What's it like to serve as a Muslim in the British Army today? I'm Sube de de Malek and you're

listening to the world service. I've been talking to British Muslim soldiers who've agreed

to speak openly for the first time

about what it's like to serve as a Muslim in the British army. Some names have been

changed to protect people's identities. When I told my father in the kitchen,

my father said,

so you want to go around the world killing Muslims, do you?

And I said, no, I don't believe that that's what I want to do at all

and that's not me, and I was quite upset that that's what I want to do at all and that's not me and I was I was

quite upset that he took that rather right-wing view and then several months

later 9-11 happened so actually it gave weight to how I felt and how kind of loyal I felt to Britain.

It even gave me more cause thinking that's not right, I want to do the right thing.

Major Jasmine is one of 440 two Muslim soldiers in the British Army.

Over her 10-year career, she served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there.

Baghdad tonight, under heavy bombardment, on the day the war started.

The numbers of serving Muslim soldiers may be small, but says

Amam Asim Hafiz, his appointment as the first Muslim chaplain to the British

Armed Forces 12 years ago highlighted their crucial presence.

9-11 was still fresh in people's minds.

The 7-7 attacks in the London Underground was still fresh in people's minds.

So at the time when questions were being asked about whether Muslims were contributing to British society,

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