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-My name is Faysal Bachelani

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-And my name's Jubayr
Bachelani We live in Beckenham.

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We're both 16 years old.

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-And we're twins.

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-Me, Jubayr, I'm older.

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-Well, Jubayr's older by one
minute, but I'm still taller.

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We are both Muslims.

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My family is all Muslim.

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-We're quite religious.

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We practise a lot,
especially my dad.

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At the moment, we are
in the sacred month

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of Ramadan, the ninth
month of the Islamic year.

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Scared, because prophet
Muhammad received the first word

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of the Qur'an, the
sacred book of Muslims.

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During Ramadan, Muslims
are meant to fast,

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so we're not meant to eat or
drink from when the sun comes

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up to when the sun comes down.

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The first meal of the day
before sunrise is called Sehri.

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The Muslim year is shorter
than the Western year,

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and this means that Ramadan
becomes earlier by 10 days

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each year.

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At its present time,
Ramadan is in the summer.

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The days are quite long.

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-The most important things
as Muslims we have to do

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are called the Five
Pillars of Islam.

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A pillar is a column that
basically holds up a building.

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They support the whole
faith, so without them it

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wouldn't be Islam.

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-So the first Pillar of
Islam is the Shahadah.

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-We have to say the Shahadah.

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[SHAHADAH IN ARABIC]

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That there is only one God,
and the prophet Muhammad

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is his messenger.

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-The second Pillar of Islam
is Salat, which is prayer.

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Muslims are expected to
pray five times a day.

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Wudu is the way to cleanse
yourself before prayer.

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You have to wash your face,
wash your hands, wash your arms,

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wash your legs.

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The Call to Prayer is done just
at the beginning of Fajr, which

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is the first prayer of the day.

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[THE CALL TO PRAYER IN ARABIC]

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-My father usually
leads the prayer.

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My grandpa usually
prays with us well.

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-My mum and my grandma
usually pray with the group,

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but because the camera
people were here today,

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they prayed in a separate room.

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-Muslims pray in the
direction of the Ka'bah, a big

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cube-shaped building
which is in Makkah,

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because Muslims believe the
Ka'bah is the House of God.

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During prayer, you
have to recite passages

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of the Qur'an, and then you
have to prostrate to Allah.

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-It's when you bow to God.

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-It symbolises that he is the
one Lord, he created all of us,

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and he alone deserves praise
and we are his servants.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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-It is quite hard to concentrate
on lessons when you're fasting.

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If you have the urge to eat,
your tummy constantly hurts,

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and your mouth is
quite dry all the time.

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-I think you're
exaggerating a little bit.

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If it's on the first day,
yeah, it's going to be hard,

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but the other days
you get used to it.

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-Sometimes it's bad though.

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Like, depends on
the day, really.

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-In school at lunchtime
we pray the Zuhr salat,

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the second salat.

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-We usually pray in the
chapel, sometimes with friends

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or sometimes alone.

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The third Pillar of
Islam is called Zakat,

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and it is where Muslims
give charity to the poor.

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Instead of using my lunch
money for lunch for Ramadan,

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I would save the
money for charity.

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-When we start
earning, we will give

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zakat which is a 40th of all
money left over when we've

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paid for our homes and food.

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-Sadaqah is voluntary
act of giving to charity.

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Because we don't earn
yet, we give Sadaqah.

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We regularly go to a charity
shop on the High Street.

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I do ironing, iron some clothes.

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We label clothes, we help
at the reception area.

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-It's better to go
out and help others

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rather than sitting at home.

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-The third prayer of
the day is called Asr.

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[ASR PRAYER IN ARABIC]

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The fourth Pillar of
Islam is Sawm, or fasting

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on the holy month of Ramadan.

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Muslims are meant to feel
what it's like to feel poor.

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It's meant to make us
grateful for what we have,

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rather than wanting more.

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It's also meant to cleanse us,
because it is a holy month.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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-My mum my grandma usually don't
wear a headscarf in the house,

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but Muslim women
usually cover their hair

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in the presence of strangers.

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-When the sun goes down,
we are free to eat.

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Usually, we first of all have
a date and a glass of water.

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Then we pray, Maghrib salat,
which is the fourth salat.

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And then after that,
we have a big feast.

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We have our favourite food.

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My mum cooks a lot of food.

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That meal is called iftar.

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It feels great, you know,
it feels great to eat again.

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You feel-- you
feel for those who

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don't have enough food
for a day or for a year.

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The fifth Pillar
of Islam is Hajj.

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-It's the sacred
pilgrimage to Makkah.

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You have to do a lot
of rituals, and you

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have to also visit
a lot of places

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where the Prophet visited.

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The most important part
of the Hajj is visiting

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the Ka'bah, which
is the House of God.

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The Hajj happens in a
specific month, Dhul-Hijja.

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We ourselves haven't
actually been to Hajj,

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but we've been to a
minor one, called Umrah.

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We didn't do it in a specific
month, but we saw the Ka'bah.

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It's a lot different
from the pictures.

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You feel in awe of it.

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-My dad wants us to go on
the Hajj in two years' time.

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He wants us to become a bit
more mature first, you know?

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-Usually we pray Isha, which
is the fifth prayer in the day

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at home with our family.

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But because it's Ramadan,
we pray Isha at the mosque.

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-You see a lot of your friends,
a lot of your relatives.

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It's a very happy sight.

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In the mosque, your
mind is focused

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on praying so you
feel close to God.

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-Ramadan is quite an
important part of Islam.

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It's quite special
to me because I

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do a lot of different
stuff for Ramadan.

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-It brings our family together.

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It makes us all kind of come
together and eat together.

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I think it's special, because
in Ramadan, I feel close to God.

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-The Five Pillars
are special to me

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because they are the most
important part of Islam,

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without which you can't
really call yourself a Muslim.

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