why the difference that hindus and muslims together worship god? we came to the world like partners, we should share our joys and sorrows together. this is not a festival in honor of -- [inaudible] but another kashmiri state. that annual city, and also the spring and kashmir is offering prayer there. and to date sufiism still has residence there. sufiism is true islam. sufiism is the part of love. for militant islamists, love is a hated world n. the place of love for all, which the sufis have taught, they insist we should hate all those who disagree with us. sufiism still has elements, some of the militant groups have try today post a -- we come to another muslim sect, and here i'm selfing into controversial territory -- delving into controversial territory. the reason i would like to deal with them is that they gave the most pacifist interpretation to the koran of any muslims possible. why are they controversial that we should go the pacifist path, there is no need for violence at all. the reason they said this, he said that he was the second comi

yes. >> i thought the 1, 2, 3, 4 pattern. >> good. >> that's counting in hindu. you know how to count to 4. see. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> pause. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. pause. >> that's a rhythmic pattern that repeats itself 3 times about did you know we are doing multicasion and dividing up here? you didn't. so, this music we are dancing on is rhythmicly complicated the underline rhythmic does not go in a straight line. it goes if a cycle beginning on 1 and ending on 1. we are dancing on a 16 beat cycle. you can count to 16. why don't you keep the cycle and we will put a high on top of that. count with one and you can clap. 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. did you know what you just did? >> you divided 16 into 3 equal parts. i bet you didn't think that was possible i know a physicist that didn't think it was possible. we are rocket scientists. half of you count 16, half do the t high. you can do it. first you try the 16. don't do the t hi

in hindu mythology, demon robano was defeated by a hindu deity, lord rama. indians celebrate his victory every year by burning effigies of ravana, his brother and his son. this year's special theme is fighting corruption. the focus is on recent protests across the country. a 50 meter effigy with a sign saying "i'm corrupt" was placed next to the demons. then the figure was set on fire as the crowd prayed the problem of corruption will be eliminated. >> translator: we need to do a lot more than just burn an effigy. corruption has to be weeded out from india and the whole world. >> the demons were burned to ashes, and evil has been driven away for another year. >>> and we're going to wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >> thanks, patchari. >>> japan's mazda motors says it will end production of rotary engine cars next year. the company announced on friday that it will not make the rotary engine mounted rx 8 sports car after next june. the rotary engine has rotating triangular-shaped rotors and is more powerful than the conventional piston-

. >>> hindus around the world are celebrating diwali, the festival of lights, on wednesday.he festival signifies the victory of good over evil. in india, people visit temples, pray and decorate their houses and workplaces with lights. they also exchange gifts with their relatives and friends. at night, people explode firecrackers. on the eve of the festival, hindu committees from malaysia and singapore jointly organized a concert in kuala lumpur. famous artists from both countries presented a two-hour show. about 10,000 people including senior government officials participated. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> mei shoji is up next with weather. >> hi there. welcome back. let's talk about weather now. starting off with asia, high pressure dominates much of eastern continental asia. mongolia, northern china, korean peninsula as well as japan, looking very dry and calm for us on our thursday. here a little bit of showers will be making some precipitation and maybe some snow can be seen in western china. a little bit of showers here in northeastern china, but nothing

for religion and ethics news weekly, i'm saul gonzalez. >> on our cal entdar this week, hindus and the sikhs are preparing for celebrating the fest valve lights marking the victory of good over evil. the holiday lasts for five days. finally when an earthquake shook washington, d.c. in august, the washington national cathedral was one of the structures damaged. this week engineers inspected the highest pinnacles, the city of washington applied to the federal government for disaster assistance to help with cathedral repairs. the damage has been estimated around $15 million and the cathedral had no earthquake insurance. nobody imagined that what is almost the highest point in the nation's capital, an earthquake would ever be a problem. that's our program for now. i'm bob aber nethy. follow us on twitter and facebook and find us on you tube. watch us any time, anywhere on smart phones and iphone. there is much more on our website where you find special links and resources on advanced directives and more of our interviews about end of life care. you can comment on all oursters and share the

it's a colorful, glorious celebration of hindus around the world.ctures they create, patterns on the floor of homes that you're seeing. >> what is that made of? >> different things, chalks, different materials, the idea is let's create a home that is very welcoming and colorful. >> so happy. >> that's a big part of it. so happy, colorful and joy us. as you can see, full of color. >> i don't want to know how long it took you to get that on. probably a good half hour. >> it looks much more simple than it really is. >> i tried to get into one of those before, it's not easy. >> you need help. >> you do. thank you. >>> winning one battle in the war against drugs, and the u.s. coast guard unloads the spoils of a massive multimillion dollar cocaine bust. you got to see it to believe it. that's next in cross country. chn women men and uh pandas... elbows mmm [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry, try it yourself. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing i

thousand that's number two behind all the christians put together ahead of jews buddhists muslims hindus and what i want to do is make sure that there's overt policies that say chaplains have to provide for those service members and to ensure that there is training so that they know how to properly provide for them what give us you know give us a hypothetical or just tell us i guess how it actually works when you're out in the field when you are in a war zone they can turn you down a chaplain can say that i won't provide you counseling you know i can't help you out because because you're not a person of faith what happens is if i. you know jewish or mormon for example i'll go in and find probably a chaplain that's not my own faith they'll point me in the right direction maybe connect me with a chaplain that is there provide materials and draw from the training that they've had you know kind of world religions and diversity training to help me out and what i what i get if i'm an atheist or a humanist you know they might talk to me but they're going to talk to me without understanding what

and the jews and now since nine hundred ninety they started at the muslims in the buddhists in the hindus they're doing a great job recognizing the diversity of their military so long it's as it's the the istic diversity what they haven't done is said ok we recognise that almost twenty five percent of the military is chose no religious preference they haven't recognized the number two demographic after christian is self identified atheists in order to stay relevant and to ensure that they can continue to receive the power in the influence and the monies that the chaplaincy has they need to provide for everyone equally and provide for them well but do you think that there is you know too much religion in our military because there have been a lot of stories you know there are organizations out there dedicated to trying to remove that because there are stories from men that might have been at certain bases you know or training them you know claim that they were forced to listen to some kind of a christmas outlier bryan singer. they feel like they're being forced into that they're in pressur

dancers show the hindu aspect of the dance by using the positions of our hands we will show you we are decorating the stage and make a water picture and cleaning the stage with the water. plucking flowers and decorating the stage with the petals of the flowers. we will awaken the 5 senses through the blowing of a conch shell. we will demonstrate the 3 duty, creator, producer and the destroyer in order to make way for new creation. [music] [applause] good morning. afternoon, actually. so, as you can see this is an elaborate dance form and has many hand movements which have a specific meaning. in the piece we are about to show you and share with you we will actually pi lly teach you d movements. this means to tell a story. in old times they would travel and tell the stores about the events of the timeses. i need you all to stand up to learn these. excellent. take a stretch. lift our arms up high to the sky. we will start by creating trees. we will turn our arms into tree branches. our finger tips into leaves and we will sway in the breeze. when the wind picks up we will sway faster. we w

. >> he was a figure in hindu mythology. there is a very different look and feel. it is really clear reasons why indian films are trying to be like american films. many people are watching the films. the danger is that the more you try to compete with hollywood, the more you end up losing the thing that people love about indian films in the first place. the british location science- fiction is different but that formula, the family drama, the songs and dancing, does make an appearance. for an audience this devoted, it can only go so far. >> what is not to love about that? today's show to ay close to the can get constant updates on our website, bbc.com. for all of us that "bbc world news america," see you tomorrow. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy

the enemy is muslim, christian, atheist, hindu, jew. he is our collective face, our evolution, the devolution, the ripening of long injustices. thank you. the next poet is michael palmer. >> what of that wolf hound at full stride. what of the woman that serves as fairl guide and witness to the snowy hive? what of the singer robed in red and frozen at mid-song? and the stone, its brokenness, or the voice oft seen that says note the dragon seen but asking no questions of flight, no questions of irridescence, what of that century, did you see it pass? what of that wolf hound at your back? and then a poem that is for mahmud darlish called the dream of narcissus. the dream of narcissus, that there would be a silence loud as time. the dream of the writer that there could be a silence loud as time, the dream of time that rest might come, the dream of rest, that unrest might arise. the dream of the palm, the pilgrims would enter the village. the dream of the village, that they depart with their palms and the house dreaming of his leveling and t

the goal is to make each other believe and then offer the blood to a hindu goddess. strange as it may seem, the custom was begun with a queen. the festival ends when the two sides drop their rocks, shake hands and nurse each other's wounds. >>> if diamonds are a girl's best friend then canada has a friend like no other. a 50 carat diamond set to go on auction with an estimated value of $10 million. the monster rock, nearly as wide as a dollar coin, is the largest ever to be sold in canada. a belgium owner says he is selling it due to the slumping economy. >>> the latest stars on stage in japan don't actually exist. these concert headliners are completely computer-generated. although they can't be seen live, the characters can be integrated into a video performance and interact with dancers on stage and the audience. the characters, who are nationwide stars, originally natured in a popular voice synthesizing program. the bright side is no rehab, no high demands. >> no, not at all. i mean, i think i'd sound good if i could get my voice synthesized and reverberations. >

. >>> they think the hindu god is in the biggest festival in bangladesh. the five day event represents the victory of good over evil. they sing hymns and praise god. last day of the event. thousands joined a procession through the capital. it ended with imergs of them into rivers, ponds and other bodies of water. >>> cambodian government urged phones to be moved underground. the change designed to improve quality of services and make cities more beautiful. a senior government official made the comment during a seminar thursday. the official said the present day cable is fragile. they hope putting it would provide service that's safe, secure, sustainable. >>> here is the extended weather forecas >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm shery ahn. i'm shery ahn. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> a divorce notification. just file this sheet of paper and a husband and wife can go their separate ways. but -- some people unsatisfied with just a scrap of paper. they need closure in a ceremony. this is a divorce ceremony. f

in chinatown, we made sure there is a mosque, a hindu temple, and a chinese temple, catering to all three ethnic groups in chinatown itself. that is the testimony of what's in a more -- with singapore is today. we live with each other in peace and harmony. we go to school together, we serve national service together. we make friends with each other. that is critical. we grew up with each other. >> what would you like americans to know about the heritage of singapore? >> singapore today is a city full of life. a lot of people think we're dull and boring, but singapore is a 24-hour city. people suddenly realize they will be stuck in a suburban town far away from the city. they miss singapore even before they leave it. for myself, there are some of the arts, cultural, and heritage events in singapore at the community level and national level. there are shows coming into singapore better world class -- that are world class. you put that together with our beautiful cityscape that has been well planned, singapore is very green. there is a lot of old jungle in singapore. i think darden and forme

dominated society and particularly the hindu rites that does not like muslim migrants. that is a sight of potential conflict. in terms of why climate scientists aren't making tipping points they are. that is why they are arguing for radical mitigation. >> they are talking about doing things now but not really looking at when they will occur. in other words planning now for a world after the stabbing points are reached accepting that nothing will be done until something big happens and look back 20 years from now and say we should have been planning for this. >> take james hanson. in his latest book he argues it is possible flooding points and positive feedback loop of runaway climate change could increase to the point ready planet is so hot it will be like venus and wipe out all life many hundreds of years in the future.

dancers show the hindu aspect of the dance by using the positions of our hands we will show you we are decorating the stage and make a water picture and cleaning the stage with the water. plucking flowers and decorating the stage with the petals of the flowers. we will awaken the 5 senses through the blowing of a conch shell. we will demonstrate the 3 duty, creator, producer and the destroyer in order to make way for new creation. [music]

but i do, again, want to emphasize not all hindus don't revere their girls. >> right.act that it's happening at all -- i hope they change that. i hope it doesn't happen ever again. anyway -- >> and hopefully -- >> thank you for bringing that to light. >> and the reality is hospitals in india no longer allow you to have a scan and have a sex-selective abortion. you can't do that. so the idea is when you have the scan, doctor are not allowed to tell you whether you're having a girl or boy. but the sonars are so sophisticated now that you can usually tell. so sex-selective abortions are still taking place. certainly a step in the right direction. let's hope that young ashmita has a very wonderful life. so noble one, thank you. >> thank you. >> enjoy the rest of your day. >> woman of hope. nadia, thank you very much. >>> coming up, for a lot of folks, october is pumpkin season. and few people know how to carve one better than two guys in a basement in brooklyn. we'll show you how they work their magic next. to bring you ad medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with the lowest

. >>> rspping e hindu goddess, durga puja has evolved into a large festival in bangladesh. it symbolizes the hard-fought victory the of good over evil. devotees erected about 28,000 temporary worship pavilions to sing hymns and praise the goddesses. on thursday, the last day of the event, thousands of devotees joined the procession through the capital, daka, the festival ended with the faithful immer immersiimmers immersing images of the goddess in waters. >>> the government has urged telecom firms to move their aerial networks underground. designed to improve the quality of services and enhance the beauty of cities. a senior government official made the announcement in phnom penh. he said the cable network in cambodia is fragile and messy the. and expressed hope that the relocation of the network underground would help improve service that is safe, secure and sustainable. >>> now, more news in brief around the world. russian prime minister, vladimir putin, insists he is the person who can stabilize domestic politics. speaking ahead of his round for the presidency next marc

many of the victims were returning to work after celebrating the hindu festival. >>> firefighters held annual drills in the tokyo bay area on friday, to prepare for major earthquakes. the exercises were based on the scenario that a magnitude 7 tremor hit the japanese capital. the firefighters practiced putting out fires, emergency workers also simulated extinguishing burning oil spills in tokyo bay caused by a cargo ship accident. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >> hi there, time for the weather. we'll head into eastern asia. more heavy downpours, unfortunately across indochina as we can see, plenty of cloud here and below it is going to be a lot of wet weather. very unfortunate. there's a critical flood situation here in across thailand as well as parts of cambodia as well. so unfortunately, not any relief coming this weekend. and those terms. we also have tropical storm banyan here. it's a tropical depression at the moment, but it looks like in the next 12 do 24 hours it is going to become a tropical storm once again. this is the same system that crossed the philippines

many of the victims were returning to work after celebrating the hindu festival. >>> firefighters heldl drills in the tokyo bay area on friday to prepare for a major earthquakes. the exercises were based on the scenario thatting a magnitude 7 tremor hit the japanese capital. emergency workers simulated extinguishing burning oil spills in tokyo bay caused by cargo ship accident. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >> hi there, time for the weather. we'll head into eastern asia. more heavy downpours, unfortunately across indochina as we can see, plenty of cloud here and below it is going to be a lot of wet weather. very unfortunate. there's a critical flood situation here in across thailand as well as parts of cambodia as well. so unfortunately, not any relief coming this weekend. and those terms. we also have tropical storm banyan here. it's a tropical depression at the moment, but it looks like in the next 12 do 24 hours it is going to become a tropical storm once again. this is the same system that crossed the philippines earlier this week. so it's going to get a little more

there were gifts and a hindu priest put blessings on expectant mothers. a room full. more unusual, none were carrying their own biological children. to the growing list of industris outsourcing to industry, add surrogate mothering. minutes after delivering a slightly premature infant by c-section, the doctor was back in her office and on the phone to the parents. >> congratulations. it's a baby girl. are you in mumbai right now? >> they were en route from england and didn't reach the town in india in time to watch a surrogate mother give birth to their child. >> we have taken a picture. >> the doctor delivered 400 surrogate babies since 2004. her clinic implants embryos in surrogates she recruits and pays around $7,000 for a pregnancy carried to term. biological parents come from across india and around the world. this woman came from colorado to pick up her baby girl namedy is renity born four weeks premature, but after a week in intensive care, she was ready to be discharged. y is renity's 46-year-old mother traveled with her 9-year-old son and tried unsuccessfully

the most elaborate hindu festival of the year, dwali, falls on wednesday, it's aimed at fostering understandingng malaysia's various ethnic communities and promoting tourism and feature s artists from 40 countries. >>> mai shoji is up next with weather. >>> let's take a look at your weather conditions. starting with asia, let's take a look at japan. the pacific side going to be overcast. but still mild weather will continue for a little while before this low pressure system moving into northern japan, disturbing the area with strong winds and a few showers. and this associated cold front will then be passing through the area. so much of the country will be experiencing this strong winds, maybe some hail. nothing too significant, but a few showers may be possible. as well as the temperatures dropping down significantly perhaps by wednesday. here is the high pressure dominates the area. we will see some sunny spells in the korean peninsula. and southwestern china will be seeing some few showers, nothing too significant. but even just a little rain, we're concerned here in thailand. the flooding s

with jews and christians and hindus and for me that was the way the world was. finally it came time to come back to america. i was in high school and really looking forward to coming back to a place whether i heard about fourth of jewels lies anulies . i got beat up. they said you're not from america. it wasn't in africa that i learned about racism but here in united states. we were completely broke and i did something real unpopular at the time. four days after high school i joind the united states army. not only to serve my country but to get the,gi bill to continue my education. then i saw young men and women from all across america. from farms and ranches and it matedm made me realize the strength in this country is not from commonality but our great diversity. i had a younger sister named gift of god and christa was a special girl because she suffered from severe epilepsy. she never once complained. she never said across word and it could or would take her an hour or two to line um... up her clothes and do our homework and get her lunch b bag ready. i'm the

we haven't had a hindu president. what about an athiest? >> i don't think -- >> could be elected. >> wait a minute. i thought that religion was a private matter, and the separation of church and state is -- >> anyone running -- >> why does did make a difference if an athiest is an athiest? as far as the presidency is concerned. >> people want to believe their president believes in god. >> but it's people won't vote for him. be disqualified, he just wouldn't be voted for. >> he might have already had one. we don't necessarily know. it people's beliefs are private. >> why are both of you equating agent imwith a lack of spiritual value? what they deny is the existence of a god. they don't deny nor do they not practice spiritual values, extending beyond their being a god. >> i'm surprised nobody has mentioned tom wolf's get about how a cult is any religion that doesn't have political clout. because that's what we're seeing here. the mormons are in utah nobody calls this. a cult. and it's like -- there's a debate like how many angels could dance

as we leave you, scenes from celebrations of the hindu holiday, also known as the festival of lights.

>> they are not living there because, reportedly, the hindu version of feng shui is not correct. are looking at the 27-story building. it's much more complete than some of these pictures. >> with all due respect, it cost $1 billion and that's what it looks like? >> it doesn't look like that now. you're seeing it in construction. a couple of things they're saying about the shots not being correct is it's supposed to face the sunrise and there are not enough windows on the east side. and the whole idea is to have directional alignment, how the laws of nature affects a human dwelling and you have to capitalize on the air flow. >> they didn't figure that out ahead of time? >> but, here is the scoop. here is the real story. the real story is his father died, leaving the fortune to him and his brother. apparently he won't move into the 27-story home until his mother does and his mother is not going to move in until both her sons reconcile. >> so it's not a fight about the money. >> but right now, they're living in a 14-story much more modest home because the 27-story is going to have t