Gizmodo Media Group is teaming up with Smartypants Pictures to premiere the second season of The Secret Life of Muslims — a video series with a view on modern Islam you’re not getting on cable news.

If you go by what you hear on TV news, you’ve probably only heard the term “jihad” as a scare tactic of a looming Muslim holy war headed straight for you. But that’s wrong.


In the video above, a bunch of American Muslims explain the term and its daily repercussions—mostly in terms of how it relates to dessert.

Check out new episodes every Wednesday, and follow along with the series on Facebook.