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Video summary

Twelve-year-old Kaisan visits the East London Mosque ("masjid" in Arabic) with his dad.

It's a place to pray, study, and learn how to be a good human being from the iman (holy man).

It is considered disrespectful to make pictures of God or the prophets in Islam, so mosques are decorated with patterns, calligraphy and stained glass.

Men and women have separate prayer halls, and they pray towards a niche in the wall that faces in the direction of Mecca.

This is from the series: My Life, My Religion - Islam

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Teacher Notes

Find from the web some examples of mosques near to your school ('near' may mean 50 miles away in rural Yorkshire or in Cornwall for example, but this still makes the study more local).

Use web images and mosque sites to examine with the class what is similar and what is different between the large purpose-built East London Mosque in the clip and other local examples.

Most purpose-built mosques have a dome and a minaret, but all mosques have somewhere to wash, a Qibla wall to show the direction of Mecca, and space to bow and pray.

Pupils could use the similarities and differences exercise to compare a mosque to another place of worship - church, temple, Gurdwara or synagogue for example.

This is from the series: My Life, My Religion - Islam

These clips will be relevant for teaching Religious Education at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and First and Second Level in Scotland.

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Being a young Muslim. video

A young Muslim girl from London called Sara introduces herself, her Muslim faith and her family.

Being a young Muslim

The Qur'an. video

Kaisan and Naeem share ways that the Qur鈥檃n makes a difference to their lives.

The Qur'an

The washing ritual, 'Wudu' video

Before prayer, Muslims make sure they are clean, using the washing ritual - 鈥榃udu鈥.

The washing ritual, 'Wudu'

Prayer in Islam. video

Kaisan, a 12 year old British Muslim boy, explains how he prays five times a day, and says what it means to him in spiritual terms.

 Prayer in Islam

The Muslim pilgrimage, Hajj. video

Sara, aged 11, describes how the Hajj pilgrimage has an impact on Muslims.

The Muslim pilgrimage, Hajj

Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr. video

Sara, aged 11, explains why fasting is good: for devotion to Allah, for self discipline and for sympathy for the poor, explaining her religious practice.

Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr

The Hijab. video

Sara, aged 11, has decided to start wearing the hijab as she begins secondary school. She explains why this matters to her and expresses her Muslim faith.

The Hijab

What is Islam? video

Young Muslim girl Sara gives a brief guide to the faith by describing the five Pillars of Islam: belief, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage.

What is Islam?

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