director of islamic relief and i'm not thank you to spin up and run welcome to the experiment show thank you so it must be a very big obviously of ramadan the holy month for all muslims but must be a very busy one for the u.k.'s leading muslim charity well i think most people know that ramadan is a month of fasting so they're probably aware that during daylight hours from sunrise to sunset we don't drink we don't eat as part of the conditions of the fast but has the water for you yeah i didn't want to have any close to me because i was going now just in case i reach for it we can make that mistake. but what's less well known is that it's also the month of giving so one of the five pillars is a cat it's a charitable contribution from your income is two and a half percent of your expendable income. for clothes are different reasons usually connected to the concept of greater reward most. leave contributing their charitable donations until the month of ramadan so we receive in the space of maybe five or six weeks half of our annual income so it's a very very busy period when i was first min

i'm joined by three in a hockey head a program of islamic relief and fabulous sergeant challenges an event coordinator welcome to the alexander show and have now we are hopefully perhaps the last day of ramadan biffen expectations are not necessarily the case the eve might be to morrow inshallah i will be king five years to understand thought if i may come to you for us a bit about what ramadan is all about it and why we do what we teach in this twenty one. or the whole this month for muslims around the world and actually the literal meaning of ramadan is to the burning which means that the pit it's a symbol of the purification that we're going through so the purification of ourselves and similarly that where you have gold is purified through the process of burning and refining and purifying similarly we as a similar process by your refining ourselves and you purifying ourselves and you have a stripping about all of all what's in desires to do to the best that we can and in the ways that god has asked us to do so upsetting from first that we can appreciate better sorry for motors tha

i'm joined by steve you know huck head a program of islamic relief and fabulous faggot challenges and events coordinator welcome to the alexander and sure enough now we are hopefully perhaps the last day of ramadan biffen expectations are not necessarily the case the eve might be to morrow inshallah i will take you five years to understand father if i may come to you for us a bit about what ramadan is all about right and why we do what we do taking the twenty one percent of those all of the whole this month for muslims around the world and actually the literal meaning of ramadan is to the burning which means that the it's a symbol of the purification that we're going through saw the purification of ourselves so similarly that where you have gold it's purified through the process of burning and refining and purifying similarly we as a similar process where your refining ourselves and you purifying ourselves and you have to strip in about all of all worlds and desires to do the best that we can and in the ways that god has asked us to do so observing from first that we can appreciate be

it means and its importance to muslims around the world as we talk to international aid agency islamic relief largeness where i'm at and barrenness. we also turn to the issue islamophobia as tensions continue to mount since home secretary sided jabot escalated arrive with the most some kind of britain after he detected their call for an independent inquiry into allegations of islam a phobia within the conservative party and respect authority p.l.r. cheek there's also called a number ten to address this matter of grave concern but first over to alex with your tweets your messages and your e-mails. first up this week is a message for c n n bob who says i'm glad there are still civilized people like you are male alec baldwin do your best on the show to raise the tone and then a few messages about season shipbuilding bogan says should be resurrecting the glasgow shipyards and those at newcastle dempsey adds great show this week very interesting views and scottish shipbuilding after india once again become a world leader and more like bronson adds another great program discussing the park area shi

islamic relief nationals across the nation and as its foundation and i mean foundation. we're seeing now that these organizations can now sit on a government level and actually advise government ministers and individuals as to how to do with u.k. tragedies because you know the u.k. spends tremendous amount of money on humanitarian aid but when we realize that actually all such it keeps me sane people of delivery when it comes to tragedies and you just it just it makes sense how can we send tremendous amount of money abroad and do we try to support but when it happens when the rich is borrowing six richard or i think the world. you know we're helpless as interesting i want to go to richard bergen he said just a spokesperson for the labor party and he's based in the u.k. we asked him about his thoughts one year of the anniversary of the ground for tower coming down this is what he told the street he asked mary one most optimistic about i am optimistic that the british public will keep supporting the survivors in their struggle for justice because more than one hundred fift

it means and its importance to muslims around the world as we talk to international aid agency islamic relief lord mr ahmed and baroness iton we also turn to the issue of slum a phobia as tensions continue to mount since home secretary sided jabot escalated arrive with the most some kinds of britain after he dejected their call for an independent inquiry into allegations of a slum of four bia within the conservative party and we speak to tory p.l.r. chief who has also called a number ten to address this matter of grave concern but first over to alex with your tweets your messages and your e-mails. first up this week is a message for c n n bob who says i'm glad there are still civilized people like you are male alec baldwin do best in the show to raise the tone and then a few messages about season shipbuilding bogan says should be resurrecting the glasgow shipyards and those at newcastle dempsey adds great show this week very interesting views and scholarship building after india once again become a world leader and more like bronson adds another great program the scots in the park area shipbu

it means and its importance to muslims around the world as we talk to international aid agency islamic relief largeness there are met and. we also turned to the issue islamophobia as tensions continue to mount since home secretary sided jabot escalate. to die within the some kinds of britain after he detected their call for an independent inquiry into allegations of islam a phobia within the conservative party i'm going to speak to tony p. a large chief who is also called to number ten suggest this matter of grave concern but first over to alex that your tweets your messages and your e-mails well first up this week is a message for the alan ball who says i'm glad there are still civilized people like you in a well it well baldwin do an absolute best on this show to raise the tone and then a few messages about season shipbuilding colgan says should be resurrecting the glasgow shipyards and those at newcastle craig dempsey adds great show this week benny and testing views on scottish shipbuilding after then did it once again become a what a leader and more like branson adds another great progra

. >>> the royal family breathing a sig of relief today. the islamic called for attacks on prince george and encouraged acts of terrorism in turks k has been convicted. 32-year-old hushane posted the message even the royal family will not be left alone. he could face life in prison. despite the scary threat, the royals kept things business as usual. that's george's dad, prince william, attending a darden party yesterday, dressed in top hat and tailed. he accompanied his grandmother and his cousin. he e had a solitary matching blossom on his lapel. his other half, kate middleton, skipped the event. she's not back to miking public appearances yet. it's the second of three garden parties the queen is hosting. harry and meghan attended the last one. but not this one. somewhat a garden party? it's way for the queen to recognize and reward public service. guests have a chance to chat with the queen and partake in the tea, sandwiches, and 20,000 slices of cake that are served. zplrvelgts let's get you up to speed on more headlines. katy's tour de france fashi

islamic relief.e needy. an all party parliamentary group has been analysing the impact it is having on uk charities during ramadan. it is now thought around £100 million is donated during the islamic holy month. the report says that figure could reach £500 million every year. there has been a huge rise in donations, especially amongst 25 to 34 —year—olds. donations, especially amongst 25 to 34 -year-olds. they are using online platforms and crowd funding platforms and crowd funding platforms to do peer—to—peer fundraising, which we are seeing a huge increase in. people are thinking of the fact that when our older generation first arrived, they won't as economically affluent as the younger generation are today. last year we raise something in excess of £11 million. back at open ifta r, excess of £11 million. back at open iftar, omar, who started the event, leaves islam's positive impact is too often overlooked. it isjust u nfortu nate too often overlooked. it isjust unfortunate that these actions and

a cease fire does come into effect it will bring some relief to a country blighted by frequent attacks blamed mainly on the taliban and the islamic state militant group earlier this week seven people were killed in kabul and outside the capital helmand province is one of the most vile volatile regions and that report brings you the story of one woman whose fate mirrors that of a country caught between tradition and war. eighteen year old khadija can barely remember her fast husband they were engaged when he joined the taliban and was killed by u.s. troops as is customary or was then forced to marry his younger brother. we had a daughter and when she turned one my husband was killed i was fourteen afterwards i had to marry the youngest brother. mother in law shows us a photo of her most recently killed son he and another brother became policeman for the new government both lost their lives in an attack by the taliban. the. taliban killed two of my sons that's another one died at the hands of the americans i hate them both. so we. could teach as now married to nineteen year old chums the last surviving brother he's thinking about j