saying we have extraordinary classes, but indeed we do today- we're going to look at the african-american muslim movement, sometimes called the black muslim movement, nation of islam. and we're just absolutely thrilled- later in this class, we have imam wd mohammed, who will come in and handle not just questions about african-american muslim movement, but islam in general, so that's really something to look forward to. what i wanted to do was to set this up, if we could go to the graphics, to look at one of our key themes. now, not just speaking about the nation of islam here, we're speaking about islam and religion in general, as is our way in this class, but we think about identity and relationship. well, what if we talked about identity and self-esteem and relationship as empowerment? that's what i think we're seeing when we're talking about the african-american muslim movement. in other words, identity is self-esteem- a person must feel good about themselves- and relationship is about empowerment. and i'm- you know, this is not the gospel truth here, as always- i'm working with some ideas th

while authorities have not released any information linking the alleged attack to religion, american muslimsthat the minds of some are already made up. >> it is a unique thing being a minority within the united states. it is not often like a when a white christian blows something up. and it is a fine line, there is a feeling of dread we're hoping they're not muslim. however, in the bay area we have some reports of hate incidents. fortunately, nothing has escalated to violence with people being confronted to that because of their apparent".their apparent religion." >> zarha goes on to say that muslims like herself, who are civil rights lawers, doctors and teachers are representatives of the larger american muslim community and what they want to contribute to the united states. >> the giants are not taking any chances at a-t-and- t park. for last night's ball game, once again they stepped up security precautions. although there were long lines, most fans were in good spirits and went with the flow. >> better safe than sorry. >> this line is pretty long. >> it is moving faster than we thought,

of a sudden i knew all my god please don't make him a muslim you know we're trying to raise our found need to hear what we have to do with american citizens and this is very difficult this is very difficult i understand you're saying what you're saying is totally your young muslim is dragged into a conversation of terrorism because somehow the implication is that that religion is is fueling that and once again you will look at the media start reading the newspapers from today on and for the next month they're going to try to find all those links and all those out of context of verses from got on so therefore i think it is important that we need to make sure our country in the world should know where we stand on these issues in william do you want to jump in here to actually i'm going to for a second i want to risk ok matt i want likely respond to that i think. i absolutely sympathize with the muslim expert who just spoke and i think that he's absolutely right that right now the muslim community in the united states is under the lens they were before but particularly so in light of the bombings and the fact that the presumed perpe

identity we are trying to make sure that the american muslim youth believe that there should be no conflict between their pledge of allegiance to their faith and their pledge of allegiance to the flag of united states of america that is a daunting task and when people and particularly strong politicians visible people in the media when they come out and make these derogatory statements as if everybody now has to stand in for the act of these two people i think they have no idea the amount of alienation that's creating and how counterproductive that is right here in america when you think about that max i i i absolutely agree it's really a shame that people struggle so much to differentiate between muslims and i think that terrorists like the ones who have bombed boston do a great disservice to the vast majority of muslims and i think that we need people wake but one so you're having on this program to do a better job of educating the american public and beyond william you think this will change american foreign policy go ahead i'm afraid and that is the basic problem the basi

identity we are trying to make sure that the american muslim youth believe that there should be no conflict between their pledge of allegiance to their faith and their pledge of allegiance to the flag of united states of america that it is a daunting task and when people and particularly strong politicians visible people in the media when they come out and make these derogatory statements as if everybody now has to stand in for the act of these two people i think they have no idea the amount of alienation that's creating and how counterproductive that is right here in america when you think about that max i i i absolutely agree it's really a shame that people struggle so much to differentiate between muslims and i think that terrorists like the ones who have bombed boston do a great disservice to the vast majority of muslims and i think that we need people like the one say you're having on this program to do a better job of educating the american public and beyond wm you think this will change american foreign policy go ahead i'm afraid and that is the basic problem the basic

that includes american muslims: they largely remain silent. is is a situation we all face in newark i jihad is real. radical muslims are killing in the people and threatening the world. country like iran would wipe out every just -- jew on earth if it could and then they would wipe us out, if it could. iran is a muslim theocracy. quantd 1068 any problem unless you stand it i believe president obama knows it's a threat to the world but he is also never never going to define it that way. not going to say what the real situation is. again, i believe that's a terrible mistake. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from reaction, fox news analyst charles krauthammer. and you say? >> i say i don't know what he is thinking. but i sure know what he is saying and doing. the lengths to which he will go to avoid telling us the truth about the enemy is becoming chick comical. certainly embarrassing. forget about use the word jihadist. he will never use that but he reeves to use -- refuses to use the word islamist which is

this is from a backlash of american muslims. one alleged terrorists have islamic ties. >> it is unique to have a minority stereotype in the american community. when even a white caucasian christian would also blow of something. >> reporter: she fears that something is already mind up. >> we have received a couple of heat incidences. fortunately, nothing has escalated to violence. >> reporter: has to set the record straight? >> the people letter myself, the civil rights lawyers, teachers, colleagues, doctor's. we are representative of the larger american muslim community >> reporter: in san francisco, mike pelton, kron 4 news. >> social media played a big roll in the boston bombing story this week. kron four's jeff bush shows you how technology helped and hurt the flow of information. the entire country was focused on the events in boston all week long. it was a drama that played out on every possible platform imaginable. on monday, youtube videos were uploaded shortly after the bombing. this was a big asset to detectives who were

i mean, to the vast majority of american muslims these guys were crazy criminal losers. represent islam or muslims at all. you know, just like timothy mcvay didn't represent christianity those his co-conspirator member of the christian movement. this is a time of americans of all faith, religions and ethnic backgrounds need to come together and help rally for the people of boston. >> how do you think the religion affects people's perception of the attack? >> that's a very good question, john. i think that perceptions, you know, were created in the very early parts of this investigation even before the tsarnaev brothers were named as suspects. as we all know there were several media outlets that erroneously reported that there was an arrest of a dark skinned male. and that helped to shape narratives also within the general american discourse that it was one of those other guys. you know, when we look at the, you know, aurora, colorado, dark knight batman massacre where people were kill and had injured, it was a brown arab dude who thought of himself as the joker, we probab

it's let me just say this about the access that muslims have in this country whether they're american muslims or when they're here on a student visa it is enormous the access that they have and it is virtually all radical yes i know that was almost the fox news but the sentiment of islamophobia has been echoed crowd. in a way and has been since nine eleven that's kind of rhetoric toxify is the public's perception of the fastest growing religion in the world one that's inherently peaceful unfortunately this mindset does nothing more than incite hatred and violence against population so here to talk about the culture of islam again and what we can do to combat this mindset going forward i'm joined now by arsalan iftikhar senior editor of islamic monthly and founder of the muslim guy dot com thank you so much i mean i think you have it so why is it that when white people go on a shooting spree it's an aberration it's considered that they're mentally ill when there's almost some with a bomb that is just exclusively terrorism it's the term terrorism has been co-opted after september eleventh to re

and all of a sudden i knew all my god please don't make him a muslim you know we are trying to raise our found here we have to do with american citizens and this is very difficult this is very difficult i understand you're saying what you're saying is totally your time and muslims dragged into a conversation of terrorism because somehow the implication of that religion is is fueling that and once again you will look at the media start reading the newspapers from today on and for the next month they're going to try to find all those links and all those out of context or says from got on so therefore i think it is important that we need to make sure our country in the world should know where we stand on these issues in william do you want to jump in here to actually go in for a second i want to risk ok matt i want to like when respond to that go ahead i think. i absolutely sympathize with the muslim expert who just spoke and i think that is absolutely right that right now the muslim community in the united states is under the lens they were before but particularly so in light of the bombings and the fact that the presumed perpe

who was also yelling out and i muslims and so sadly this becomes a parcel of what many in the american muslim community have faced since nine eleven and you know we're going to probably continue to face it for the foreseeable future what can we do i mean we're becoming more of a melting pot is one of the largest growing religions i mean we're what we did and this. guilt by association and really how damaging is this the cultural fabric of our nation we have about thirty seconds it is it's very important and we need politicians we need members of the administration we need brave members of congress in the senate to come out and challenge you know all the right wing talking points that are coming out until we do so you know people like myself are going to have to come out into the media and try to humanize muslims and let the people know that just because somebody commits an act of terror not all brown people are guilty thank you so much arsalan iftikhar senior editor for the islamic monthly and founder of the muslim guy dot com i think you and i think you. spike the tragic events of the boston

american muslims need to come out more.e in louisville hold open houses in their mosques so people can see what they do and it is not so shrouded in mystery. more broadly speaking, when we look at the middle east, people see chaos. >> which you've tried to explain in beyond war. you look through the arab spring and you take it country by country. there are big differences in the way tonig way they see them. >> there is this epic struggle for power and for control between conservative muslims. some of them are very violent and more liberal secular ones. and frankly, we need to do a better job of seeing that, what's happening. it is not chaos. this is a very real power struggle and figure out how can we help those moderates. we are less dependent on energy from the middle east. the chinese economy will depend on that oil from the middle east and so does europe. i want, i wish we could walk away from the region but we can't for economic reasons. >> as we all know, oil, energy, it is a global resource. so price differentials el

there's one bottom line, in the muslim communities around the world, they do not like us. >> american muslims, they largely remain silent. this is a situation we all face in america. the jihad is real, radical muslims are killing innocent people and threatening the world. >> we bring these people in, even though they are radical muslims. we have to figure they don't much like us. we bring them in. >> let me just say this about the access that muslims have in this country, whether they are american muslims or here on a student visa, it is enormous the access that they have and it is virtually all radical. >> senator, very quickly, some are getting very leery of all the muslim students in america. >> what other theology in this world justifies murdering innocent people? the answer is only radical islam allows terror murder. that's the truth. >> he's also very dangerous. he's kind of been like the muslim apologist in congress for a long time. he swore, he raised his right hand and took the oath of offense on the koran, if you remember, in 2007, keith ellison did. i think it's time for profiling.

closely let me just say this about the access that muslims have in this country whether they're american muslims or whether they're here on a student visa it is enormous the access they have and it is virtually all radical yes i know that was almost a fox news but the sentiment of islamophobia has been echoed of the political and media establishment alike and has been since nine eleven this kind of rhetoric toxify the public's perception of the fastest growing religion in the world one that's inherently peaceful and unfortunately this mindset does nothing more than incite hatred and violence against a growing population so here to talk about the culture of islamophobia and what we can do to combat this mindset going forward i'm joined now by arsalan iftikhar senior editor for the islamic monthly and founder of the muslim guy dot com thank you so much ground you have so why is it that when white people go on a shooting spree it's an aberration it's considered that they're mentally ill yet when there's a muslim with a bomb that is just exclusively terrorism it's because abby. the term terrorism is

more closely let me just say this about the access that muslims have in this country with their american muslims and whether they're here understand these or it is enormous the access they have it is virtually all radical yes i know that was all mostly fox news but the sentiment of islamophobia has been echoed across the political and media establishment alike and has been a sign of love and this kind of rhetoric toxify the public's perception of the fastest growing religion in the world one that's inherently peaceful and unfortunately this mindset does nothing more than incite hatred and violence against a growing population so here to talk about the culture of islamophobia and what we can do to combat this mindset going forward i'm joined now by arsalan iftikhar senior editor for the islamic monthly and founder of the muslim guy dot com thank you so much ground thank you have so why is it that when white people go on a shooting spree it's an aberration it's considered that they're mentally ill yet when there is a muslim with a bomb that is just exclusively terrorism. it's because the term terr

closely let me just say this about the access that muslims have in this country whether they're american muslims or whether they're here on a student visa it is enormous the access that they have it is virtually all radical yes i know that was almost a fox news but the sentiment of islamophobia has been echoed across the political and media establishment alike and has been since nine eleven as kind of rhetoric talks of the public's perception of the fastest growing religion world one that's inherently peaceful unfortunately this mindset does nothing more than incite hatred and violence against a growing population so here to talk about the culture of islamophobia and what we can do to combat this mindset going forward i'm joined now by arsalan iftikhar senior editor for the islamic monthly and founder of the muslim guy dot com thank you so much ground thank you have so why is it that when white people go on a shooting spree it's an aberration it's considered that they're mentally ill yet when there is a muslim with a bomb that is just exclusively terrorism it's because the term terror. has been

but as kron 4's mike pelton shows us, the bombing's have created a tense environment for many american muslims. how abimelech millions, kennet sh been watching >> it is a difficult line to walk because there want to focus on the victims and there is a concern and even dread. that we are hoping they are not moslem or that their of their connection to islam is not obvious. >> the san francisco-based american relations representative says that this fear is a backlash /muslims turned out to have islamic ties. >> it is you need to have a minority status in the united states. and when a white christian the blows something up it happens also. >> speculation is growing that the bombing suspect or muslim. they have not released a motive or anything linking their attack to religion and she fears some people's minds are already made up. >> we have already received some heat incidences and luckily, nothing has been escalated to a heat. >> reporter: as for setting the record straight? >> people like myself, and the civil rights lawyers, and teachers, students, with the larger american committee what the mo

>> alisa asked the mother how -- what are you saying about americans wanting to kill muslims?he mother said it's on the internet. my son showed me and she showed her the websites that they would go to. the other thing is alisa asked her well why did you come to america? she said my husband and i were political activists in chechnya. my husband did something and we had to leave chechnya. it's already a family that was politically, you know, politically active and in chechnya politically active means you are trying to overthrow the government or trying get a new government. so they are already a family that's politically activated, and they then become religion us zealots and then jihaddists. >> kt, thank you. >> thank you. >> and the obama administration ignoring calls for dzhokhar to be considered an enemy combatant. yesterday he was read his rights. was that a mistake? karl rove joins us. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, greta. >> the two young men were caught on tape putting the bomb on the ground or something we believe to be a bomb. there's lot of debate whether or not

. >> american muslims are condemning the bombings of the e boston marathons. uncil on the american islamic relations is urging americans to join them in praying for the victims and isis asking muslims in the u.s. to to tell police about any leads they may have. spokes men say muslims instantly considered suspects in these kind of attacks. >>> right now he says the city is increasing security following the attacks. some the measures will be very y noticeable and others, he says, won't be. >> here in new york city, we immediately took steps tosteps prepare for the possibility of a related attack. atta there's nothing we know that tht thing is going to happen, but we have to be prepared an. when we learned about the explosions, i spoke with commissioner kelly and the fbi stepped up security at strategic locations includingcluding infrastructure including our highways. >> bomb-sniffing dogs are are searching outside of laguardiala painter, and they are keeping high over madison square garden and there's more officers on ofi guard at grand central station. >>> a loc

why don't muslims denounce terrorism, and you say american muslims have unequivocally denounced terror you know the media. that's what gets -- ratings gets people put on air. an explosion will get ratings, we know this. a muslim guy going this is despicable. you will be on for three or four minutes. the rest of the news cycle is explosion, death, carnage, all connected to islam. and the challenge for us is to make it clear to our fellow americans that we despise these terrorists, i hear from christians all the time i say what about the christian terrorists? and they say they are not christians because they kill people. and i say it's the same thing. i'm not going to make the argument they make. item not going to say it is about christianity i don't think it is. people have a twisted perverted you of their faith. >> stephanie: right. you say why don't muslims stop blowing stuff up? and you said i have never blown up anything. except a toy tank when i was a kid. >> that's right. i was on the radio the other day and this guy goes you guys have to stop blowing up stuff. and i go i don't bl

dozen to two who led the fight against the apartheid now this campaign is being sponsored by the american muslims for palestine national grassroots advocacy group now in the meantime really a group called the american freedom defense initiative is planning to fire back with a campaign depicting what it calls its apartheid counter ads which have already been submitted to transit officials for approval show the image of two blindfolded iranian men getting wrapped with nooses the caption below reads under islamic law shari'a another ad shows a woman dressed in a white burqa getting whipped and there the caption reads under islamic law rape victims are tortured or killed unless they agree to marry their rapist last year the american freedom defense initiative sponsored an ad campaign that compared muslims to savages those ads debuted in new york city's subway stations jewish organizations in the majority of new yorkers criticize that campaign as hate speech a tone of speech that does nothing to assist in cementing a permanent peace plan in the middle east reporting from new york. and as always we'll

we go out to schools and other convenient tues and basically talk about what it means to be an american muslim. we have other related presentations that we do as well and a few years ago we also launched an interfaith speakers bureau where we take out representatives of the 5 major religions and do the same thing and we model in front of high school and middle school students how the faiths can sit down like we are sitting here today and have conversations about our commonalities but about our differences as well. many of the comments we get from students is, wow, you guys can sit up there and talk because most of the pictures our students see are the ones that have been playing across our screens the last 2 or 3 days. we hope by challenging that we can prevent bullying and harassment we've been seeing here today. >> thank you, amina stacy is manager of communications for the los angeles giants. >> if you think about what our mission is, you probably think our mission is to win the world series every year, which hopefully this year we're on the right track, but actually our mission statement,