Part One:  Assimilation No, Integration Yes - the story of Malmo

Barang, an influential 22-year-old rap artist

Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy probes under the rosy image Sweden has historically had of a welcoming immigration policy to bring us the true picture of Muslims living in Malmo. 

In the words of one Muslim leader, the Muslim community can integrate into the larger community - but will not lose its cultural and religious identity.
 
Obaid-Chinoy speaks to Barang, an influential 22-year-old rap artist from Rosengard; Malmo's poorest and immigrant-populated district.

Barang feels his highly political lyrics are the best way to express his frustration at feeling excluded from Swedish society. 
 

Smaller, more conservative mosques like this basement mosque are becoming popular

Part One airs on:
June 11 2007 at 0700GMT and 1430GMT
June 12 2007 at 0030GMT
June 13 at 0530GMT and 1930GMT
June 14 at 0300GMT and 0730GMT
June 15 at 0130GMT and 1330GMT
June 16 at 0230 and 1730GMT
June 17 at 0630GMT and 1900GMT

Part Two – Spain's Hidden Mosques

Filmmaker Justin Webster explores Spain's uneasy relationship with its Muslim population.

Webster lives in Spain and finds battles over the construction of new mosques to be one of the most pressing problems Muslims in Barcelona and Catalonia face.

Dozens have been closed down in recent years after fierce political and public opposition. And, when mosques are built, they can be found in small, make-shift venues –largely hidden from public sight.  
 
But in the southern city of Granada, once the symbol of Islamic power in Europe, Justin finds a different story.

After the construction of a mosque in the shadow of the Alhambra four years ago, young Muslims speak about the refreshingly different perception Spaniards have of Muslims.

Locals say they are happy for mosques to be built – and permission for the opening of new ones is much easier to come by.

Part Two airs on:
June 18 2007 at 0700GMT and 1430GMT
June 19 2007 at 0030GMT
June 20 at 0530GMT and 1930GMT
June 21 at 0300GMT and 0730GMT
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June 23 at 0230 and 1730GMT.
July 24 at 0630GMT and 1900GMT

Part Three – Muslim Berliners

Students learn about the Quran in after-school classes

Mariam Shahin is a Berlin-born filmmaker of Palestinian descent.

Her father first came to Germany as a student.

In the film Muslim Berliners she looks at the uneasy history of Turkish and Middle Eastern immigrants, many of whom feel German – but find their allegiances questioned, especially after 9/11.

While some young people experience hostility, and often use their Islamic identity as a way to rebel, others say they do not experience harassment at all – and appreciate efforts to create greater understanding between the two cultures, as a new TV series has done.

Young German Muslims dance to celebrate the circumcision of a young boy in Berlin's thriving Muslim community

Shahin also speaks to some of Germany's rising number of new Muslim converts.

She discovers that many German converts are now playing an active role in explaining Islam to non-Muslim Germans.  

Part Three airs on:
June 25 2007 at 0700GMT and 1430GMT
June 26 2007 at 0030GMT
June 27 at 0530GMT and 1930GMT
June 28 at 0300GMT and 0730GMT
June 29 at 0130GMT and 1330GMT
June 30 at 0230 and 1730GMT
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Part Four – Black, White, and Red Marseille 
 

Francois Bringer with Khader Tilghitt

Whether you are black, white, or red – Marseille is Marseille, one resident declares.

French filmmaker Francois Bringer reports on a story of successful integration in Marseilles, which is rapidly becoming France's first majority-Muslim city.
 
While there have been minor clashes in the past, Marseille has largely seen comfortable collaboration between its faiths and cultures.

Residents account for their tolerance through their shared history, the large number of locals who originate from different countries, and the absence of the word "community" in the official language of the French republic – because of the French desire to make their citizens pledge allegiance first to the republic and not to their religious or ethnic community.
 
A remarkable story of the conflict that could have been.

Part Four airs on:
July 2 2007 at 0700GMT and 1430GMT
July 3 2007 at 0030GMT
July 4 at 0530GMT and 1930GMT
July 5 at 0300GMT and 0730GMT
July 6 at 0130GMT and 1330GMT
July 7 at 0230 and 1730GMT
July 8 at 0630GMT and 1900GMT

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