[cheering and applauding] >> on this show we're talking about muslims and arabs. [cheering and applauding] that's how i can tell i'm in the bay area. yeah. [ applause ] >> that's not the reaction we get in the other parts of this country. we're talking about muslims and arabs. where! [ laughter ] >> got to be honest with you about this episode because it's important to me that it's right, important it puts a right message out there. i have friends that are muslims and arabs. i have to say this out loud because a lot of people realize not all muslims are arabs and not all arabs are muslims. yeah. [ applause ]

and i'm not even trying to be condescending when i say that. i suffered from that when i was growing up. i didn't know. i had a friend who was palestinian. she was a christian. i was like, you're an arab christian? did you concert? she's like no, no, my family is all christian. how did that happen? she goes, because jesus is from the middle east. oh, good point. he was, wasn't he? my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian i made a living in parts of america i don't understand. now i'm challenging myself to dig deeper. i'm on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and beliefs that add color to this crazy country. this is the "united shades of america." whether america as a whole wants to talk about it or not, america

has always had heroes who were muslims. muhammad ali, kareem dul-bbar and malcolm x are examples of the best of us. they have been held up as quintessential americans. how quintessential? muhammad ali was a winner twice. a true american hero. when i was a kid i kind of wished i was a muslim, specifically the nation of islam. they looked cool, talked cool, and they were at the front lines of the civil rights movement. you may remember in the 90s a muslim louis farakan got a million men to march peacefully. maybe beyonce. >> i'm quoting here, an

intentional act. >> but oh, how times have changed. >> a bangladeshy born taxi driver is recovering from knife wuchbds to his face, neck and hands all with the designation of hate crimes. >> a southern california woman brutally beaten will be flown home for burial in iraq. >> the latest statistics show hate crimes against muslims were up 67% in 2015. >> the queens a imam gunned down. >> after the election, there were more than 300 biased incidents that targeted arabs or muslims. what does our fearless lde inton response? a big speech to bring us all together? no. >> the world is reacting to president trump's executive order banning those from seven muslim majority nations from entering the united states. >> oh, yeah, it's big stuff. especially if you consider this. take it from my label mate fareed zakaria. >> the number of americans

killed by citizens of the seven countries banned from 1975 to 2015, you guessed it, zero. >> president trump's order compromises american values at what couldn't be a worse time. as some muslims leave conflict riddled areas in the middle east and end up in america, many land not in major cities but in the more affordable suburbs. and nowhere has seen this happen more than the detroit metro area. there, immigrants can join a muslim community that has been established since the early factory days of the ford motor company. mow town meet mo muslim's town. in and around detroit they are home to over 300,000 americans with roots in the middle east. and in dear born, one out of every three people is arab, many of whom are muslim, and for some people in america that simple stat makes a sleepy suburban

community the scariest place in america? although when we got there, people were maybe a little more woke than normal. the election had happened just days before we arrived. i didn't know what to expect from the muslims there, especially because moments after trump's acceptance speech, i had received a text from ad friend of mine. czar nor bash, a comedian, co-host of podcast good muslim bad muslim. tell me what was going through your mind when you decided to text me. it felt like a signal flare. >> i am so devastated. and when i texted you, i was worried. >> yeah, about what specifically? >> about my family.

>> what's going through your mind? >> i see so much misinformation. >> really? >> like, there is this rhetoric of a standard of muslimness, and that's dangerous. and it's also not true. i feel like it needs to be said there are 1.7 billion muslims in the world and growing, and 72 se cts of islam. 72. >> i thought there was two. i thought there was sunni and shi'a and black muslim. >> 72. >> despite what the two bills would have you believe, islam is not just one thing. most muslims fall into the schools of sunni and shi'a, and a lot more i wish i could pronounce. not to mention the fact that sunni and shi'a split off into other branches of themselves and each have their own interpretations of the qur'an. it's pretty complicated. if only i could think of a comfortable analogy for my

christian, methodist and lutheran friends. ah, forget it. >> there is not actually a muslim community. like, in case the fact that there isn't peace in the middle east is any indication, not all of us like each other a whole lot. >> yeah. and you recently came out of th clos being a bi-sexual. >> yeah. >> her openness, honesty and bravery is why so many people relate to her in the podcast. to me and the rest of her friends, she's a progressivist social justice advocate what it is to be a good muslim. but to some strict orthodox, those things plus she's a bisexual and she's married to an atheist makes her a bad muslim. >> maybe don't say so much about my muslimness. >> under the new era of america where we sort of -- >> people need to wake up. >> yeah. >> seriously, the end of the world.

>> have some sugar. that will make you feel bet ter. see? czar was clearly feeling all the feels. she wasn't alone. this is huge. half a mile long. americans of all backgrounds all over the country hit the streets to protest, even the small 2.2 mile-long suburb of detroit. >> shut down the racist vision of america to stop trump's attacks on immigrants. do i have a second? >> aye. >> i'm just your friendly neighborhood detroit muslim. as a muslim, like, this is so moving. you guys are so sincere in being here and supporting people in our community and other marginalized people in detroit and around the area. one thing i want to emphasize is try to make a muslim friend because you can't build empathy for people unless you get to

know them. you have to spend time with them and talk to them. thank you. >> there are a lot of people giving speeches and they were very fiery and giving the troops rally. you stepped up and said sothing very personal. >> a lot of the misunderstandings of islam have to do with who muslims are. one thing i want americans to know in general during the slave trade up to about 25 to 30% of the slaves came from areas where they were predominantly muslim countries. some people think it's a foreign country, foreign religion. it's very american. it is important to let those more violent voices in our society know that these people are protected. >> can i ask you a question? >> sure. >> what do you do for a living? >> i'm an entrepreneur and photographer. >> when are you running for mayor? sounds like you're on the way. >> i have zero -- >> that's what barack obama said at one point, too.

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islamic center for iraqi refugees. i've been in the town here more than three years. i have left iraq because the oppression of saddam hussein so this is why i really enjoy and appreciate the freedom and the election and democracy. >> we just had an election. what's your thinking about what's going on? >> actually, i voted republican this time. seriously. >> i was going to say, you voted republican? so that means trump? >> well, sometimes my hearing is not good. [ laughter ] >> the reason i voted republican this time, because we are suffering from terrorism. they are terrorists, so, yes, give them a chance and -- >> i'm sorry. [ laughter ] >> i feel like every time he says give them a chance, what about that? give them another chance. what about that? give them one more chance. >> one more. >> thank you very much. thank you.

i wish i could say he was the only muslim i met that day who voted for trump. i really wish i could say that. i could use a drink. but out of respect to the people here, i'm going to try to relax the way they do and i'm joined by some young dudes for the muslim millennial perspective. what is this? >> it's something we've done thousands of years, to drink alcoholic beverages. so, this is considered our bar. >> oh, wow. >> so they come like this. >> i blow it and breathe? >> inhale. >> don't inhale. he's already laughing. >> we'll do it all together. now let it out. congratulations. >> you don't hold it in. you let it out. >> it's like a baby huka. it tastes delicious. it's like a smoke smoothie. were you all born and raised here? >> no, i was born in yemen. then, you know, he was born -- he was born in yemen. we were all born in yemen.

you travel, you know what it means to be american. >> because you see the appreciation that the residents have. just being able to just live a life without fearing whatever is happening in the middle east. >> talk about where you are in your practice of your religion. are you all practicing your faith? >> yes, the five pillars of islam is praying five times a day, donating to the poor, don't hedge or don't kill mecca. >> a pilgrimage. >> fasting and telling our other peers about the religion. those are the five pillars of islam. that's the call to prayer. >> is that the call to prayer? you have an alarm on your phone? >> i have an app. >> call prayer in the city you're in. >> it moves with you based on the time. >> we pray five times a day. >> i'm not getting you in trouble right now? >> you can do it with the next

one as long as you don't skip it overall. the mosques call the prayer on the speakers. you hear that in other cities. you won't. and there's a lot of people against it. they're like, it's too noisy or i don't want to hear that. >> these are not muslims. >> yeah. our argument was we've never had an issue with the church bells going off. all we're asking is if you can respect our culture, you know what i mean? >> they have more in common with you than they think. >> exactly. we believe in jesus. we believe in moses, we believe in noah. the same stories it's just along the way the new testament came out and different things happened. >> all right, thanks. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. i tried to go out cool. it didn't happen. i definitely encounter stereo types based on my appearance. mainly i'm the drummer for the tonight show. for many muslim women because

they cover their heads with scarves and veils, it freaks them out. this is a muslim woman from dear borne who can tell me what is going on as someone who chooses to wear her sha. i'm going to ask some dumb questions, some on behalf of me and some on behalf of the world. what exactly is a burka? >> they have the face showing. the burka covers everything. >> i see women who are wearing them. the eye makeup is like on fleek as people would say who know ho. >> that just goes to show tt a lot of it is cuural. >> dumb question, larry. good job. let's talk about that. >> some interpretations of the qur'an say you have to be covered in a certain way. to the extent of the covering, it's vague as to how it has to be done. it doesn't say you have to cover around your face or around your

hair. it says bosom. a sign of modesty. hijab not just a hair covering. it's the way you act with people. the way you decide to where the hijab is cultural, as opposed to a religious interpretation. i feel like now is the time more than ever to go out there and make it normal for making people see someone wearing a hijab and accept it. >> would you describe yourself as a feminist? >> absolutely. we allow women to do what they want to do, not what american women want them to do. >> i certainly agree with you and hear what you're saying. i didn't know i have a lot of lefty friends who think you need to be liberated from the head scarf. also there is a narrative there is a double standard. muslim women have to cover up but there is nothing in the qur'an saying men have to cover up. >> men do take that step and cover more. that's how it is. >> she is right. many devout muslim men do wear

turbins. nobody is liberating them. my last question and i'll let you go. dear born, michigan is under shari a laws. >> in other countries the religious text becomes law. america protects -- >> you can't go like i'm using shari a law in this courtroom. we have this thing called american law. we've already stipulated to. >> exactly. have faith in the american judicial system, that it will root out anything that is illegal and it will not do anything against the constitution or any american law. >> thank you. i feel like i have a ph.d. now. probably not. need a bachelor first. thank you for sitting down with me. >> no problem.

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goal of making the city better for all. >> you mean like all politician s? at a moment muslims anywhere could have celebrated a great achievement, they were once again treated with skeptical head lines. i'm meeting karen at her clothing store. i'm diversifying mannequins. guess which one i am. >> welcome to tekla vintage. >> when i was growing up i got hand me downs. i always had old clothes. i want new clothes. >> it's a good way to revitalize and bring it into the 21st century. >> how did it become the city that is so heavily muslim? >> well, really, it's the same kind of process of chain migration that brought poles here and basically brought everyone here across the country. so and so comes, pretty soon the village is here. >> nobody has chased me out of town yet. more should come.

>> exactly. >> now the city council has -- >> a muslim majority. >> there are a lot of talking points people do nationally, talk about muslims, shari a law and things like that. >> it is so divorced from reality. there is no push toward sha-ria law, even if it were allowable. people ask us about that all the time. they roll their eyes. we're not afraid of our muslim neighbors. >> you're painting a rosy picture. all cities have tension. everybody is the same race, same religion. >> absolutely there are tensions. call to prayer becomes an issue occasionally, especially in the summer, people have their windows open. >> part of the price you live in a place that has such good falafel. [laughter] >> being a dad of two young girls, i've heard the frozen theme so many times i've become used to letting things go. someone who can't let go of her issues with her muslim neighbors is activist susan dunne.

>> this is yemen. they moved here, you wish they adapted a more traditional way of life or how they're living their life? >> when i'm forced to hear your call of prayer in my house on sunday when i'm reading a book because my life isn't coming four blocks into your house. >> you have the call to prayer on your phone? can you play it for me so i can hear it? >> you want the one where it's pitch black at 6:00 something in the morning? >> sure, sure. >> call now, the church bells are going. >> oh, the irony. the church bells are drowning out the call to prayer. >> deal with that for an hour. >> now there's a train, another loud sound. isn't some of that just the nature of the fact we all live in neighborhoods where there's lots of stuff going on? >> yeah, but when it's at a

respectable volume, you don't hear any complaints. >> you're not anti the muslim faith? >> no. because i have a problem with you doesn't mean you're going to stand there and call me racist because you're whatever you are. i have a problem with you because i have a problem with you. as a background -- well, whatever. my husband is from iran. >> okay. >> he came here in the early '70s to get away from the life he didn't want to live. it's real. >> if i can tell, do you have blood pressure medicine you need to take? >> i have some if i need it. >> good, good. i want to be clear because what issues do you have with people who practice the muslim faith? >> i know the qur'an talks about having consideration, respect for your neighbors. that's an absolute. yet when i don't see it, i'll call you out on it. >> i hear you. susan is complicated. she's a passionate person and she really does care. >> work without a permit. >> yeah, susan has lots of opinions about lots of things.

>> some lady who is on disability gets a bill from wayne county 4 grand because living in wayne county makes you pay 50% more on your auto insurance so she wants to talk to me in private. yeah, no, we'll do it here. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> i wish i could stay for me. >> you can stay if and eat. >> i'm with these people. >> i have spinach pie. >> my crew wanted the spinach pie. do you hang out here? >> normal americans, if you come to this part of the country to see it -- >> it's pay magical place. >> like small town america from 20 years ago from before the economic collapse. were you born and raised a muslim? >> no, sir, i was born and raised white middle class christian. >> wow, okay. how did this go with your family? i have so many questions. when did you convert to islam? >> november 15th of three years

ago. >> oh, my goodness. what brought you to the faith? >> my husband. >> you've made some pretty big life changes in two years. >> big. >> what does that mean? >> faith to god. because of the concept that people put iour minds about the muslim people, that's why people have the complete wrong impression. myself as well in the beginning. >> of course. i would imagine that with you tell a lot of your friends and family [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> like that. >> i don't know what he said. he said f an arab [ inaudible ]. >> really? >> excuse me. i get that because i'm white. >> wow, we've been talking to people for a little bit now about how it's small town here and everything's nice and everybody accepts everybody. but that was not acceptance that just went passed. >> no, you know what, though?

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today i'm on the hunt for two things. some delicious middle eastern food and more info on islam so i can stay #woke. this is the executive director for the council on american islamic relations here in michigan and he's helping me with both. wow, hits keep oncoming. n. >> it's a lot. >> yeah. in a season and a half of the show, i feel like anthony bourdain. were you born into the muslim faith or is it something you converted to later? >> i came to islam later. back in the day when i was in high school, it was cool to be muslim. it was cool being muslim back then. it was hip-hop that was my gateway into islam for real. it was also around like the spike lee's movie malcolm x with

denzel, it was popular in the black community. >> we were rocking the malcolm x baseball cap. >> yeah. >> i think it was boot leg. sorry, ice t. >> black america or muslims. there's more african-american muslims in america than arab muslims. arab americans are christians. >> 63% of arab population is christian, with the largest demographic being catholic. i want to make sure everybody hears that. 63% of arabs in american are christian so stop assuming you can leave your coworker off your christmas card list. they have the biggest cross. they make sure they're repping that cross. >> they're going to rep that cross. >> they don't want to be confused, got crosses like

rappers. what do you think of white supremacy? >> many people think of white supremacy as kkk, neo-nazis, far-right armed militia groups. but white supremacy is centering whiteness and devaluing that which is not white. the biggest terrorists in the united states of america. but, see, those are looked at as anomalies. the assumption is they're all mentally sick. every excuse in the book is made. when it's muslims, we want to flip the script and reframe things. >> what makes you want to live hereof all the places you can live in this country? >> this is home and this is very comfortable. dr. king once said that 12:00 on sunday is america's most segregated hour in america. well, the friday prayer time in this muslim community is the most integrated. we have a nice community here.

>> well, thank you, brother, for talking to me. i appreciate it. you have a lot of food to eat. much of the food in the area is halal which is arabic for permissible. and even though common sense goes against it, i'm headed to see how the sausage gets made. okay, more like where the swarma meat gets made. i'm hungry. >> these are some of the products we have. these are lamb products over here. this is ribs right here, right? >> yeah. >> so, what, is that -- >> that's the by-products we don't sell. >> some of this is hot dogs, right? [ laughter ] >> talk a little about why it's important to your faith the meat is prepared this way. >> in our scripture it tells us let the animal relax, rpect the animal. >> any muslim can bless it before slaughter and go through the rituals and it can be halal. >> we're saying thank you for allowing us to have this animal to nourish us, and we very much

respect that. >> i'm going to see an animal get slaughtered. >> well, i can show you, but the camera shouldn't be on for that. >> i totally get it. i'll see you guys in a few minutes. thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> i guess i can't put it off any more. let's go see what's going on. >> when we slaughter an animal, we slaughter it with a knife, from jugular to jugular. pretty much turning the animal east. i say my prayer here. and that means in the name of god, god is great. and i slaughter the animal. >> i just was in the slaughter house. if i was oprah, that would not be one of the favorite things i would give out. there is a sense of modesty in there. there is a sense of respect in

there. i've got to say, i got a little blood on me, but, you know, it's real. would i want to see that every time before i eat a hamburger? no. does that make me a hypocrite? yes. am i still going to eat hamburgers? absolutely, with bacon on them. that's not halal, though. [ laughter ] >> that segment had two things that are not going to be very popular, an animal getting killed and two black people having a conversion about white supremacy. [ laughter ] how can i fight the vegans and racists at one time? [ laughter ] if it was on twitter, i'd be done for. and i just made a hitler reference. this is not going well at all. hey, i'm trying to trend. [ laughter ] ugh, no bars.

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homosexuality. i support whatever god said in the talmud and qur'an and the bible. a man is a man and a woman is a woman. >> islam does not have a trademark on home o trademark on home -- homophobia. no religion owns it more than anybody else. it's like the song happy birthday. everybody can sing if they want to. nobodyets to claim credit for it. >> so, then what's it like if you happen to be gay and muslim? well, there's no one better to talk to about that than somebody who is both those things, who is a devout muslim and lgbt advocate and openly gay and he's only 22 years old. we're meeting in a library, aka, the original internet. kids, the library never goes down, but it does close at 6:00 p.m. i feel like we're in a

solemn place. >> it is quiet. >> we had to go to the library so we could have this conversation. so, let's talk about what we're here to talk about. how was it to grow up in the muslim faith and also at the same time be gay? >> to me it was scary that i might be so religious and then at the same time be something that's damned by god. and i would say an arabic prayer, and i would say please, god, do not let me be gay. it was kind of suicidal in a sense. i got depressed. i started choking myself. i was this 17, 18-year-old kid in college. i can't decide do i want religion or do i want to be gay. but how can i even choose religion over being gay if i've never experienced being gay. i did start to dabble, but i started going to the mosque less, to friday prayers less. the whole thought of i'm at a bon fire with my religious friends and they're talking

about how home owe sectiosexuall be exported to iran and be executed. >> breaking news, the worst mass shooting in american history. >> it was very shocking. you're taking my religion and killing people in my religion's name. and that's not what my god taught me as a devout muslim. i would never think of hurting anyone else for any reason. i posted a status on facebook as a gay arab american muslim, i do not condone this at all. #not in my name. #gay #pride. >> just cover all the bases. >> #muslim. >> make sure i'm absolutely clear what i'm saying here. pride emoticon. the hate calls started coming. people whose children i taught

the qur'an telling me i'm a disgusted human being. i told my mom. i don't want a gay child being in this house. you, you bastard. i went upstairs into my room, packed my luggage, got in my car and drove to a friend's. >> jesus, wow. >> so many muslims, pakistan i, iranians messaged me, i am gay, too, and you have given me hope. >> how do you reconcile your faith with whatever your religion says? >> there is a code in the [ speaking in foreign language ] >> you don't have to put your hands up. i know what that means. just kidding. please translate. >> whoever believes in god and does good, god will enter him in paradise. my faith is within me, and i don't think that god would purposely make me gay and tell me, you have to fight against it

or you're going to burn. >> me either. i feel like the things you're saying are things people say who are gay and also in families that are very christian, not just an islamic issue. >> it's not sharia law. it's federal law in iran to hang gays. i think if iran was the catholic republic of iran, there would be stonings and hangings. let's not forget the crusades did happen. >> i don't want to forget that. i mean, i want to forget, but i don't want to forget. >> the qur'an does tell you we created you different people so you can learn from each other. ings you can be gay and muslim at the same time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i hope you and your mom figure it out. >> we actually did make up. >> oh, you did? >> yeah. we talk all the time. >> oh, this does end well a little bit. >> she does have her moments

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i've heard the call to prayer many times since i've been here but i keep sending it to voice mail. today, though, i'm at the muslim unity center to finally answer the call. >> so this is our prayer room. this is where muslims come five times a day to connect to god. i asked you to take off your shoes. they put their foreheads on the floor and to keep the carpet clean, we ask people to take off their shoes, especially in the winter. >> he is like a pastor or a priest or the snake wielding guy for some of the churches in the south. tell me why islam is weirder than christianity again? >> muslims have to face northeast towards mecca, a daily reminder we are all one. the point of the prayer is to keep that connection going, to give you a sample this is what we will be reciting tonight.

that's the translation. >> this is the translation. for a second i thought i can't read arabic but it's working already. before formal prayer, there is a traditional cleanse, and you can tell i was committed because i don't just wet my afro for anyb and perform an act, a worship. this is like a cleansing part where you are preparing to send the presence of god. so we're going to start off, wash your hands three times and then wash your face. take a little water, wipe it over your hair so they will take off their socks and then wash their feet to their ankles. >> okay. this is for all you people that google comal feet or maybe just one person, a lot. >> in the summer, this is a blessing and by this we just glorify god and ask him to

accept us. this is what we do. ♪ ♪ >> they are saying god is great, got god is great. so if you can just stand right here. ♪ ♪ >> man, islamic prayer is beautiful, but it's also hard on theknees.next time i'll stretch pray. ♪ ♪ >> that was it. >> that was it?

that was much more simple and reflective than i expect it to be. i notice it's all men in here. where does the women pray? >> it is okay for them to pray here but they find it more comfortable upstairs, having their private location. some days we have them praying here in the main hall. >> anything we can say to discount the stereo types people have about the faith is really important. there is a lot of rhetoric out there from a man who is our leader. >> as part of our believes to always have hope. we'll continue to strive as citizens of this country. this is what the mosque is about, having a positive impact, you know, serving the community. this is who we are. this is what we stand for. >> it's very similar to like the church that i grew up with my grandmother, where it's like the hub for the community, although, the thing about the baptist service is it goes about three and a half hours long. >> here is not that long. >> if there is one place that's

a living example how successful islam can co-exist with other religions, it's here where the largest mosque in north america sits amongst multiple places of worship or more like they sit around it. this 120,000 square foot complex servesround 6,000 people as well a 100,000 non-muslim visitors annually. this place is huge. >> beyond that church there is an arabic lutheran church. >> this is the executive administrator of the islamic center of america. >> we have a church beyond that and catholic beyond that. >> i've heard of auto row where you go to the stretch of the highway where you buy kaycars, s is alter row. imagine that. some religious car salesman standing in front. what are we thinking today? more christening or is islam more your style?

right this way. >> so talk about this for a second. the american flag is right here. not every church has an american flag in front of it. why is the american flag here? >> because we're americans. >> that's easy enough. i got to ask the dumb questions. in that moment i felt pretty dumb, but i know it's better to ask dumb questions than to have a head filled with dumb answers you made up yourself or dumb answers that nobody else has any idea what they are talking about made up for you. it's long past time we skip the false profits and talk to the people that study the prophey muhammad because lives are at stake. in fact, way more muslim lives are at stake than non-muslim lives. and if you don't believe the preponderance of evidence that says muslims are overwhelmly peaceful productive people and they are profiled and har asd

or worse by americans in the name of the flag, you have to ask yourself, why are you being dumb? /s [cheering and applauding] >> this is the episode we did about the indigenous people of this country. [cheering and applauding] >> a lot of times black people feel in america we own the deed to the suffering. every time i talk to indigenous people in this country, i'm just like, i'm not saying we haven't suffered, but you, you really -- you've more than done your part. i mean, even some of the expressions that come out of the history of native people in this country. indian giver? yeah, there you go. one black man said, huh-uh. indian giver -e