i know islam was practiced there by talking to the people who go there. >> is islam a religion?y opinion, yes. >> what do you base that on? >> they have a belief in a deity, an after life. >> you say an after life. is that like when you yell allah ac war and blow yourself up and get seven virgins, is there at the afterlife you're talking about, you strap a bomb on your chest and blow up unsuspecting people that didn't know anything about you before so you get you some virgins. is that the after life you're calling a religion? >> it's a religion. i do not know if that's what they practice there, sir i've been told some muslims believe that and some i talked to, don't. >> do you believe allah and god is the same? >> that's not relevant. >> allah akbar. >> during hearings, several local residents took to the stand to link the mosque floenlg threat of radical islam. >> this organization is presenting themselves as a peace loving organization and in actuality some of their leadership is radical. >> i think every law abiing citizen in the united states of america should stand up again

i know that islam is practiced there by talking to the people who go there. >> is islam a religion?pinion? >> yes. >> yes, sir. >> what do you base that on? >> they have a belief in a deity, an afterlife. >> you say an afterlife. is that like when you yell "allah akbar" and blow yourself up and a bunch of people and you get seven virgins? is that the afterlife you're talking about? where you strap a bomb on your chest, blow up unsuspecting people that didn't know anything about you the day before so you get you some virgins? is that the afterlife that you're calling a religion? >> it's a religion. i do not know if that's what they practice there, sir. i know some muslims believe that. some i've talked to don't. >> do you believe allah and god is the same? >> your honor, none of this is relevant, your honor! >> do you know what that says? >> allah akbar. >> during the hearings, several local residents took to the stand to link the mosque project to the threat of radical islam. >> this organization is presenting themselves as a peace-loving organization and, in actuality, some of thei

>> i do not know about the center, but i know islam is practiced there. >> is islam a religion?my opinion? >> yes, sir. >> what do you base that on? >> they have a belief in a deity. and an afterlife? >> when you say an afterlife, are you talking about where you strap a bomb on your chest, blow up unsuspecting people that didn't know anything about you the day before and then -- so you get you some virtue. is that what you're calling a religion? >> it's a religion. i do not know if that's what they practice there. >> do you leave allah and god is same? >> your honor, none of this is relevant, your honor. >> you know what that says? >> allah akbar. >> several local residents took to the stand to the tlet of radical islam. >> this organization is presenting themselves as a peace-loving organization. and, in actuality, some of their leadership is radical. >> i think every law-abiding sit zen in the united states of america should stand up against shareea law. >> sally helped fund the lawsuit. >> every time you turn on tv, every time you pick up the paper, there is a radical muslim

arguing that it is not a true representation of islam. still, alhibri says the anti-sharia constitution is unnecessary. >> our constitution basically trumps everything else. that also goes on the state level with the state law. you don't just bring a law from another country and impose it here if it is against public policy. that is not how we work here. >> we can have a valid polygamist marriage out of egypt. and if this polygamist marriage is brought to the united states and the court is requested to enforce egyptian law, which would permit polygamy, but that violate our public policy, so the u.s. court would not recognize it. >> also teaching as ruckers law school and pace law school says the circumstances where sharia is relevant in u.s. court is limited, mainly for a judge reviewing, for example, a contract following sharia financial guidelines. >> it applies basic new jersey contract law. there is not really enforcing sharia. sharia is just a tool it aid the court to better understand what it is reviewing. >> he says anti-foreign la

this -- islamic sympathy but is not an un- islamic -- but is not islamic. >> be any of my enemy is my friend. eny of my enemy is my friend. a ranging -- arranging to take him out. certain weapons of mass destruction. >> mr. gaffney believes that obama was not born in the united states and that there are mounting claims that he is still in muslim. -- a muslim. >> since i argue most of the time that we should avoid imposing sharia in the united states, i think the president should get benefit of the, as well. there is some evidence that he was raised as a muslim, documentary evidence, as well. as far as i know, the president has not done anything to a firm islam. -- to affirm islam. i do not know we do not believe him when he says he is a christian. that is not our way of thinking. if somebody wants to run a nutty muslim that obama is a because at some point in his childhood, he was raised as one, which i do not know either, i think that is a stupid thing to do. you are a sitting i am going to accept your recitation. >> there is mounting evidence. >> i would rather see the quote before

>> my world turned upside down, because the islam that we were living, this very egalitarian islam at home... outside in saudi arabia, i was seeing the complete opposite. and so i learned at that age, at 15, that there were many different types of islam, because the islam i was taught was, "you and your brother are equal, y andour other must go to university, you and your brother have to perform at this very high level that we expect of you." but outside, on the streets of saudi arabia, women were absent, and it was a very misogynistic interpretation of islam. so it was a real culture shock for me. >> hinojosa: and actually, you write about, at that point, going into a depression. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: what was the source of that depression, and what did you do as a, you know, muslim teenager depressed in saudi arabia? >> i think the source of the depression now, when i look at it, you know, with much introspection and reflection and time, you know, between then and now, was this great culture shock that i experienced because, you know, teenage girls anywhere have a hard time-- teenag

islamic studies. during that time, the oxford center board members included abdullah omar naseef and shake our dowie. let me mention a few more enclosing. in the end, our system is mainly about political accountability. i think much more than legal remedies. i'm not accusing anyone of a crime. our national security and foreign policy have taken a dangerous turn. that needs to be a campaign issue regardless of whether they need to make it one. the policymakers should be stress than a prop members of the administration, secretary clinton when it comes to foreign policy. no one i know, least of all me as contending that president obama are president clinton needed huma abedin to develop sympathy. i would be surprised if ms. abedin does not favor the administration's decision to do with the muslim brotherhood is a friend rather than enemy, but she is not the official responsible for that decision. some of the people highlighted in the letters by the members have very influential decisions about us cause f

from a disease is not the islamic world they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to live here. during the reminds it's muslim community whose laws come first by allowing protesters to display cartoons of the prophet muhammad get the full story in a couple of minutes. in just a few minutes find out how doing the basic things all journalists shrewd by gathering the facts could land reporters on a blacklist of some governments. iran has opened the doors to delegate some the sixteenth gathering of the self described not aligned states the largest international summit to have ever been house of by the islamic republic fifteen leaders from the countries which don't consider themselves connected to any power block are expected to convene in tehran within the week nuclear weapons nonproliferation and the conflict in syria will be among the issues topping the agenda the second we can all bonking moon has decided to tan despite pressure from washington and its allies would have been accused of trying to play down the impo

live from moscow is to have a look at the roots of radicalism vestment the spread of islamic extremism in russia or and whether it's being fueled from abroad that's in a few minutes here on r.t. . but first the syrian delegations walked out on the session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi said that assad's government had lost its legitimacy and called on the attending nations to support the rebels syria's foreign minister slammed the comments as inciting further violence in the country my colleague spoke earlier to journalist and broadcaster neil clark who believes morsi is statement was on balance to best. he didn't could criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels have been responsible for much of the violence in syria the government for another two but you know there were bombs going off this week that you know people clearly didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green by what he said you got to bear in mind the fact that egypt receives ab

still i had a sour here in our team a look at hardline islam as an anti europe there's an organization called a cause a policy that has been based here for the last three years it's allegedly a salafi story because aisha the preachers of radical islam are the website has been blocked and there's no easy way to get in touch with them so we decided to come here and find out what we could our correspondent investigates the roots of radical islam in belgium and attempts to stop it becoming part of parcel of european life. wealthy british style. time to. go around the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. soon which brightened. some from fans to the french and. starts on t.v. don't come. back you're watching r t you know recent reports published by wiki leaks have revealed have revealed that the u.s. government is using highly advanced spyware to watch its own citizens the system called trap wire allegedly x. x. this is all surveillance cameras nationwid

a spokesperson for germany's islamic community has said they won't be baited into taking action. point out we're going to ignore these people and we will not organize a concert demonstration that is the right position to take and it is one little hold there was a reaction elsewhere though in egypt a man tossed for nail bombs into the grounds of the german embassy he said he was incensed by the court's decision to allow the cartoons to be shown during the protest right wing politicians say that while in germany muslims should accept german law obviously. one of his and this is not the islamic world we should be able to decide what cartoons are shown or they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to live here and right wing groups say that muslims aren't the enemy their problem is with government policy which they claim allows islamic extremism safe haven within german borders and if there are quiet our message is clear it's not the kebabs over but the politicians following false parlous these who are your ene

and when someone says islam is the only fair way of life and social order they're called radical or extremist and what's the punishment for stealing the hand is chopped off. not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal court nevertheless such ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list of banned extremist literature was thrown together. often in books by classical world famous authors are banned or in some of prophet muhammad saints how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course there stone is a long we going to buy the war stuff radical islam how the street reacts to the spread of extremism is now key in the room could only worsen the situation you go to school of. don't understand now so go get some other stories from around the world afghanistan's president has removed the countries the fans of the theory of ministers as well as the intelligence chief this as a part of a planned cabinet shake up on the eve of elections there was draw of

the killing of a spiritual leader of muslims by an islamic extremist is being seen as another sign of a steady rise in radicalism in russia the attack came on tuesday when a female suicide bomber entered the clerics home disguised as a pilgrim and blow herself up concern has also been fueled by last month's. republican. some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way back to the middle east but others say the threat from islamic hatred it could become even stronger you got to reports. the trip to work that turned to tragedy. he was driving when a series of blasts threw him from his car the man who's been openly against the spread of radical ideas among the lever survived to find his deputy was shot dead in another part of town investigators still don't know the exact motivation behind the attack but the spotlights now on to other stuff on most people here are muslim and that gets mentioned more and more when it comes to the spread of radical islam in washington. some of the local muslim communities are financed by arab families from states as an official religion because

islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to leave. germany reminds its muslim community has laws come first by allowing protesters to display cartoons of a problem a homage to the full story in a couple of minutes. and r t brings ear report on the smear tactics the u.s. government is using against journalists banned on telling the truth to the public and. iran is open the doors to delegates of the sixteenth gathering of the self described nonaligned states the largest international summit to have adverb in house and by the islamic republic fifty leaders from the countries which don't consider themselves connect. to any power block are expected to convene in tehran within the week nuclear weapons nonproliferation and the conflict in syria will be among the issues topping the agenda u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has decided to attend despite pressure from washington and its allies which have been accused of trying to play down the importance of the summit asia times correspondent have escobar believes now western attempts to underm

and when someone says islam is the only fair way of life and social order they're called radical or extremist and what's the punishment for stealing the hand. chopped off. not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal code nevertheless such ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list of banned extremist literature was thrown together. often in books by classical world famous authors have banned or in some of prophet muhammad saints how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course that are stan is a long way from becoming involved by the war stuff radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of extremism is now key in the wrong moves could only worsen the situation you've got going to all of our guys on that our son. well the russian city of khazan has come under the spotlight again this time as two women were found dead in their flat with the words free pussy riot written on them on the wall above them apparently in blood it's being treat

the village of al qaida in syria so how the sour on r.t. a look at hardline islam islam and europe. there's an organization called it might cause of poverty that has been based here for the last three years it's allegedly a salafi story because they show the pictures of radical islam for the website has been blocked and there's no easy way to get in touch with them and decided to come here and find out what we could. our correspondent investigates the roots of radicalism in belgium and attempts to stop it becoming part of parcel of european life. recent reports published by wiki leaks have revealed that the us government is using highly advanced spyware to watch its own citizens the system called trap wire allegedly access access as a surveillance cameras nationwide and sands collect the data to a main database where the images are stored on covers or about the mysterious software. on any given day some twenty million people are making their way through new york city what most if not all are oblivious to is how closed circuit cameras filming from nearly every corner are being utiliz

this is not the islamic world we should be able to decide what cartoons are shown they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to live here the right wing groups say that muslims aren't the enemy their problem is with government policy which they claim allows islamic extremism safe haven within german borders and if there were not a quiet our message is clear it's not the kebabs over but the politicians following false parlous sees who are your enemy they're the ones wearing islamic extremists thrive here the incident with the cartoons isn't the first time german courts of past controversial judgement regarding islamic beliefs already this year a ban on circumcision received outcry from the country's muslim community if lawmakers want to avoid future protests of this nature then it's up to them to come up with a solution to tensions between non muslims and germany's islamic community peter all of a party. hard in just a moment during a bushel with the best nurse for an hour though everyone should know both sides o

a look at the roots of radicalism we investigate the spread of islamic extremism in russia and whether it's being fueled that's in a few minutes. wealthy british style. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my. global financial headlines kaiser report. you think you understand it and then something else. and realized everything you thought. was a big push. to minutes past the hour here in the russian capital as the rose own is failing to break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of germany is eyeing profit in the east on a visit to china chancellor angela merkel is aiming to convince beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed. the details. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip and it's not just politicians that are there on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemen

is one of the most fundamental branches of islam it's strongly advocated in saudi arabia. which backs it up with billions of dollars of support across the muslim world its followers often oppose all other religions sometimes even calling for jihad holy war against them but citizen or any other radical movement of us lot of course not part of the official religion here but i thought the same different ideas often taught in small mosques hidden from the mainstream. like this one form a boiler house rebuilt into a mosque in one of gazans many apartment block you aren't it's the moms denying being radical but admit they do not support their stance official branches of islam . we don't divide brother muslims and there can be no radicalism no terrorism these are words only used by prove a kidders who want to discredit islam. we were told here believers are taught to sincerely any quality and there are no longer up held in modern society with justice can only be achieved through islam and when someone says islam is the only fan way of life and social order they're called radical

the spread of islamic extremism here in russia and whether it's being fueled up from just a few minutes right here on our. wealthy british style. market. why not what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. you know sometimes you see a story. you think you understand it and then. you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything. is a big issue. you're watching from the heart of the russian capital as the eurozone is fighting to break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of powerhouse germany is eyeing profit in the east on a visit to china chancellor. beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed i would details on this. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip and it's not just politicians that are there on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including pe

the oil-rich nation sees itself as a protector of sunni islam. iran, a shiite stronghold, has long been saudi arabia's fiercest rival in the region. tehran and riyadh are both struggling to gain an upper hand. their conflicting interests have taken center stage in syria. the shia crescent describes the influence on the middle east. i have circled that reaches from iran and iraq from syria and into lebanon. >> iran does not want to see this shiite access destroyed. syria is iran's most of for the arab world. so to iran does not want a change in government there. >> saudi arabia and qatar are supplying the syrian rebels with money and weapons and cooperating with turkey and the united states. washington, too, has repeatedly called for assad to resign, a step that would be a major blow to iran. >> the west and its allies are hoping that a new regime will take over in this area that promotes pro-western policies and alliance itself more with saudi arabia. but russia and china does not want to do the west a favor by giving up on bashar assad and watch

the worst of the radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of it. he. could only situation. r.t. . well the russian city of has come under the spotlight again this time as two women were found dead in their flat with the words free pussy riot written on the wall above them apparently blood is being treated as murder both the elderly woman and her middle aged daughter died from multiple stab wounds authorities are investigating whether the killer was a supporter of pussy riot laws of the band of already described it as a provocation three members of the russian punk band were jailed earlier this month for two years for performing a so-called punk prayer in the country's main cathedral. where the russian crew that had been seized by pirates off the west coast of africa has been freed none of the twenty four people on board were hurt that's according to the russian foreign ministry the pirates pumped out some of the all made their escape the vessel was seized on tuesday after next change of security forces from togo it will continue its voyage. now to some other top stories now

and protest against a radical islamic germany streets with demonstrators saying they want to test the muslim communities here in the country's civil war. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines in two cars a report. nearly ten minutes past the hour moscow time this is r.t. iran says it's trying to help forge solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues at a summit on going into iran. over one hundred developing nations which don't consider themselves aligned to the u.s. are all taking part iran says it will discuss a comprehensive package to resolve the crisis in syria is also calling on participants to oppose western sanctions over to iran's nuclear program egypt's new president is attending the gathering are the first egyptian leader to visit iran

and when someone says islam is the only fair way of life and social order they're called radical or extremist then what's the punishment for stealing the hand is chopped off. not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal court nevertheless such ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list. band extremist literature thrown together. often books by classical world famous authors are banned or the some of prophet muhammad see how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course that is done is along we going to buy the worst of radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of extremism is no the wrong moves could only worsen the situation you go to school of already guys i don't understand . now two women have been stabbed to death in central russia and the words free pussy riot scrawled in blood on the wall of the murder scene the middle aged woman and her elderly mother were stabbed dozens of times in cousin a police say they were left almost be

and still ahead for you this hour here on out see a good look at a hardline islam as i'm deep in europe. there's an organization called that might cause a policy that has been based here for the last three years it's allegedly a salafi as organization that preaches radical islam and the website has been blocked and there's no easy way to get in touch with them so we decided to come here and find out what we could all course want to test their why they're investigating the roots of radicalism in belgium and the attempts to stop it becoming harder and apostle of european life. now recent reports published by wiki leaks have revealed that the u.s. government is using highly advanced spy away to watch its own citizens the system is called truck and it allegedly accesses old surveillance cameras nationwide and sends collected data to a main database where the images are then stored as more important covers more about this rather mysterious software. on any given day some twenty million people are making their way through new york city what most if not all are oblivious to is how closed circu

world they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to be here. germany reminded the muslim community who is the law's come first by allowing protesters to display cartoons of the problem of hama also. in just a few minutes find out how doing the basic things all journalists should by gathering of good land reporters on a blacklist of some governments. now iran's foreign minister has rung the opening bell of a conference for countries which don't consider themselves connected to any of the world's power blocs it's the largest international summit to have ever been hosted by the islamic republic with one hundred twenty states taking part equaling two thirds of all u.n. members united nations secretary-general ban ki moon has decided to attend despite pressure from washington and its allies which have been accused of trying to play down the importance of the summit asia times correspondent pepe escobar believes no western attempts to undermine the gathering will succeed. just look at the math it's very simple who is