Can I respond to that?- Sure.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Because I want you to understand that my intervention
0:16:50 > 0:16:54like that is not on the basis of what is being said.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It's about time - give us time to talk.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Fair enough, for today,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00but this isn't the first time that it's happened.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Look, I've been in race demonstrations, I'm married to...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- I know that, but... - Please, please...
0:17:05 > 0:17:08My point is that you keep shutting down racial discussions.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Please, no, you're... That's paranoia.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11- Please give me space to talk... - Paranoia?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I just wanted you to look at the situation
0:17:13 > 0:17:16a different way, that wasn't about anything to do with that.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- It was to do with the fact... - So I should forget my experience?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Are you going to listen?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22It's nothing to do with YOUR experience or MY experience.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- It's not about us.- I'm making the point that you, as a white person,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- don't have the right to tell me... - It's nothing about whiteness.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32- Listen, listen, listen... - That's white privilege in itself.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Yeah, do you know what it was about? It was about the time...
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- You mentioned race.- No, no...- Tell me time. Tell me that you need time.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Please, for God's sake, listen to me.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- My...- But you don't listen to me. - I listened to you for hours.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45You told me not to mention my experiences.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- The race thing. Please listen to me. - The race thing?- No, let me...
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Listen, let it be about something else than race.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Exactly, what I'm telling you is that you don't have
0:17:53 > 0:17:55a right to tell me to make something not about race...
0:17:55 > 0:17:57So will you listen to me talk about race? Because I'm a woman.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00No, it wasn't about that, it was about the time that we were...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02That's not what you said. You said stop talking about race.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03There was no time left for us to talk.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Am I lying? - No, he's not lying.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Why do you want to make me the villain?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- I'm not trying to make you the villain...- You are.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You're sitting there, being... "Yes, he's right".
0:18:10 > 0:18:13You are, you're sitting there... I don't know why you're here at all.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15You weren't part of what I was going through. Why are you here?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17What YOU were going through?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I'm the one who's being accused of this, you're not.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I didn't realise being accused of racism was worse than
0:18:21 > 0:18:24actually experiencing racism, but all right.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29You know, I do feel for white people that are against
0:18:29 > 0:18:31white privilege, and have to hear these things,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34because it's not nice to hear... The same way as a man,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I don't like hearing about what men have done and what men do.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38But at the same time,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I'm aware that I've probably had misogynistic views in my life,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and probably still have some, and that's life - you learn.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44And you unlearn.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That's the whole point - if you're in a place of privilege,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49you unlearn. I know I keep on talking about me being
0:18:49 > 0:18:51a woman of colour, but I understand that I also have privileges,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54because I'm not black, and like I said,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56there's a lot of racism in our community.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59On the one hand,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01we all say that Islam is a religion that promotes the rights of
0:19:01 > 0:19:05women and the rights of black people,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09whilst on the other hand being very misogynist and very anti-black.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13And we refuse to acknowledge our own hypocrisy there.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Has it been problematic, being married to a Pakistani?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Yeah, being married to an Asian...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I mean, my wife's family are religious, not cultural,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23so her family has been fantastic.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26But generally, a lot of people who know about this, you know,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30from my stand-up and what not, it just becomes a means to abuse, so
0:19:30 > 0:19:34I've had people messaging me, saying that my wife's a nigger-lover.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38"Why did one of our sisters marry a monkey, gorilla, ape?"
0:19:38 > 0:19:40All these kind of things.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44You know, and it doesn't even bother me, cos I'm like...
0:19:44 > 0:19:47If that's what comes to your mind, then obviously,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50it's an insecurity that you have. You know?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Do you think we came across as a group OK?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08There was a bit of fighting going on!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I think we came across as a group as we are,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14which is constantly talking over our heads. I mean, it's a Muslim...
0:20:14 > 0:20:16It's an Asian thing.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I felt it was quite embarrassing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I mean, you already know you're going to enter a house with
0:20:20 > 0:20:23ten Muslims, which makes us sound like aliens anyway.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Then all ten look so different,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28one's sitting all the way at the back at the fucking table...
0:20:28 > 0:20:29And no-one knows why!
0:20:29 > 0:20:32And everyone else is like, "No, this is Islam." "No, this is Islam."
0:20:32 > 0:20:33The diversity ends up making it
0:20:33 > 0:20:36look like none of us actually know what Islam is.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Well, yeah, because we have so many different views.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42They probably think that we're extremists, for not going to
0:20:42 > 0:20:46the World War II thing. They also rightfully think that
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Abdul Haq should be arrested for his shoes.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50To be honest with you,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53that Belmarsh thing had nothing to do with your beliefs. It's cos you wear Crocs.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Jason couldn't pronounce my name, and he needed help,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01so he wanted to just call me Ferdinand.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06He did what English people do - my sister's name is Shamayleh.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10She's been called Sheila ever since she was at school.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Now, Shamayleh's a beautiful name, and as I always say...
0:21:15 > 0:21:19My friend used to say to me, "If we can do Engelbert Humperdinck,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- "you can do our names." - Yeah, exactly.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- You know, just make a little effort.- Yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Get to know how you might pronounce it, so I just say
0:21:28 > 0:21:31"Naila, like Isla, the name, just like this," but I thought there was
0:21:31 > 0:21:35an arrogance in saying, "Can I call you Ferdinand?"
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- Well, only if we can call you Jalaluddin.- Yeah!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01How about this?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh, yeah. Very elegant. Nice.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The other day, I think you said something like,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10"There's got to be a Shi'a in the group".
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I come from a Shi'a background, so I grew up in a Shi'a family.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14But what's the main...
0:22:14 > 0:22:18If you could give me a summary of the basic differences,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20that would be helpful.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Shi'as believe that Imam Ali should have been the Caliph,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- straight after the Prophet died. - OK.- Whereas what actually happened
0:22:25 > 0:22:28was that Abu Bakr became the first leader.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33For over 1,400 years, since the passing of Muhammad,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36the Sunni/Shi'a split has raged.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40This sectarian divide about the rightful heir to the Prophet
0:22:40 > 0:22:43has caused bloodshed across the Muslim world.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Zohra lives in North London, and even today, as a Shi'a Muslim,
0:22:49 > 0:22:53she faces prejudice from Britain's overwhelmingly Sunni majority.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I was getting to know somebody once. It was one of these arranged things,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and somewhere towards the end of the day,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I guess I must have said something that implied that I'm Shi'a,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and he suddenly went, "Oh, hang on a minute.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08"You're Shi'a - this is going to be a problem."
0:23:08 > 0:23:09He had been married before,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and he'd been married to somebody who was not Muslim,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and that was fine, but marrying a Shi'a, he said,
0:23:14 > 0:23:15"My parents just couldn't deal with that.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18"I just don't want to put them through it."
0:23:18 > 0:23:20So situations like that are difficult.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Communities hate each other, and they're so petty.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We should sort of move on from that kind of stuff.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I mean, I've talked to people about it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I've talked to several people about it now.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- I'm really worried about telling Abdul.- Really?- Yeah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Hopefully he'll think I'm a nice person, and then he'll think...
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Can you accept that you are a nice person?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- It's irrelevant what he thinks, and if you want...- Yeah, I'm all right.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Have a conversation. - Yeah, I'm going to do that, but...
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Oh, our guests are here. - Oh, they're here? Oh.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52He's got a green bow tie on, and I've got a towel on my head.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Good morning, how are you? - Nice to see you.- Did you sleep well?
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- How dapper do you look?- Yes, well, I thought I'd wear a bit of linen.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Cooler, in the...- It never occurred to me that you can have all these
0:24:01 > 0:24:03different-coloured bow ties, as well.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Yes, well, I thought, you don't want to be repetitive, do you?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Morning.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- You all right? - Oh, hugs.- As always.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13The locals arrive for their second day of exploring
0:24:13 > 0:24:16the British Muslim experience.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Good morning, how have you been? - Very well, actually.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- I brought you some flowers from my garden.- Oh, thank you very much.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23It's just a lovely smell.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27After breakfast, attention turns to Allah and the afterlife.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I have issue with someone saying, "Cos you don't believe,
0:24:30 > 0:24:31"you're going to hell."
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I'm not into fire and brimstone preaching, personally.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37But are there versions of the Qur'an that say some people
0:24:37 > 0:24:38will go to hell? Yes.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I don't really believe in heaven and hell like that.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I don't care what you believe, I'm just stating that these are
0:24:43 > 0:24:46the two different viewpoints, and I'm in the middle of them.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The Muslim is obliged to be truthful.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50A Muslim is obliged to be truthful.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Look to the history of Islam. I'm not talking about in general...
0:24:54 > 0:24:55But you have a...
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Kind of what I would call a narrow view of truth,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01because you may actually be interpreting something,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and you may see something and write down what it is,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07compared to someone else with another set of beliefs.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Both will think it is truth.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I do believe in a heaven and a hell.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Maybe the picture I have in my mind might not be the same for me -
0:25:13 > 0:25:16hell is being stuck in a U2 concert forever.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18But it's still something I wouldn't want to experience.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I believe in nur - light - and that's like heaven, and dark,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26which is hell, and I believe it's in your day-to-day. Go on.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I was going to say that I've never heard
0:25:29 > 0:25:33so much emphasis on heaven and hell. Where is the focus on life?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- The life you're living. - Absolutely.- You don't live...
0:25:35 > 0:25:37If you don't like the conversation we're having,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39don't tell me what I can talk about.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41But don't think you can dominate the conversation.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Dominate what conversation?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45We came outside, we were talking to each other.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- You came in and now you're telling me...- Nobody...
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Can you just listen to Naila?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- No, no, no. - Can you just listen to Naila?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54If you don't like what I'm discussing, go sit with
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- someone else and speak with them. - Listen to Naila.- Why should I?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I don't understand you guys... Then go speak to someone else.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01For fuck's sake.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06There's just too much domination about what is the right way.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09It's ridiculous. You've got this life - live it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- And you come here... - You always dominate conversations.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Then go and have a conversation with someone else.- Just listen!
0:26:14 > 0:26:16I don't want to listen to anything you have to say,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- cos you're full of shit. - Oh, there you go. Thank you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20You've got no respect for people's opinions.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23No, I've got no respect for you, cos you've got none for me.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Do you know what? - Clearly you've got problems.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27You have got a bit of an issue with dominating conversations.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Yeah, well, too bad. Discuss it with someone who doesn't.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Now you're walking away, goodbye.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Nabil... - Breathe. Breathe!
0:26:37 > 0:26:38That really, really upset me.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42He's dominating in his views, and quite aggressive.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I hope it wasn't with any kind of malicious intent.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Do you know the words of this? - No, I don't.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Do you do any Bollywood songs?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Why actually was there such persecution between the
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Shi'as and the Sunnis?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15So, the Shi'a believe in a prophet after the prophet Muhammad, and that
0:27:15 > 0:27:18negates the fundamentals of Islam, because the first thing that...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20And Shi'as are actually saying that?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I thought they were simply saying that this actually is the way that
0:27:24 > 0:27:27the kind of order of Islam should go, in terms of the Caliphate.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30But the one who says that there is a Prophet after the Prophet
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Muhammad, peace be upon him, has left the fold of Islam.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- I say it's a deviation. It's a deviation.- Er, no, it's not.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- I come from a Shi'a background. - Sure.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Do you see why that might be hurtful to me?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Erm...- As in, can you appreciate why that might be hurtful for me?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48That someone's saying all these things about people who come
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- from my background. - If someone says "I'm a Shi'a,"
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I'm going to ask them what they believe.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58If they curse sahabas, then from my point of view,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00it takes them outside the fold of Islam.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04And what does that mean? If you're outside the fold of Islam?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07It means they are a kuffar. A five-star, grade-A kuffar.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08And what does that mean?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- That means that they're going to go to the hellfire.- Holy Moley!
0:28:11 > 0:28:15My dad's friend was murdered in the mosque. He went to pray.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16The man was praying with his son.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19A bunch of people come in, shoot up the entire mosque.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24All of the men die, including the boys, because somebody believed that
0:28:24 > 0:28:27they're outside the fold of Islam, and therefore they should die.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- So the ideology, to me, is scary. - Who told you that the person...
0:28:31 > 0:28:33The reason why your father's friend was killed was...
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Do you think that's wrong?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- No, let me ask you...- Do you think that's wrong?- From the divine
0:28:37 > 0:28:40point of view, I haven't got any evidence to say wrong or right,
0:28:40 > 0:28:41and I'll ask this...
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Well, you think that you don't have the divine text evidence
0:28:46 > 0:28:48to say that that is wrong.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- No, I don't.- So you actually agree that it is right?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I haven't agreed or disagreed.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I can't believe that you're saying there's
0:28:54 > 0:28:55a situation in which someone has an idea,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58someone else has an idea, someone kills someone for that,
0:28:58 > 0:29:02and, "Hmm, I'm not sure if that's OK or not.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04"Could murder be OK or not?"
0:29:04 > 0:29:06OK, OK, OK, let's look to that...
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I'm shaking, I'm so worried about what you're saying.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Yeah, I find that worrying too. - Let's fall back on the evidence.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- The Prophet said, "Whoever leaves the fold of Islam, kill him."- What?!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18"Whoever turns his back on the din of Islam, kill him."
0:29:18 > 0:29:21I feel like I need to call the anti-terrorism police.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- If you're...- I can't believe you're not just saying "no" right now.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24If you're...
0:29:24 > 0:29:29What if I went to a mosque and I was praying and somebody shot me?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Would you think that was wrong?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- If you are a believer...- Oh, my God!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36If you're a believer, you're going to paradise,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38and death is something no man can avoid,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41that point of death is already decreed for an individual.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44And the greatest evil... The greatest bad is not someone dying.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Everybody's going to die, and no-one can escape death.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I'm standing up because there's a hadith that says
0:29:49 > 0:29:52when you're angry, if you're sitting down, you should stand up,
0:29:52 > 0:29:53because I'm a Muslim.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Oh, man.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I'm upset, because...
0:30:09 > 0:30:13the idea that someone thinks that they could kill someone like me...
0:30:14 > 0:30:15..or my friends or...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I get why he was in Belmarsh.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28His ideas are crazy.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30He thinks that it's OK...
0:30:30 > 0:30:33He was very careful not to say those words,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36but he thinks that it's OK to kill people,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39which is ridiculous, cos it's completely un-Islamic
0:30:39 > 0:30:42and I sort of feel like he needs to be reported to someone
0:30:42 > 0:30:47for crazy views, because that's completely unacceptable.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52His ideas are extremely dangerous. They have consequences.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I worry for the kids that he speaks to.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's so bizarre, though, because last night,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59he was fine sitting at the table with girls.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01It was, like, progress. It was like, "Oh, you know,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03"actually, underneath the kind of scary weirdness,
0:31:03 > 0:31:05"Abdul's all right."
0:31:05 > 0:31:07But he's not. He is not all right.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11And I want to know that the rest of the Muslim community
0:31:11 > 0:31:13also think that he's batshit crazy.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Jason's keen to show off his hometown,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33so he's organised a walk around the city,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36to take in all its historic glory.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40So, we're coming up to the Minster.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Of course, a fine old example of Perpendicular Gothic architecture.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- Perpendicular Gothic architecture? - Yes. Up, down, perpendicular.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49- Oh, I see.- Exactly.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I think it would be quite nice to get an ice cream.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Do you want an ice cream?- Yes. - Let's have an ice cream.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02You can take in the views of the Minster while we're here.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- It is beautiful, isn't it? - Does it have any resonance with you?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I mean, you regard yourself as British, don't you? So...
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Do you look on it like...?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- What am I supposed to feel when I look at it?- I don't know.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- I don't look at it and think it's part of my heritage.- OK.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- The building itself doesn't count as...?- No, it doesn't.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31We'll get a nice view from the top.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- Quite nice and leafy as well. - Yeah, good.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- INTERVIEWER:- Are you Muslim first or British first?
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Well, I'm Scottish, remember.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46I kind of don't... I can't even answer that question.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It's like saying, "Are you female first or Asian first?"
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I would say that I'm Muslim first, in all seriousness.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Yeah. What's wrong with that?
0:32:58 > 0:33:02I'm British first. That's me, that's my nation, that's my culture.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06And my Islam is simply a way of living as a British person.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14To me, this is quintessentially a British scene,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16and these things, to me,
0:33:16 > 0:33:19are a source of great nostalgia and pride.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22And I was just asking Mehreen what she thought about this,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24and, well, what was your response?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27It's very beautiful, but I'm a London girl,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29so the last thing I associate with being British
0:33:29 > 0:33:31is greenery and nature.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Fields and things don't make me feel very British.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35That is a very interesting observation,
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- that we have different views of what Britishness is.- Mm-hm.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Yours is very more urban,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43mine is a bit more - what? Provincial,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45a bit more sort of, I don't know...
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Mine's city life. - Yours is noise and, you know...
0:33:49 > 0:33:51KFC wrappers on the floor and things like that.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54No, I don't think London equates to KFC wrappers.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I think London also equates to Harrods,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59which is quite the opposite of KFC wrappers on the floor.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Good...- But it's still the city. - Good consumerist...
0:34:01 > 0:34:04We keep having these conversations about what Britishness is,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06and it's extremely hard from within to say what it is.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I don't think about being British, I just am.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Exactly.- Exactly. - Just as you are British...- Yes.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14I don't identify as British, and I'll tell you why.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17As a child, I was really, really proud to be British,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19but I was told in primary school
0:34:19 > 0:34:23that I was a, "Fucking Paki terrorist that should go back home."
0:34:23 > 0:34:25And...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27If I need... If you want me to identify as British,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30then I need white British people in this country
0:34:30 > 0:34:32to actually accept me as British first,
0:34:32 > 0:34:33and that's never happened.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36What I think when I think about Britishness is intolerance.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I look at the draconian laws which have been in place for the Muslims right now.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42I know of individuals who haven't committed any crime,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44but the police have gone to their house,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47they're going to take you out of your home, going to put a GPS tag on your foot
0:34:47 > 0:34:49that's going to monitor everywhere you go...
0:34:49 > 0:34:51I don't think you can talk about persecution,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53cos you think persecuting Shi'as is OK,
0:34:53 > 0:34:54so he doesn't really have a leg to stand on.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56You're talking about a completely alien point.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00You shouldn't talk about persecution if you think that persecuting people is OK.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02If you want to jump from one subject to the next, we won't get anywhere,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05so you continue talking about something that's unrelated,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- that's your business. - I'm talking about persecution.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09I believe that Britain stands for intolerance.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Any point that says we've got freedom of choice,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16you're going to get Abdul Haq going,
0:35:16 > 0:35:20and now you've got Zohra going, and I feel like we're in a zoo.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22And day in, day out, it's...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27..I'm overloaded with the same bullshit.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31It's your experience, but I'm happy to be British Muslim,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34and I'm practising the way I want to practise.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Your point of view is valid. You cannot represent all of us.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41This Ramadan alone, I went to many mosques up and down the country,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and the amount of Muslims that I spoke to
0:35:43 > 0:35:45who maybe don't even share my views
0:35:45 > 0:35:48have had their funds seized, their passports taken,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50their children taken.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51Imagine you've got children...
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Imagine someone comes to you and wants to take your child away
0:35:54 > 0:35:55because of your religious beliefs,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57and you want to tell me that the UK is tolerant?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Because you can practice Islam freely?- I understand.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02It's not just me, it's the whole of the Muslim community.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04If you say, "I'm Muslim and I practise Islam
0:36:04 > 0:36:06"and I identify with the problems with Muslims around the world,"
0:36:06 > 0:36:09then they will come down on you and call you a fundamentalist.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Just talking his usual crap.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- It's just that now, we know what he thinks.- Yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16This side of him is just obsessive.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18It just goes on and on, and rants on and doesn't...
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Everybody else disappears.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23When you see a mother crying as to why her child's been taken away from her
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and she's done nothing wrong, it's a problem.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- Unless she's Shi'a, because then it's OK.- You keep talking...
0:36:29 > 0:36:32OK, I think I'm done now. I'll leave you here.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Don't leave.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- JASON:- I don't know what points we've made, if any,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37but shall we continue with...?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- The walk! The lovely walk! - Before it starts raining.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46All I wanted to do was show people a nice old cathedral
0:36:46 > 0:36:49and walk along a wall and see a few gardens,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53but that seems to have been tremendously divisive.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55It wasn't an exercise to go,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- "Listen, you need to start respecting how Britain is." - It's not...
0:36:57 > 0:37:00And I feel like that's how some people kind of perceived it,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03and that clearly wasn't what it was.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- So, this right-hand... - Down, down, down.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Wow!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11'They are a divided bunch, so that's a finding,'
0:37:11 > 0:37:14which, I guess in terms of Islamophobia,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16it demonstrates that it's a non-stance
0:37:16 > 0:37:20because you don't quite know what you're phobic against, are you?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25I've experienced loads of Islamophobia on social media.
0:37:25 > 0:37:31The biggest thing was someone saying that they were going to kidnap me
0:37:31 > 0:37:33and gang-rape me
0:37:33 > 0:37:36and they would force me to have their children.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Um...
0:37:39 > 0:37:45That was, I think, the biggest thing that someone...
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I'm sorry.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56SHE SNIFFS
0:38:18 > 0:38:21OK, OK, OK, OK. Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22This is Ali.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29OK, OK. Amir Khan, Amir Khan. Do Amir Khan.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32HE LAUGHS
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Seriously, you know, after having a conversation with Abdul,
0:38:38 > 0:38:40I just was looking for some comfort, I opened the Koran,
0:38:40 > 0:38:43and the first verse that I fell on said,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46"Don't heed the warnings of a madman."
0:38:46 > 0:38:50And that just made me laugh. I was like, "Oh, that's really funny."
0:38:51 > 0:38:52- Yeah.- Exactly.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I'm not saying he's a madman.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57But he is a bit.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07I'm surprised. Do you think it's weird that I'm surprised?
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Like, are you surprised that he had that view?
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Sometimes I don't think he fully understands
0:39:13 > 0:39:14exactly what he's saying.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16But it is a surprising view, right?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Like, this isn't...? These aren't your views, right?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- No, no.- Do I have a problem with Shi'as that say certain things?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Yes. I'm not going to pretend just because you're in front of me.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- Yeah, sure.- But you know, you can't just decide it's OK to kill people.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35What exactly did you say?
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Because I do have a problem with you if you said that.- It's not...
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- You didn't say it's OK for her to be killed...?- No, I did not say that.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Do you believe that?- I didn't... No, and the record will show that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47If someone came to me and said,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50"I don't give a shit if you get shot," I'd be sad,
0:39:50 > 0:39:52and you can see that, right? That's common sense.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- Agreed?- Yeah, yeah.- She thinks you haven't got that common sense.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56You know, she was crying,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59and she's not even the most sensitive person in the house.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- She's not. - She was crying because she...
0:40:01 > 0:40:04She was so shaken up by what you said,
0:40:04 > 0:40:06she even asked me, "Do you believe this, too?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08"Do you really think it's OK for me to be shot?"
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Cos that makes you seem like a monster.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15There's no way that she could have taken what I said in that manner.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19I said the worst thing in life is dying having not embraced Islam.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Listen, if she asked you and that was your answer...
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- No, but...- That was your answer, man. I heard it.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- I was so clear... - So, just talk about it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30She's the type of person which I don't really want to interact with.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I don't want to interact with her. That's my stance.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- How about just apologising? - I don't need to speak to her.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40She doesn't need to speak to me. So let's leave it at that.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Have a good sleep?- Good enough.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15When I got back from my run this morning,
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Abdul unplugged his microphone and asked if I had a microphone on,
0:41:19 > 0:41:23and said... "I just want you to know
0:41:23 > 0:41:25"that you are the most sincere person in this house
0:41:25 > 0:41:29"and I don't think you should die."
0:41:29 > 0:41:33And I said, "Thanks for saying that."
0:41:33 > 0:41:34And then he left.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41He's got this sort of simple and straight way of thinking,
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and I think he thinks that if he apologises,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46that somehow it means that something he said was wrong,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49and he doesn't think that anything he says is wrong.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52He's not very good at communication,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55he doesn't have much emotional intelligence,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58and that's why I wonder whether there's something actually up there.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02I'm really confused about him.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I'm not really sure who he is.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18What do you like in a woman? What do you like about women?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20I don't think it's appropriate to talk about that.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25- Why? ..English! - Yeah, it's very English.- Behave.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28We can't say things are very English or not very English.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- There's a beautiful woman sitting over there.- There is.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- Ohh!- Exactly. - A very glamorous, glamorous woman...
0:42:34 > 0:42:35There's a woman sitting there.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- I'm going to...- Randomly go up... - ..go over there now...
0:42:38 > 0:42:39And what would you say?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41And I want you to say the first thing that comes to mind.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- I'll be your wingman. - I wouldn't say anything.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- You go there...- I'll be your wingman. Are we going now?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- What, are we going to...? - OK. Come on.- What are we doing? - I'm being your wingman.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54When we found out non-Muslims were going to come, I thought,
0:42:54 > 0:42:58"I see non-Muslims every day, so what's the big deal?"
0:42:58 > 0:43:02But actually, their questions and their involvement
0:43:02 > 0:43:04has caused a major reaction.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07You could say something to me. Say, "There's a lovely damsel..."
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Oh, what a beautiful creature sitting in the corner.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- I've always thought so, you know. - Absolutely arresting.- Yes.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- I particularly love the beard. - Oh-ho-ho!
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- You like a beard on a girl. - Absolutely.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21I would have never thought the tour of York
0:43:21 > 0:43:24would incite such strong opinions
0:43:24 > 0:43:27and passionate debates and arguments,
0:43:27 > 0:43:29and that wouldn't have happened
0:43:29 > 0:43:34had Jason not stood and said it makes him feel British.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36- And what's your name?- Jalaluddin.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39HE LAUGHS
0:43:39 > 0:43:40Jalal... What a nice name.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43- Would you like to sit down? - I'd love to sit down.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44Yes, absolutely.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47So, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
0:43:47 > 0:43:51- I'm just waiting for a nice guy like you.- Oh, really? Gosh, well...
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Get your coat, you've pulled!
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I just want to go home now, man.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05'I think there has been the emergence of a more orthodox group,'
0:44:05 > 0:44:07and then you've got the liberal group.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11The main disparity between the two groups now
0:44:11 > 0:44:13is one, where I'm not entirely sure
0:44:13 > 0:44:14where the halal, haram,
0:44:14 > 0:44:17allowed, not allowed, heaven-hell boundaries lie,
0:44:17 > 0:44:20and one where they're saying it's quite clear-cut,
0:44:20 > 0:44:21this is in the book, don't deny it.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23And then I'm in the middle.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I guess that means I'm kind of in the middle in my practice.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35The group are preparing dinner.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38INDISTINCT
0:44:38 > 0:44:40But they're yet to agree on the menu.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42I'm going to make a saag and chicken.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44- I love saag and chicken.- Ooh!
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Can you take...
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Can we do half and half?
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Cos me and Nabil have bought ingredients to make chicken.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53- Oh, right, yeah, that's fine. - Is that all right?- Yeah.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- ZOHRA:- I think Ferhan's also making something.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57That's all right cos I went and bought stuff to cook.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59- Is that your Sainsbury's bag?- Yeah.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01- That wasn't even on the budget, either.- Ooh!
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Dipped into my tiny pocket. So, yeah...
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Those mine you're chopping up?
0:45:08 > 0:45:11- Um, just using any old thing... - Did you ask?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14- Excuse me...- I went out and got something with my own pocket.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16No, Nabil, don't get in my face.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17- Don't touch my stuff. - Go away. Go away.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Maybe your mother didn't teach you not to touch other people's things.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- Don't talk about my mother!- Maybe...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Don't you dare talk about my mother, OK?!
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- Keep shouting. - Don't you dare talk about my mother!
0:45:28 > 0:45:30- That was crossing the line. - I don't care.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32I bought stuff with my pocket...
0:45:32 > 0:45:34In this day, you can ask for the money back.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Like I said, maybe some people weren't taught that.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39- Don't touch my stuff.- You don't talk about somebody's mother.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41And you don't touch other people's things.
0:45:41 > 0:45:42And then you tell me go away?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44If I don't go away, what are you going to do?
0:45:44 > 0:45:46What are you going to do?
0:45:46 > 0:45:47- Don't touch my things. - You're just a baby.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Did you ask me? You don't have manners.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Yeah, only you've got manners, hey?
0:45:52 > 0:45:56- Have I taken anyone's things? - Listen, it's not...- You're an idiot.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57And you can shout as much...
0:45:57 > 0:45:59- This is bullying. - Stop abusing people.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02You're an idiot as well. It's not bullying.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04You took my stuff. You're taking my stuff.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06You talk loud and you're abusive and aggressive
0:46:06 > 0:46:08- and you think that's allowed. - Who's abusive now?
0:46:08 > 0:46:11I bought something and you took it.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Like I said, you clearly have no manners.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Do not touch my stuff.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- Oh, get out.- Or what? What are you going to do if I don't?
0:46:19 > 0:46:20Yeah, yeah, show your aggression!
0:46:20 > 0:46:24Aggressive to men, aggressive to women, aggressive to the elderly.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27He took my stuff, you idiot. He took my stuff.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29He took my stuff.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32- Back off! Back off! - Can you mind your own business?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- What's he going to do?- Back off!
0:46:34 > 0:46:38- Back off! Back off! - It's none of your business.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40What, are you hanging about waiting to say goodbye?
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- No, I need my bag. - I'll get it. Which one is it?
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- Yeah, as if it's gold.- Piss off.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49As if he's going to die without his stuff cos he paid for it.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- You're a fucking bully. - That's right - you are.
0:46:52 > 0:46:53I'm being taken out of the room.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Someone took my things, and I asked him,
0:46:55 > 0:46:57"Did you take it out of the Sainsbury's bag."
0:46:57 > 0:47:00- "Oh, just go away, go away." - Such an idiot.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02You know, I'm going back in the kitchen.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- I want to take my things. - Let's go.- Yeah?
0:47:06 > 0:47:09FERHAN SIGHS
0:47:09 > 0:47:10I don't need to be out of the kitchen.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14- Don't touch my stuff. Use your own. - You know what? Have your onion.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19- It's so stupid.- Yeah. - I can't...
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- We'll see you tomorrow.- Yes.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- They mean a lot to you, don't they? - Yeah, yeah.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26My things mean a lot to me, cos, unlike you,
0:47:26 > 0:47:29my mother taught me not to take other people's things. Yeah?
0:47:31 > 0:47:33FERHAN CRIES
0:47:33 > 0:47:34Listen, it's OK.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38As if he can just bully you and you're going to have to take it. No!
0:47:38 > 0:47:40'He's coming up to me like he wants to fight.'
0:47:40 > 0:47:42I just say there's a bias.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be allowed to get away with behaving like that.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47I could not charge up to somebody aggressively that way.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- HE SOBS - It's OK, it's OK.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52It's OK.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55(Shh... It's OK.)
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Well, at least he chopped the onions. That's one job done.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05You said it from the heart.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- It was so painful for you to hear that.- Yeah, really was.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10And we judge ourselves, thinking,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12oh, we shouldn't have reacted like that, or whatever,
0:48:12 > 0:48:15whether it's me being furious and raging.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17- But he's talking about your mother...- My mother.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20..and how she's brought you up
0:48:20 > 0:48:23- He has no limit to how nasty he can be about...- No!
0:48:23 > 0:48:26He gives himself permission to go any place,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29get as personal as you want.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33I mean, it just reveals how ludicrous and immature he is.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36We're going to have this complete divide.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- There's no pretence.- No way.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Thanks so much, Nabil. It's amazing. It's so tasty.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Yeah, you know me, bullying and cooking.
0:49:07 > 0:49:08There was an explosion,
0:49:08 > 0:49:11but I've seen it building over a few days now.
0:49:11 > 0:49:12It's like a volcano.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16I think it's good, it's sort of like, boom, better out than in, man.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22That happening made our situation that much more real.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25We're not a bunch of holy people sitting around being pious.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28This is about the reality of Muslims
0:49:28 > 0:49:34and the life that goes on around them and what happens between them.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Allah...
0:49:37 > 0:49:40It's valuable because it shows one more and more
0:49:40 > 0:49:45it's a mistake to carry around a rigid idea of what Islam is.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Allah...
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Each of us has trouble, each of us has something,
0:49:49 > 0:49:51we have to learn to ride it properly.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54And we say if you feel troubled and disturbed,
0:49:54 > 0:49:57turn to the law of the universe.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Just don't splurge out on the people.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02It's futile.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22- Do you see my hair?- Hm? - What the hell is wrong with...?
0:50:22 > 0:50:25It's a very healthy head of hair you have.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28It's the final morning in York.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29After ten days,
0:50:29 > 0:50:33everyone is ready to leave the place they've made their home.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38I'm feeling quite tired. Very tired, very tired.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40- OBJECT CLATTERS - Ooh!
0:50:42 > 0:50:45You lot are too scared to accept that you wear Crocs...
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Just put the things away, man.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Putting them away, but they'll be coming back out when I get home.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53We've already got enough things, us Muslims, to be sorry for.
0:50:53 > 0:50:58OK, 7/7, 9/11, Citizen Khan, and now this? Oh, man.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03To celebrate, they're having a barbecue.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06And they've invited the locals back for one last time.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Hello! Oh, I love your outfit.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11- Hello, hello.- It's my favourite.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Wow! Look...
0:51:13 > 0:51:15I must be synchronised with your colouring.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Oh, yes, perfect.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Just because we had some disagreements,
0:51:21 > 0:51:24that doesn't mean that we can't sit and eat together.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Yesterday, it was all a bit tense, wasn't it?
0:51:28 > 0:51:29It was all a bit tense...
0:51:29 > 0:51:33- It's all sort of calmed down now. - Seems to be a happier household.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36THEY SING
0:51:36 > 0:51:39# My name is Sheila... #
0:51:39 > 0:51:41THEY LAUGH
0:51:45 > 0:51:48LAUGHTER
0:51:48 > 0:51:50You're so violent, man.
0:51:52 > 0:51:53You're so abusive.
0:51:56 > 0:51:57Are you sure you know what you're doing?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59I ain't seen no-one season no food round here.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01You haven't seen me season food?
0:52:01 > 0:52:04- Let it percolate.- To perco...?!
0:52:04 > 0:52:06HE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Percolate food...
0:52:13 > 0:52:15HE LAUGHS
0:52:17 > 0:52:19- MEHREEN:- I'm so excited.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22And so hungry.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24The end is in sight.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27I just want to literally have a nice time today.
0:52:27 > 0:52:32- Like, I'm not going to sit and harbour negativity.- No, absolutely.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Allah is our judge - not people.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37- We look sexy.- I don't believe that.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48OK. I'm going to do this the best that I can.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51In the kitchen, Mehreen is getting her own halal makeover.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Here we go.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56I feel like a rich Arab wife.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59It actually looks better than I thought it would look.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02- What do you think, Abdul Haq? - Much better. Masha'Allah.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05- Much better?- Obviously, from an Islamic point of view.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09- What about from your point of view? - I have no point of view.- Good.
0:53:09 > 0:53:10I feel like a supermodel.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12I don't think feeling like a supermodel
0:53:12 > 0:53:15is the purpose behind the hijab.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18I can't help it if I look nice with my hair covered.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22- Am I still wearing it wrong? - I don't know the specifics.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Some say, what you're wearing now,
0:53:24 > 0:53:26it's a lot more better than what you were wearing yesterday.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29I think it's none of his business what I wear.
0:53:29 > 0:53:30It's her family's business, and...
0:53:30 > 0:53:33I think it's none of his business what I wore yesterday,
0:53:33 > 0:53:34and he should have lowered his gaze,
0:53:34 > 0:53:36you wouldn't know what I was wearing yesterday.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38You're just winding him up. Stop it.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Wear the hijab on your tongue, girl.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50He's been going on about the hijab for so long,
0:53:50 > 0:53:53that I couldn't put it on and not ask him any questions.
0:53:53 > 0:53:54I understand.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59So, if you just take a wee bit, sorry.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01- What is this?- Kebab.- Ooh!
0:54:01 > 0:54:04- Kebab?- Oh, God...- Chris.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Can I say something, please?
0:54:06 > 0:54:11Can I thank you all for actually putting up with us.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14And this has been a wonderful integration, in many ways,
0:54:14 > 0:54:16so thank you for allowing me to be part of it
0:54:16 > 0:54:20- and actually allowing me to share... - She speaks for us all, of course.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23I came in having no Muslim friends,
0:54:23 > 0:54:25and I hope I have, now, ten.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Maybe we can go shopping at Harrods or something like that,
0:54:27 > 0:54:29that would be quite nice. I hope.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33And of course, you will, I hope, look me up if ever you're in York.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35I came in definitely confused,
0:54:35 > 0:54:38and I'm sure I am leaving more confused.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40But I've also learnt that
0:54:40 > 0:54:43the only way to resolve issues
0:54:43 > 0:54:46is by learning more and more about
0:54:46 > 0:54:48the people that you are talking about.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52There's a lot more that connects us and that we share in common
0:54:52 > 0:54:53than we don't.
0:54:53 > 0:54:54We are all individuals,
0:54:54 > 0:54:58we're all built, sculpted by our experiences in life.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03I think it's really important that non-Muslims see
0:55:03 > 0:55:04that you can't just say, "Muslims think this,"
0:55:04 > 0:55:06or, "Muslims are like that."
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Actually, I don't think you can even define what a Muslim is like.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12I don't know if Muslims can even define what...
0:55:12 > 0:55:15I mean, really, if we tried to define a Muslim between the ten of us,
0:55:15 > 0:55:18can you imagine the craziness that would ensue?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Even though it felt emotional at times,
0:55:20 > 0:55:24I think it was healthy that we actually showed
0:55:24 > 0:55:27that we're no different to any other society
0:55:27 > 0:55:32and that we all have our different ways.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35You know, we don't all agree with each other,
0:55:35 > 0:55:37but one thing that was inspiring
0:55:37 > 0:55:39was that, inherently, we all want to do good.
0:55:40 > 0:55:44And while we all argue about what wallpaper should be on,
0:55:44 > 0:55:46we are still part of the same house.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49When you're just around each other
0:55:49 > 0:55:52and you get past the bits you find difficult to digest,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55companionship, which is a pillar of Islam,
0:55:55 > 0:55:59works miraculously when you're just living together.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01There is the brother or cousin or auntie
0:56:01 > 0:56:03you find a bit tricky or difficult,
0:56:03 > 0:56:08but you accept them and you accept the difficult parts as well.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13SHE CHUCKLES
0:56:13 > 0:56:16We learnt to live together, which is the key.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19APPLAUSE
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Anything said, it was just in the moment.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Sure, that's fine.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43- I'm going to...- No!
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Got it! Done!
0:56:44 > 0:56:47- See you later, man. Take care. All the best, yeah?- Take care.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49See later, man.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54- Take care, Abdul. - As-salamu alaykum. I'll see you.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59It was great having you in the room.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01- Are you going to call me? - Absolutely, yes.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02Every time you need your make-up done?
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Yes, that'll last about, what, ten years from now.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10I don't know why I'm crying so much.
0:57:10 > 0:57:11So, this is it.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Khuda hafiz.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22'I would like to say to the Muslims in Britain,
0:57:22 > 0:57:25'come out from your houses, your families,'
0:57:25 > 0:57:29and really fully arrive in this country.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31Really engage with the British people
0:57:31 > 0:57:33cos that's your duty, that's what you have to do here.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37You have to teach them what Islam is about, move on from the culture.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Let's go, let's go.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42Say bye to our house, our ten-bedroom house.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44It's the nicest house I've ever been in.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- I'm going to miss the garden. - Oh, my God, the grass.
0:57:47 > 0:57:48'We're not the enemy.'
0:57:48 > 0:57:51We live next to you, we operate on you, we cook for you,
0:57:51 > 0:57:54we drive you, we teach you, and everything in between.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56We even entertain you on stage.
0:58:01 > 0:58:02A bed for every night.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04'We are just people'
0:58:04 > 0:58:06who want normal things from life.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10We're people who fall short, and we're people who try our best,
0:58:10 > 0:58:11just like everyone else.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17The next time you see a Muslim,
0:58:17 > 0:58:19maybe try and say hi.
0:58:19 > 0:58:20See what happens.