i' i've been told some muslims believe that and some i talked to, don't. >> do you believe allah and that's not relevant. >> allah akbar. >> during hearings, several local residents took to the stand to link the mosque floenlg threat of radical islam. >> this organization is prese presenting themselves as a peace loving organization and in actuality some of their leadership is radical. >> i think every law abiding citizen in the united states of america should stand up against sharia law. >> sally wall was in court almost every day. she helped fund the lawsuit. >> every time you turn on tv, every time you pick up the paper, there is a radical muslim this, terrorist that. you can't really overlook it unless you can't read and can't hear. look at europe. i've traveled quite a bit. they have got a problem that they never dreamed of. >> in europe, various political parties have rallied against the spread of radical islam in their countrie countries. >> leaving several european governments to pass laws limiting the religious freedom of muslims, including a ban on the construction of min n

some i've talked to don't. >> do you believe allah and god is the same?honor, none of this is relevant, your honor! >> do you know what that says? >> allah akbar. >> during the hearings, several local residents took to the stand to link the mosque project to the threat of radical islam. >> this organization is presenting themselves as a peace-loving organization and, in actuality, some of their leadership is radical. >> i think every law-abiding citizen in the united states of america should stand up against sharia law. >> sally wall was in court almost every day. she helped fund the lawsuit. >> every time you turn on the tv, every time you pick up the paper, there is a radical muslim this and terrorist that, and you can't really overlook it, unless you can't read and can't hear. look at europe, and i've traveled quite a bit. they have got a problem that they never dreamed of. >> in europe, various political parties have rallied against the spread of radical islam in their countries. >> 60% want sharia law in this country. >> i don't think so. >> leading

"we have allah with us" says 21-year-old ali, "he will send soldiers." this is the holy month of ramadan when they fast all day. after sundown, they break the fast. the mood is light, not what you'd expect hours before the big fight. then, it's time to gear up. they eagerly wait for their names to be called. weapons are assigned, ak-47s, rocket-propelled grenades. if they're nervous, they're hiding it well. victory or martyrdom, says ali, god willing. ali and the others chosen for battle say good-bye to their brothers in arms and head out into the dark. those left behind are disappointed. abdulrahman went last time. tonight, it clearly pains him to be missing out. for many this will be the first, and maybe last, fight of their lives. but there's not a hint of doubt among them that this is a battle that must be waged and won. alex marquardt, abc news. on the turkey/syria border. >> thank you. >>> this one in the nation's heartland, the worst drought in more than half a century. after another week of intense heat and little rain, two-thirds of the country

only afraid of allah. their god and their inspiration.men lack in battle field experience they make up for with hatred of the syrian regime and religious fervor. regime has tank plane helicopter and just have ak 47 and r p g. how can you defeat them. we have allah with us. 21-year-old map says. he will send soldiers. this is the holy month when most muslim fast all day. after sundown they break the fast. mood light. not what you would expect hours before the big fight. then time to gear up. eagerly wait for names to be called. weapons assigned. ak 47. rocket propelled grenade. if they are nervous they are hiding it well victory or martyrdom. god willing. chosen for battle they say goodbye to brother in arms and head out into the darkness. those left behind are dispintoed. the abdul went last time. tonight clearly pains him to be missing out. for many this will be the first and maybe the last fight of their lives. but there's not a hypothetical of doubt among them that this is a ballots that must be waged and won. alex, abc news turkey syr

encouraged you to hurt people -- they think they are doing something good for the lord if i kill you, to allah reporter: the pastor says he has received many death threats since becoming a christian, but he won't stop preaching the gospel. a muslim friend who converted to christianity introduced him to the bible and jesus. >> i like the civility of jesus christ. the way they present him from the bible, how he shares with people, heals them, feed them. i said, mom, i'm a new man. and she said, if there is a god able to change ali, i want to believe in him. all of my family become christian except my dad. >> reporter: they are now serving in the australian church. his brother is an active leader, and his sister leads worship. aalana migrated to egypt after converting and accepting christ. she explains why she left her country. >> the national police coming to take me away. they could kill me, torture me and my sister. they could do terrible things. >> reporter: and she also experienced the rejection of a loved one and societal condemnation. >> i feel like i lost my identity. i don't know who i a

stationed by a member of his own military who begins his shooting career as a murderer by shouting allah aqaba. >> as i stated at the beginning i am not here to make excuses. >> two investigations found the fbi washington field office choose not to interview the alleged shooter before the massacre because they didn't want to jeopardize his military career. they question whether military correctness was to blame. the first time they admitted the anwar al-awlaki on the kill list was under a full investigation when he was invited to lunch at the pentagon in february 2002. a story first reported by fox news. >> if he was under a full investigation from approximately 2001 to 2003 why was awlaki approved to speak at the pentagon? >> i can't answer that question. >> both republicans and democrats are demanding a full investigation with an incident in 2002. anwar allal can all can i was t even though he was under investigation. >> the time now is 18 after the top of the hour. we are asking you to bra on this. fair or foul? the chicken sandwich becoming a topic for chik-fil-a. we want to know whe

however, at the same time hami nduon s ilea it is permissbamale for the legislature to use the word allah. fortunately that decision was d ther%roused. however, president obama then promoted dhen id hamilton to a liin 1time muudgeship on the ua. court of appeals for the seventh circtlt. in 1deral muudge michael r. dane is another aclu type judicial appointments made by president obama. he must take the cpeae for havig the most extraordinary exalted notion of his ostat pteser. suggested in court, the ten commandments, center down to six amendmenel in oe fer to mpeae e posting of the commandments legal under the first amendment. obam. they s most outrageous a toack on religious liberty is his executive order in obamacare that the reqtlrements by -- that think to icinose that the requirements wiley their religion. twenves%iiliee new ll wsuits hhe been filed in 14 states challenging the obamacare mandate on their religious liberty a. weument. these lawsuits involve 50 plaintiffs inc movding protestat schools serving inner-city children and chewas aies pro alg care for the asuitsed and neglect

the holiday is celebrated by visits to family and friends, and special prayers giving thanks to allah the strength to do the ramadan fasting. >>> that's our program for now. i'm kim lawton. you can follow us on twitter and facebook, where i have a fan page, too. watch us anytime on smartphones. there's always much more on our website as well. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes of roman catholics this past week celebrating the feast of the assumption honoring mary. >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is founded by lilian endowment. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the james henson foundation. and the corporation for public broadcasting.

however, at the same time hamilton said, it is permissible for the legislature to use the word "allah."word fortunately, that decision was overturned on appeal. however, president obama then promoted david hamilton to a lifetime judgeship on the u.s.nt court of appeals for the seventh circuit. federal judge michael urbanski is another judicial appointment made by president obama.he urbanski must take the cake forr having the most extraordinary, exalted notion of his own power. youurbanski suggested in the con that the ten commandments be censored down to six commandments in order to make te the posting legal under the first commandment. obama's most outrageous attack on religious liberty is his executive order in obamacareba that thema requirements -- thato impose that the requirements violate their religion.gi twenty-three new lawsuits have been filed in 14 states challenging the obamacare mandate on the religious liberty argument.ir these lawsuits involve 50 plaintiffs including protestanti and catholic colleges, religious schools serving inner city children and charities providinr

the thing that is bringing this cool air into eric carey allah is coming in this direction on the mapouron the map ... for this afternoon mostly sunny and warm brief showers possible high temperature 80 degrees with a light northeast wind clouds tonight dogfog patches... isolated showers in spots tomorrow morning but expect gusty thunderstorms with a cold front on thursday ... we will reach 84 degrees before that arrives. remember last friday when we saw those water spouts out on lake michigan? we may see this again toward the end of this week we will keep out an eye out.... time for today's trivia question: the mola mola fish - seen here- is also known as the what? a. moonfish. b. sunfish. c. platefish. ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque at 2 months after a dental vis

i mean, fabulous, you know, to honor allah, to do that kind of thing. it's amazing. so god's a big one. nature, very important, native american spirituality, we will be looking at that during the semester. how do we relate to the natural world? difficult, difficult to know exactly how to do it but perhaps even more difficult is other human beings. what is our proper relationship to each other? how do we - we prepare words like compassion and caring in here but of course these are very, very important. so, we'll look at different ethical systems about how to relate. other cultures? how do we do that effectively? all of this puts us in an identity, we're here and in that relationship we begin to constantly reform our identity and religion works in there to give us patterns, maze ways for doing exactly that sort of thing. some biggies: deaths, sufferings and change. are those inevitable? things that come down the pike, they'll throw us off. life is brutal, life is brief. how do we find meaning? how do we find purpose when, you know, it goes by just like that? you know,

and here she is walking around in a bathing suit for all to see and she prays to allah. take us into that. >> see, that's the thing: it wasn't an affront. that's the thing, because i think what we have to do is unpack the stereotypes that there's kind of... you know, there's the veil and there's the stereotypical veil. and the way we see muslim women is through this very, very narrow, monolithic view that says, "all muslim women are in headscarves, and if they're not, they're somehow bad." because that's been my life struggle as well. when i took off the headscarf, i was really, really... i felt a huge amount of guilt because i'm fighting a stereotype, and the stereotype is, "the more conservative you are, the more authentic you are." what miss usa did, and i think that's why many of us welcomed her-- i hate beauty pageants, i hate them with a passion as a feminist, i hate the objectification of women-- but what miss usa did was that she showed you that there isn't just one way to be a muslim. you know, during ramadan last year, she would say, "look, i'm fasting, and i'm

imagine the slippery slope if schools decided, you know, he prays to allah, and that makes me uncomfortable. i don't want him in my dorm. it is ridiculous. >> are you saying that is wrong? i said that a month ago. i shouldn't have been at that dorm. >> it must be pretty hard to study when a guy is cleaning his shotgun. jasper, can you put that away? i have a final tomorrow. >> the other troublesome thing is usually if you are 21 and still living on campus, you are kind of a dork. you are an anti-yoder. >> and i love the fact you brought up slippery slope. >> thanks. always do. >> all slopes are slippery. >> yet nobody says it is a dry slope. but you could easily fall or roll down a dry slope. >> gravity is going to get you. >> niagara falls is like a slippery slope. >> very slippery and deadly. it is nature's greatest slide. >> from handguns to handoffs. has the nfl become a violent hell? football was always a rough game. but with concussions concussions and brain damage they wonder if it is wrong to be a fan? and last week's new york magazine they cite comments from bart scott who said in

what if i want to buy a nice, new to allah. >> you can find it in the shelter. >> we all love dogs ande all agree on that. sandra: there is a new study out that says marriage drives women to drink. married women drink more, but not necessarily because they are miserable. but because they are influenced by their husbands drinking. men drink more on average. i knew the man was to blame here. >> don't go to me first. [laughter] [talking over each other] >> i am not an expert in marriage. sandra: that is funny. >> it is a conspiracy against the man in the universe. men like to drink from time to time. and why? we drink because we are married, women are going to drink more based on our influence on them? that is hogwash. in divorce, men drink more, women drink less. sandra: it kind of makes sense. men are bigger in size. camera come you don't have to be married to understand that. >> i understand drinking aspect. i've been known to drink. but i have also been known to have problems. sandra: copy that. all right, next up, an elderly woman attempting to destroy a painting of jesus that was ha

hezbollah, the shiite movement in syria, and then someone has put tattoos showing assad's face, and allah is great is all that the prisoner says. this prisoner is a member of the group that is a former member of the agricultural industry who does not want to be identified. >> it looked to me that somebody deliberately cut on the tattoos of the assad family. >>. this man was cut because he wanted to show loyalty to the rebels. it is unlikely. and now this man trembles looking at the caps or the loo g looking at his captors every time he speaks. i worked in aleppo until it was blown up. desperate to pay for his wife's cesarean section, he took money as a guard and he said he had been on the job for fife dve da when the rebels captured him. the top enforcer in the facility is a hulking man named jumbo, and he says he endured days of torture in government prisons. in another room he seems to treat captured soldiers and army officers with more respect. days ago these were men in uniform fighting for the syrian government. now they are captors of an increasingly confident rebel movement determi

no, allah is on our side. i don't give a damn what you think god thinks. reality is we have got to have a rational conversation here about what is right and what is wrong. so when dan cathy comes in here and says i'm a christian and my christianity does not talk about all the other verses in the bible but decides i want to concentrate all of my so-called christianity on discriminating against gays. we're not having that. another guy who is not having it future current tv host john fugelsang. he's with the stephanie miller sexy liberal tour and he's with us right now. hi john. >> hey, cenk. >> cenk: i know you fight back against the christian right all the time. now it seems that the media seems to accept, hey you know what, if they say they're christian, well, i guess it must be the christian thing to do. go. >> well, you hit the nail on the head, my friend, and the media are good friends in the corporate media. don't ever challenge this. they say dan cathy is against christian equality because of his christian beliefs. i'm sick of the media repeating this

what they have done is made it allah cart. if you dot for want a blankets or suitcase you can save extra bucks. it is cheaper than other commercial airlines. >>stuart: the fees, according to you, were not hidden. >>guest: that is correct. >>stuart: rebecca, do you say they were hidden? >>guest: they were hidden, they claimed to be government regulatory fees. they were attached and taxed on the government fees. >>stuart: were they stated it advance? >>guest: they were not. in a very small area of intent it said "optional," what does that mean? do you thing if you are, wealth, i request unclick that. >>stuart: if you do not want to pay the baggage fee, don't check. >>guest: they were stated. they were stated in addition to the fare and in addition to the government fees as an additional fee. the air fare was itemized. it was not hidden or bundled. >>stuart: can you not say they were hidden because they were in small print. >>guest: no, no, no, they were hidden and listed as "government regulatory fees." there was no explanation

all of the speakers next week is going to be the choice between government centric nanny statism, allah barack obama versus freedom pure and simple. whether it's individual freedom. political freedom. economic freedom which we have not had over the last couple of years under this administration that's going to be the case. i think you will be able to make that case very strongly from your point of view. >> yes. it's free enterprise. the free enterprise has changed the whole course of the world. of humanity because earned success leads to progress. progress lifts up humanity to a higher level and a higher level of dignity. it's this ability to earn our success in our country that has made american great. that is american exceptionism. i believe that romney understands this and wants to preserve it i think unfortunately obama wants something completely different and he will destroy that his vision is it's not his dream. is incredible why have toe he blind people at this point. what's so important for all of us to get across to the american people is that barack obama and the left are goin

hezbollah, the shiite movement in syria, and then someone has put tattoos showing assad's face, and allahhat the prisoner says. this prisoner is a member of the group that is a former member of the agricultural industry who does not want to be identified. >> it looked to me that somebody deliberately cut on the tattoos of the assad family. >>. this man was

they'll automatically think were infidels who cannot know allah. our external appearance is different from what we feel inside. these foreigners are showing us a kind of islam which has never been prophet mohammed's message, taking knives and killing others. >> allahu akbar! >> reporter: the people of timbuktu have already seen what the islamists can do. last month, al qaeda's local allies set upon the city's famous sufi landmarks. the guardian of the mausoleum of alpha moya could do nothing but watch. the jihadis say the shrines are idolatrous. crowds came out in protest but to no avail. the islamists have since destroyed more shrines. the director of the national museum in bamako has a plan to protect both islamic and pre- islamic objects if the islamists come south. >> if the pure islam comes to bamako all this is threatened. >> reporter: this is beautiful. an animist terracotta statue from the fourteenth century like this is priceless, both in its monetary value and its cultural meaning. >> the taliban destroyed the buddha in afghanistan, what

. >> reporter: we sat down with girls, ages 13 to 17, allah cross players from new york.e spanx. the girls tell us they wear them everywhere, on the field and off. >> i wear them under everything. to school, and to sports. i wear them. under jeans, you don't want to see you have a muffin top. >> muffin tops are bad because -- they're just unflattering. and it makes you stand out for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: even thin girls, they tell us, are obsessed with tight-fitting spanx. >> more and more, the skinnier girls think they're bigger than they are. >> reporter: jill of "real housewives of new york" fame says she's not surprised of the growing interest of teens and shapewear. her daughter, alley, started wearing shapewear at age 13. >> nobody wants to see body parts rippling. it's not attractive. >> reporter: jill invited me into her showroom, to see the shapewear she designed with teenagers in mind. it's called skweez. >> it is selling like wildfire. >> reporter: i have been wearing it since i was 13. i'll probably wear it until i'm 63. and it's as necessary. >> rep

weight visiting alas -- he was visiting from allah cass to -- from alaska to came. >>> acording to thehronicle 432,000 was spent on ipads for the government. more than half went to state agencies that report to the government. most went to the department of veterans affairs. all of this comes at a time when the governor is still asking state agencies to make budget cut backs. >>> the -- cutbacks. >>> the petaluma little leaguers and parents are pating -- are waiting for the flight to get going. >>> just a few hours from now, about 11:00, the petaluma little leaguers will get a heroes' welcome when they come home after finishing third at the world series. >> going up the middle. he's -- >> petaluma beat panama 12-4 yesterday in a consolation game and that's after a roller coaster final the day before. petaluma lost the game 24-16, despite scoring ten runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to tie it. but tennessee came back to tie it. petaluma bounced back to win the final game of the tournament. >> they worked so hard and sacrificed and put so much time into it. i'm just proud of them. >>