Episode 2

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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.