Allah in Europe (5/8): The blessings of Sharia - Great Britain | Documentary series

Jan Leyers arrived at his fifth station on his journey across Europe: London. The laws in GB are much more liberal when it comes to religion than in the countries he visited before. People are allowed to practice their religion and wear whatever they want, as long as they don't harm others.

Jan meets Haitham al-Haddad, a popular Sheikh who is the chairman of a Sharia council, one of eighty in GB. He decides on marriages, divorces and inheritances. Jan discusses his rather controversial views on the Islamic law.

At Leicester Square, Jan joins a group of street preachers who want to tell the British about Islam. He listens to their conversations with non-Muslims who ask them some critical questions regarding tolerance in Islam.

Jan visits a Muslim funeral parlour and attends an Islamic funeral. The female boss of the family business shares her opinion on the Islamic dress code. For her, a face veil is not a religious requirement.

In Dewsbury, Jan meets a Muslim community with fairly orthodox views. Women go to the weekly market in Niqab. He talks to both genders about the reasons for covering up the women's bodies and faces.

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What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be on an European, enlightened version of Islam? Is that something Muslims themselves actually want? And will it be possible to overcome the Europeans’ distrust of Islam?

Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex-believers and new converts. What do they hope for and what are their concerns? In this series, Jan stays true to his style: nuanced and respectful, without shying away from controversy.

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