You look happier when you’re preparing for those sessions. I used to joke, ‘I wish there was a mosque just full of college kids.’” Now, he leads one — or rather, he allows the kids to do so.

SARA: 12-year-old Kaisan goes to the East London Mosque with his dad. A mosque or an Arabic masjid is a Muslim place of worship. Every year 1.6 million peoplecome here to pray study or just hang ...