in the days following nine eleven muslim americans became targets of intolerance and bigotry and even violence one man who knows all about this is race . a muslim american who was the victim of a hate crime just ten days after nine eleven joining me now to talk more about his harrowing story is race brilliant race welcome to the program welcome thank you very much for having me thank you in fact i should say welcome back tell us your story and what happened to you just days after nine eleven. well i moved from new york city in two thousand and one in the month of may and me and one of my eyes in their firm from my high school we opened a gas station. in dallas and after nine eleven it was september twenty first two thousand and one i was working in that gas station it was friday around twelve thirty pm a customer walked into the gas station wearing bandanas sunglasses baseball cap and holding a double barrel shotgun so from a previous robbery experience i thought better be on the robbery but once he came inside he was not looking at the cash which offer

welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> how are you american muslims trying it to persuade other muslims around the world that putting any kind of limit on free speech is dangerous? >> well, i think the first way we're trying to convince fellow m muslims of this is the fact that the idea of free speech is a foundational part of the koran itself. we don't only believe in terms of americans and our belief in the constitution, but the koran challenges folks to engage in dialogue and in discourse. it challenges people of the same faith and various different faiths as well. so it's foundational to the text of islam, we believe. the koran actually records insults to the prophet mohammad himself and challenges people to engage in the discourse. it's foundational to the constitution and sacred text as well. >> are you getting anywhere with that argument? >> i think we are. we put out several videos in various languages, and they've gotten close to a million views by folks in the muslim world. we've gotten a very positive response, especially from young people who went out onto the streets of cai

attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al-qaeda, against islamic extremism. and can then another book which is world affairs, it's berlin 1961 by frederick frederick kemi was in college at that time, and it describes the behind-the-scenes destruction of the berlin wall -- construction of the berlin wall, and it's interesting to compare those times with what's happening today. and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was mentioned -- i was interviewed for the book, so i guess i'm reading it because i'm in the book. again, that was the first president i served under in congress was bill clinton, and

today, we spoke with some involved at the american muslim voice foundation in the bay area. this is what the director of the foundation had to say in response to the recent embassy talks in libya and the violent protest happening around the world. official told the associated press thursday that authorities believe that a 55-year-old coptic christian, a us citizen named nakoula basseley nakoula, is behind the film. a convicted felon >> violence against critical american personnel from tunisia, sudan and they are investigating the u.s. ambassador murder in libya. forced to delay their violence. thousands of taking to the streets. >> there is no excuse. the united states will not tolerate efforts. their visit until the following region is safer. >> the members of the series of violent attacks against embassies. and consulate premises of nemesis and multiple locations. anti-muslim project that sparked a wave of mob violence across the middle east and may have created the cover for a deadly attack on us diplomats in official told the in libya, calling them patriots who served do

american consulate in sydney. and the middle east, thousands of muslims have taken to the streets. fbi officials investigating the killings fact of their visit until the volatile region and safer. >> members of the security council to condemn in the strongest terms the series of violent attacks against embassies and consulates premises of member states in multiple locations. >> protesters are raging over an anti islam film this american filmmaker has that out he has been interviewed by authorities and in his weekly address, the president's promised justice for those who killed the u.s. ambassador to bolivia and three other americans at the consulate. >> there's never any justification for violence. there is no religion at condones the targeting of innocent man and woman. there's no excuse for attacks on our embassies and and consul >> some say that tuesday's attack was planned. >> it was a deliberate and preplanned. of >> was given enough details of this i would insist. >> the government says they have no evidence that the attack was premeditated. , appeared to be restored in downt

it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secretary mineta and we give them -- him this for a very special reason. i want to thank the san francisco giants for donating this bat. the reason why we are giving this back to secretary mineta is because of what happened to him when he was a young boy. secretary mineta was forced to relocate into the internment camps. as a young boy, he was taken to the train station by military police officers. as a young boy, he was a huge baseball fan and he had his prized possession with him, his baseball bat. military police saw the young boy with his baseball bat and said you are not taking it with you. that is a weapon. what did they do? they took away his prized possession. later on in his life as a member of congress, a very generous person heard the story and offered him an autographed hank aaron bat. as a member of congress, you are not allowed to accept a gift valued over $200. so the government took away his back again. tonight, we cannot replace the bat that was tak

he said i am a muslim first and then a government representative. that seems to reinforce what americansuth about muslims? >> that guy is an idiot. he is defining people who are the same color or faith. this man is a radical, and he is an extremist and should not be allowed in the government. the government should make it a case and a point clearly to throw him out of the government. nobody should be allowed in the government if you are going to be a civil democratic society. pakistan wants to be that and aspires to be and they have to throw this man out. >> and as a comedian you know it's often easier for people to learn through humor, and why is muhammad off limits to you? why won't you make jokes about him? k comedians make fun jesus all the time? >> i do political comedy and make fun of people ipower every night and do jokes about islam phobia or homophobia, and everything about double standards i will fight against. >> saying something is off limits gives more power -- >> i am not saying it's off limits. it's not something i want to talk about because it's not part of my dna as a co

the religion is just feelings of muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions, unquote. again, that statement was issued before, before the americanmbassy was attacked last night. now, as talking points stated yesterday, muslim fanatics will use any excuse to attack not only americans but anyone they consider to be an infidel. there is no question about that and it is the responsibility of the egyptian government to protect the american embassy. the egyptian government did not do that so they must be held accountable. back here, the issue is clearly being used in the presidential campaign. here is what mitt romney said about the u.s. embassy statement. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to it apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. >> bill: now, i'm not sure the governor is correct on that. the embassy was trying to head off the violence. being conciliatory in that kind of a situation seems logical. but, after the fact, after the attack on th

. >> it put american muslims in the spotlight and to that extent it's our hope that there is a lot more on the understanding 11 years later. >> this morning san jose firefighters rang a memorial bell signifying the last alarm for the 343 new york firefighters who died at the world trade center. >>> in san francisco, firefighters read those 343 names out loud. the fire chief and police chief and major spoke during a ceremony at station 7. a dozen firefighters were among those who went to ground 0 to help in the days following the attack. >> some people that left had a somber approach to mark the anniversary. a group of volunteers organized this flag brigade on highway 24. boy scouts along with blue star moms and dads waved down at the drivers who honked appreciation in return. >> our website has a special section marking 9/11. one of the links will take you to a slide show of images from today's services around the nation. >>> a woman is dead of a chain of accidents on the south bay freeway. it started 11:00 this morning on interstate 280 near the south wolf road exit. the highway patrol

he said i am a muslim first and then a government representative. that seems to reinforce what americansve to be a truth about muslims? >> that guy is an idiot. it's like having a klan member speak and defining people who are the same color or faith. this man is a radical, and he is an extremist and should not be allowed in the government. no one like that should be allowed in the government if you're going to be a civil democratic society. that's what pakistan wants to be, aspires to be. >> comedians are emphatic about pushing the envelope. as a comedian, you know it's easier for people to learn through humor. why is muhammad off-limits to you? why won't you make jokes about him? comedians make fun of jesus all the time. >> we have this discussion. i don't do jokes about jesus, moses, abraham, muhammad. i do political comedy. i make fun of people in power every night. social issues, about islam phobia, homophobia, whatever you want about double standards i will fight against. >> don't you think that is -- by saying something is off limits -- >> no, this is my choice. i'm not saying it's

a lot of fellow americans don't think muslims are coming out and denouncing.nce violence in the name of islam or any faith for that matter. go ahead -- >> but -- >> we have to fight that. >> you do. you do. we will talk more about that. do you belief it's okay to depict the prophet muhammad in any way, favorable or unfavorable? >> to me, as an american and i have to say frankly i'm an american first, i believe in freedom of expression. it's paramount. even if you hate what people say, i will defend your right to say it. >> you think it's okay? >> i think it's acceptable in our society, and i think it's offending certain people clearly, but most of america is not reacting the same way extremist are in other countries. >> do you think it's okay? >> i can't quantify the number, but by the faith you are not supposed to depict muhammad, because they don't want idolatry. >> i get offended about jokes. it's how you respond to it. a civil protest is fine. we have to defend civil protests and that's freedom of speech, too. >> i texted you and said i hope you are watchi

proud we were to work with you, and the organizing work that you were able to do in the arab-american, muslim, and south asian community to bring to light some of the issues and racial profiling that had been ongoing in this city. it was really difficult work. and you brought up a lot of members of our community that were not used to coming to city hall to speak and speak on very sensitive stories. and you know, really required a lot of courage and i know you were key in supporting that and i'm glad to see you go. i know arock is currently in district 6 and we will miss your presence in arock and in district 6. thank you for all of your work. i'm actually -- i have a commendation and i'm sure that many of my colleagues will want to speak on behalf of this individual. we were waiting for our emergency preparedness month because we could honor this individual every week. but we wanted to take time to recognize someone who has been a steadfast presence at the site of every single emergency call in our district and in our city. i want to bring up ben ames up to the podium. >> [applause.] >> super

republican voters who believe that barack obama is a muslim and so you know we've seen the obama campaign to this day not set foot inside an american mosque yet you know we see you know the research center came out with a study early as this year that showed the most despised demographic groups in america today are gays and muslims so if you're a gay muslim you're doubly screwed you know obviously you know we had to create you know these myths of the bogeyman and i think that you know right now arabs and muslims are the proverbial whipping boys and girls and not to mention the f.b.i. sting operation trying to provoke muslim communities the spying on muslim neighborhoods totally you know on regulated and also just the sikh temple shooting where this guy you know nine eleven tattoo and he's shooting out things that really shows the profound ignorance of what these people are even you know the inherent racism you know with the k.k.k. and just parker see there we have to wrap it up right now and thank you so much for coming on and hearing your opinion really appreciate it thank you. and if you like what you see if so far go to our yout

american. muslim community. beijing escalates the chinese patrol ship. around disputed islands with japan considers its . largest naval exercises off the iranian coast. on terra. with the news in full with a news team and fifteen minutes from now on the meantime sport is next with kate. thank you for joining me around here are the headlines. record losses and a. good salesman out without fifty million dollars. despite a poor start. fighting back manny pacquiao aims to. take the mexican. festival on the group stage of the. champion's league has just kicked off this tuesday night with russian champions and eight are having to make do with that star signing that's all right so but their group c. gave at spanish side malaga the belgian midfielder is out after picking up a hamstring injury in training the twenty three year old joining from bad feet just a couple of weeks ago for fifty million dollars however the needs do have their other fifty million dollar man former porter striker helped lead the line along with alexander mccall his goal scoring barrus wil

ambassador to libya and three other american plomats earlier this week. an anti muslim film...produced by americans may have played a role in the violence. ">>>this was the fiery scene after an enraged mob attacked the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed. " these are innocent people. these aren't the people that made the movie you know what i mean. alright don't mean by that you go kill the people who made the movie however there are other ways to protest against that." the movie is innocence of muslims. american real estate developer sam bacile produced the film. it ridicules the islamic prophet mohammed. " it is a problem because in my view, the libyan government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation." the us film is protected by the first amendment. but muslim american student badr feels that does not grant the right to produce material that can be disrespectful to religions. "sometimes the first amendment offers to much protection because then your just digging deep and it's like your trying

make washington completely rethink its engagement of the muslim world and will stay only make matters worse. if you. live. crosstalk anti-american protests in the muslim world i'm joined by going to myron mines he is a professor of economic and social geography at mines university in seattle we have rooms he by route he is the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle and in washington we cross to roy goodman he is the correspondent for europe and the gulf for the mcclatchy newspapers all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you in seattle given everything that's happened recently in the last week or so when i am focusing on all the protests should be in that should the united states consider quitting the middle east quitting the arab world or radically changing its strategy. yes i would go for the latter quitting the middle east is not an option at this as far as at this point as far as the us is concerned they are they are in so deep in the are very involved in in all different sectors and at different levels but what they need to do they need a serious paradigm shif

an american muslim. why did you you trust this man?> because i applied for the job as an actress and i applied on craigslist and went to what i thought was a legitimate casting call and was offered what i thought was a legitimate part in a historical feature. >> geraldo: and when you found out the reality, i wonder are, you know, obviously we are protecting your are identity now. how frightened are you? >> i'm extremely frightened for are my life and for thes. do they fault you at all? >> people who know me know that this film is the absolute opposite of anything that i would have willing participated in so people who know me know the kind of person that i am and what you actually believe in and this film in no way represents any beliefs that i hold. >> geraldo: the lead attorney representing the actors, jeffrey steinberger joins us via skype. on vacation in central america. jeffrey, welcome. can you sue you this sam basil? >> i can certainly do that very well, geraldo. i can sue him for intentional infliction and i can sue him for def

recent american muslim film and the subsequent worldwide protests over it and once again on the clash of cultures or right into the spotlight now new yorkers are being pushed to take sides in the cult flit between muslims and israel . is there to find out what the locals think. the that is calling for the defeat of jihad are being put up in ten subway stations in new york mr costin with more than six thousand dollars comes from a group that's accused of sparking hate by critics but has been given the green light by new york authorities only going up this monday the ads are already causing much debate are they too offensive to the muslim community or does freedom of speech conquer all let's find out what new yorkers have to say about this i'm shocked that mayor bloomberg and his people are allowing it just going to lead on to more anti anti everything it's a good idea to have an anti islamic sentiment for some reason absolutely not but just perpetuates anti people sentiment controversial of course it's controversial is poisonous in the new york city subway system you know this is a cit

religious fanaticism but seems like she's only targeting one group and it seems to be muslims and muslim americans and. she's trying to say that it's only for religious fanatics then why did you write so if you don't support israel then you're a savage automatically that's that's not narrowing it down that's targeting everybody who has an opinion different than hers and we're trying to say that we wanted to be known as the palestinians who are facing occupation they're the ones who are suffering not israel and not israelis it is the palestinian people who are dealing with it every day struggles the blockade on gaza points restrictions and organ organization existence is essential to bring awareness about this occupation we try to bring young people from new york from chicago to go down there before with the young people in refugee camps many people have gone down there and seen it with their own eyes what's happening to the palestinian people so. just need to instigate hatred racism and it's going to cause hate crimes it's a very dangerous as. she may have a right to put it up but it's a very dang

muslims. this comes after intense anti- american protests.nterest in the last 60 minutes or so, nato has decided to reduce its operations with afghan law enforcement because of an increased risk of insider? . >> in the race for the white house, mitt romney has modified his message. he is being more specific about the cuts he will make to reduce the deficit. we have tonight's commitment 2012 update. >> hi, stan, believing. mitt romney knows time is running out to turn the polls in places like florida, virginia, and wyatt. trailing in states he needs to win, mitt romney tries something new -- more specifics. >> i will pursue a 5% cut in non-security discretionary spending on my first day in office. eliminating programs that are not absolutely essential and also cutting subsidies for things like amtrak and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> romney had an interview with telemundo. >> our campaign is doing well, and frankly these processed during stickle wave from what is the concern of the -- peace process stories take away from what is

muslim world? our pakistan is going to like it when they see him killed by american seals? y're is a problem with this youtube and amateur video breaking out with demonstrations all over the muslim world, what on earth is going to happen when the movie comes out? lou: let me ask both you and john. what fool, what fool would think that these demonstrations, these terrorist attacks in benghazi all would take place without coordination, without the relationship, coincidental. you have to really have the iq of a stone to accept that. do you not, ambassador? >> i think that is probably about right. you know, it is about peace with the idea that simply having barack obama as president is going to the taste the reputation of the united states around the world. they put -- so obama has failed by his own metric, but i want to say, i think it's the wrong metric. i don't think public opinion polls should dictate american foreign policy. it has heard our reputation. it has done us neither affection nor respect. lou: let's share with our audience, by the pew research center. this is pull

more anti-american protests are expected throughout the muslim world today as u.s. officials continue to investigate the violent demonstrations in libya that left four americans dead. aggressive action by the federal reserve, the central bank announces a new initiative designed to spur the economy and put americans back to work. and its effect can already be measured on wall street. pathway to the stars. nation bids a final farewell to neil armstrong. >> you can now finally put out your hand even touch the face of god. this is the "cbs morning news" god. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, september 14, 2012. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i'm terrell brown. u.s. diplomatic missions are on high alert on concerns of anti-american protests. egypt remains the site of the longest and largest protest. this morning demonstrations moved from the u.s. embassy to the administrates of cairo. libyan officials said four arrests have been made on the attack on the u.s. consulate. according to libyan interior minister the attack was a two pronged operation, first th

steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> meanwhile, the american muslim council as condemning the attack on the embassy in libya and the surge of violence that followed it this week. council members met this afternoon at the largest mosque in maryland, with the congregation of 2000 people. the council leaders condemned the violence and the people who engage in such attacks are not doing so in the name of islam. >> just because someone is using the name of islam does not mean we will accept what they are doing, and we condemn it. and more vigorously than anyone else. >> they plan a meeting with interfaith leaders in the coming days and a show of peace, harmony, and coordination. >> another beautiful day in the mid-atlantic. nice weather settled last week and has been with us all week, and it is still very pleasant. 81 degrees right now at the inner harbor in downtown baltimore. across the state is very comfortable, about 80 here and 70's across much of the eastern shore. the dewpoint remains low. when the atmosphere is dry, another beautiful night tonight. the beginning of such changes as

led a planned event aimed at stopping bullying in bay area school autos promoting knowledge of american muslims was part of that was part that have summit. and a few hours ago the house of representatives passed a bill to avoid more sol lind dras. the company that went bankrupt last year, legislation pulls a plug on a program guaranteeing loans for clean and renewable energy products. they closed doors after getting half a billion dollars in loans from the federal government. lawmakers named this bill no more sol lind dras act. >> and final preparations underway for space shuttle's final voyage over the bay area and to a museum in los angeles. and there is thursday will do a flyover in mountain view. and the shuttle will fly over san francisco, and go near the golden gate bridge. >> that is fun. >> it will be a neat sight. >> still head great divide in the great outdoor autos there is a group working to get everybody ou >> you took your family camping, more than 90% of campers are white and african americans less likely to go camping than any other race. tonight dan ashley reports on a group ho

this morning muslim advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of american muslims in new jersey challenging the new york police department's discriminatory and invasive surveillance program the new york city police launched the undercover spy operation after nine eleven targeting muslims in new york new jersey and connecticut the n.y.p.d. has denied it targeted muslims specifically saying it was only following leads unsurprisingly the surveillance program never produced single leading to anything terrorist related at all but new york city mayor michael bloomberg and police commissioner ray kelly still defend it to this day i guess racial profiling is justification enough for them to cross their city jurisdiction to blatantly disregard the rule of law but really you know what else can we expect from the same police department that launched the stop and frisk program the same program that was a tourist for unjustifiable racial profiling in pat downs of thousands of african-americans on new york streets now. then my p.d. is making even more headway into their controversial reputati

stop jihad it says support if you don't support israel you are a savage so she's trying to call muslim americans are americans palestinians just people who just don't support what's going on as savages so her message isn't strictly stop jihad and that word is it has a lot of different interpretation a different meaning to different people it doesn't automatically mean terrorism violence that she's the what she's portraying it as being a lot of people jihad means we can up in the morning go into work taking care of your family reason your kids working hard to a lot of people that's. and she did say that i mean this word is a very loaded word a very controversial word to use the word savage but she says that when she i've seen another interview she said that this word is more referring to those that are religious fundamentalists do you think that are her using it and that context is except of all or do you think that it was just a poor choice of words all together i mean she could be critical of religious fanaticism but it seems like she's only targeting one group and it seems to be muslims and mu

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