This article traces changing notions of a moral upbringing among British Bangladesh families in London. It reviews ideas of the making of a moral person ("manush corano") in Bangladesh and contrasts those with contemporary practices and ideas about the good child in London. It argues that in London, British Bangladeshis have embraced a form of Islam that for them represents progress on the "Bengali culture" that they have left behind and the "Western modernity" that they live amongst, it is a third way. For British Bangladeshi children this involves socialisation into a global Muslim community ("umma") and an Islamist interpretation of Islam. Learning to recite the Qur'an correctly ("tajweed") is an important manifestation of the third way.