even if you're ancestors converted to other faiths, we are telling you to accept hinduism. >> reporter the issue has focused attention on the government of hindu nationalist, prime minister narendra modi. opposition parties criticized modi's silence and delayed parliamentary debate on economic reform. >> translator: the prime minister must respond to our questions in order for the present situation to calm down. >> reporter: leaders of india's minority religions, including islam, have voiced concern. >> the prime minister also, he is our minister also. the silence of modi appealing to muslims, unsafe. >> reporter: this is a country of different religion and ethnicities. minorities are closely watching how the newly elected federal government responds to moves against india's diverse religious culture. neha gupta, nhk world, new delhi. >> that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> japanese space buffs are planning a giant leap for pop culture. they hope to recreate a scene from their favorite anime show "on the moon." the team got inspiration from a series called

protests have been held accusing the film of insulting hinduism. >> there's an effort to align hinduism in different ways. this is shameful. people that do such things should be thrown out of society and films banned. the film critiques, rather than insults the practice of religion and the protests increases interest in the fold. >> the right field feels that because they are in power, it's time to assert them. it's not that they protested previous films, but they are more. >> reporter: controversial or not, the producers put their faith in the film. >>> still ahead on the al jazeera newshour. we bring you the sport. a fan gets more than he bargained for at a basketball game in montenegro. more on that later. >>> robin is here with the sport. >> thank you, asia's biggest football tournament heads to australia, kicking off in melbourne op friday. japan are the defending champions, host australia opens against queue wait looking -- kuwait looking for the first-ever title, despite a lowly ranking of 100, they left oceania in search of tougher competition. they have asian powerhouse south k

hinduism as well as christianity can save the soul and redeem the world. this is a flat repudiation of the claim to be a uniquely inspired faith and opens up the way to the dangerous concept of religion not as a revelation, but as the experience of mankind. the very magnitude and beauty of gandhi's important as a hindu constitutes a reflection upon the indispensable nature. this is his unpardonable sin that they can't match the christian virtue. that's a fantastic paragraph as a document. as emmer and parker had done, the cult of gandhi in the 20th century and even more the movement towards an emerging cosmopolitan cosmopolitan. this laid the ground work for the shifts now under way. leaving organized religion is i viable religious option for young americans today because they affirm with their liberal predecessors predecessors, the truth is not to one faith and not to be found in religions, creeds, or rituals. as the examples are in the 20th century cosmopolitans, the revolt against christian exclusivism and organized christianity itself is not described

this semester, it seems to me we have spent a lot of time studying the great ism's of the world -- hinduismddhism. judaism. then we get to a couple of non-isms -- christianity and islam. today, we are beginning to get days on the subject of mormonism. we are going to begin our story really at the end of the early chapter of mormon's history in --

hinduism christianity judaism.gations. >> i just don't hear this -- this -- this burning debate observer whether or not to use the word islamic. if it's appropriate, use it if it's not -- there is a -- gene's going to have to write a column about that harold because there has been a burning debate. the white house since 2010 has been trying to pretend this isn't a problem. and it's -- yeah it's only a very small, small percentage of muslim extremist that go out and kill, but -- well mika has some numbers from pew polling just from last year. there is a cultural divide between a lot of muslim countries and france and england, and america. and if we don't understand this we make the same mistakes that george w. bush and dick cheney and that administration made thinking they were going to go into these countries and find thomas jefferson. >> adding the word extremist to the phrase isn't that clarity enough, i guess would be the question some would ask, pew has numbers on more extreme elements of islam when it comes to

hinduism, as well as christianity, can save the soul and redeem the world. but this is a flat repudiation of christianity to be a uniquely inspired faith. it opens up the way to a whole dangerous concept of the religion as the universal expense of mankind. the very magnitude in beauty of gandhi's personality, as a hindu, constitutes a serious reflection upon the indispensable nature of the christian gospel. this is his unpardonable sin, that a non_christian can match a christian in virtue. i think that is just a fantastic paragraph. as emerson and parker has done in the 19th century, the call to gandhi in the 20th century, and even more, of course, the broad movement towards an emerging __ this lay the groundwork for the religious and political shifts now underway. leaving organized religion because they affirm __ are certainly not to be found increase or rituals. yet, as the examples of century cosmopolitanism make clear, the revolt against christianity is not best describe the secularization. we are not witnessing the transformation of the united states in

followers of mormonism, hinduism, islam, they're not worshipping the same god in a different way, we believe their following false gods. >> this is not a christian faith. it is a false religion. what this would mean for the spiritual health of the united states of america, the worshipper of a false god occupied the white house. >> it was an ugly strange of religious bigotry by certain parts of the religious right including the american family association. at the height of that ugliness, the daily beast obtained e-mails written by david lane, that led the rick perry prayer rally. the same guy about to lead the top leadership of the national republican party on this trip this weekend. in these e-mails, david lane said that pro rick perry pastor, the one that called mormonism a cult, he said about that pastor, quote, we owe dr. jeffress a big thank you. he said quote, let me go on the record i won't vote for mitt romney as republican nominee in 2012. >> why is the national republican party sending it's chairman and national leadership on a trip led by that guy who said he wanted to be o

this semester, it seems to me we have spent a lot of time studying the great ism's of the world -- hinduism, buddhism. judaism. then we get to a couple of non-isms -- christianity and islam. today, we are beginning to get days on the subject of mormonism. we are going to begin our story really at the end of the early chapter of mormon's history in -- mormonism's history in the united states. we began on june 27, 1834. on that day, the mormon prophet joseph smith sat in jail in carthage, illinois. this was just little bit east of this red dot in western illinois. it was near the mormon gathering place, headquarters of sorts, a nauvoo, in western illinois. joseph smith was the president and prophet of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. his followers were commonly known as mormonites or mormons known after the church's founding scripture, the the book of mormon. smith was the mayor of the city of nauvoo and the lieutenant general of the militia. he was in jail on the charge of inciting a riot. a group of mormon dissenters upset with his leadership of the church, had published the

accusing the film of insulting hinduism. >> translator: people who do such things should be thrown outsociety, and such films should be banned. >> reporter: but others say the film critiques rather than insults the practice of religion and the protests have only increased interest in the film. >> reporter: the right-wing feel because the bjp is in power, it's their time to project themselves. >> reporter: but the protests don't seem to have hurt the popularity of the movie, and controversial or not, the producers have put their faith in the film. >>> all right. coming up the battle over the keystone xl pipeline. i'll talk to a man who says stopping the pipeline will send a dangerous message to investors about the economy. it's crazy money that you can make here. [[vo]] behind america's oil boom. >>it's a ticking time bomb. [[vo]] uncovering shocking working conditions. >>do you know what chemicals have been in that tank? [[vo]] and the deadly human cost. >>my big brother didn't wake up the next day. [[vo]] faultlines. al jazeera america's hard-hitting & >>today, they will be arrested.

. >> in hinduism we believe that she is our mother a mother giving birth to us and the river is the motherraises us. she protects us from our problems and misseries. we get peace by coming to her. >> reporter: activists say the devotion is contributing to hazardous levels of pollution. the yamana is used to dump rubbish, sewerage and industrial waste. it is new considered dead in some parts, with no life able to survive in these waters. alarmed by the crisis the national green tribunal increased fines for people throwing waste. >> there are people who are boolish and don't want to follow the rules. for those people. we will find them. and others will be careful next time. >> reporter: over the years the government invested millions to clean up the river. it has not work the. a few kilometres downstream the major cause of pollution is obvious. this phone is evidence of untreated sewage flowing into the sewage every day. to clean up the yam una experts say it has to be diverted. >> very little comes backs to the riff. let's divert all of it away for some use or other. that needs to be done.

. >> in hinduism we believe she is our mother.here is the mother who gives birth to us and the river is the mother that raises us. >> she protects us from our problems and ms.eries. we get peace by coming to her. >> but activists say this devotion is contributing to hazardous levels of pollution despite being revered as a goddess, it is being used to dump rubbish, sewage and industrial waste. it is now considered dead in some parts with no life able to survive in these waters. alarmed by the crisis the national green tribunal has increased fines for people throwing waste. >> there are people who are bullies and they don't want to follow the rules. for those people we find a problem. others will be careful next time. >> over the years, the government has invested millions of dollars to clean up the river, but it hasn't worked. just a few kilometers downstream, the major cause of the pollution becomes obvious: this foam is evidence of the millions of liters of untreated sewage that flows into the river every day. to clean up the yem

accusing the film of insulting hinduism. >> translator: people who do such things should be thrown outsociety, and such films should be banned. >> reporter: but others say the film critiques rather than insults the practice of religion, and the protests have film. >> reporter: the right-wing feel because the bjp is in power, themselves. >> reporter: but the protests don't seem to have hurt the popularity of the movie, and controversial or not, the producers have put their faith in the film. >>> all right. coming up the battle over the keystone xl pipeline. i'll talk to a man who says stopping the pipeline will send a dangerous message to investors about the economy. [[vo]] rock star astronaut chris hadfield. >>everything i've done has been fun stuff. [[vo]] mind-blowing discoveries & >>it's on the edge of impossible. [[vo]] terrifying near-death experiences & >>if it had been higher, it'd hit us. [[vo]] and an exciting future that's closer than you think. >>go from being an air traveller to being a space traveller. >>you see it as the future. >>i see it as inevitable. [[vo]] every mond

religions involve, the most important in numbers are christians and islam and that's followed by hinduism and jewish but a whole bunch of others. and the kinds of things they talk about are like economic development, education, health care nuclear disarmament refugee and displacement issues, and so on. but i think things like this are to be encouraged because they get people from different religions and say, there are things you can get together on and work on together and that tends to break things down. and he is given it a little handout on that and i would like to put that in the record also. >> without objection. >> thank you for the opportunity to present some views. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. secretary kissinger. >> mr. chairman, thank you for this invitation and two appeared together with my friends for 50 years, george schultz of whom i have cared so much, and with madeline with whom i've shared common concerns for many decades. and who put me in my place when she was appointed as secretary of state, and i introduced her at a dinner in new york, and i said, welcome to

they are still there that require the study of buddhism confucious hinduism and islam and judaism and they christian-americanist seekism, a reflection of the successful lobbying effort out of the sheikh community and muslims and another standard on jewish christian and muslim contact in europe asia and north africa. it is related with the holocaust, the origins of monolithyism and two references to america's per pourted biblical roots. islam is the study of several critiques and some refer to history and some are contemporary in focus. in general, the contemporary teks about islam associate it with terrorism. the most explicit link quote radical islamic fundamentalism to quote, palestinian era and the growth of al qaeda and 9/11. one standard's tribute responsibility for quote on going conflict with israel, solely to arab rejection of israel. that standard does not technically refer to islam but has obvious conceptional kinship to those that do. the overal objection the teks give is that islam is the association with terrorism conflict and hostility to israel. as an aside, i would not

islam, christianity, judaisim, hinduism, protect life and cannot be used to take lives. two whom we honor here today stand very firm on this point. they live according to what mahatma ghandi said. there are purposes i would have died for. there are no purposes i would have killed for. kailash satyarthi and malala yousafsai are not only behind the desk, but in practice. your majesties, your highnesses, ladies and gentlemen, kailash satyarthi's vision is quite simple, to put an end to child slavery. since he abandoned a career in 1980, this has been satyarthi's overriding aim. he has worked at several different levels to achieve it. at the grass roots level, he has achieved the release of some 80,000 children, sometimes in very dynamic circumstances. he has often been brutally attacked, it takes little fantasy to imagine the reaction when he and his co-workers go into worn-down factories in india to set the children free. powerful interests have profited from child labor that do not give up without a struggle. satyarthi himself has adhered to nonviolence. the child laborer

big list of religions involved with the most important as christians and as long as is followed by hinduism and jewish. but there are a bunch others as of others as well. the kind of things that they talk about are economic development, education, health care and nuclear disarmament and other issues and so on but i think things like this are to be encouraged because you get people from different religions to say there are things you can get together on and work on together and that tends to break things down and he has given me a little handout on that and i would like to put that in the record also. >> without objection. >> so thank you for the opportunity to present this. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. secretary kissinger. >> mr. chairman. thank you for this invitation to appear together with my friend 50 years to whom i owe so much and madeleine albright, with whom i have shared common concerns for many decades. and you put me in a place when she was the secretary of state and i introduced her at a dinner in new york and i said welcome to the fraternity. and she said the first th

it can be a philosophy, a way of life buddhism hinduism. : . for many organized religion. for many it is not. i will suggest this to you respectfully, no matter what religion or philosophy organized or otherwise people adopt, they almost all have a golden rule within them. if you are a lunch at matly practicing almost any of them practicing them well you will tend to be a pretty good citizen and a pretty good person. adherence -- kerry's words. may have doingmas of their own but they translate them into reasonable argument or more universal values when engaging those outside of tradition. adherence of bad religion n contrast, do not register a key change as they switch between these internal and e terrible domains, as if he isington put it: good religion is good in the measure it tends toward inindividualsibility or unobtrusiveness, protecting a neutral space in which converted and insiders and aliens may do the work of commerce and goverance. the irony is that outsider candidates in the united states history have enthusastically supported what is essentially a protestant

this semester, it seems to me we have spent a lot of time studying the great ism's of the world -- hinduismddhism, judaism. then we get to a couple of non-isms -- christianity and islam.