this is not the true islam! the true islam is the islam of louis farrakhan!" and well, the class is going ... they're yelling stuff, people are starting to yell, things are getting real negative. and i kind of look up at the clock and say, "can i get out of this one?" but i turned it around- i turned it around. i got up- i happened to have a mic there- and i said, "now class, you see the power of doctrine and the power of ethics- belief and behavior right here?" and fortunately, the period ended and we got out of there. but you know, i got to talking to her, i called her on the phone after class. several students came up and said, "you handled that well, because it could have been, you know, quite a negative experience." but from her perspective, being a young person, true islam was the teaching of louis farrakhan, and she took issue with the standard islamic ritual of the noon prayer. i got to know her throughout the rest of her four years there, and she never quite said, "well, i'm kind of sorry for that," but she came around and realized that there was a wi

against islam. >> all three are true at the same time. certain people in the west are trying to carry out a war against islamic religion. in the old days, when is mum was politically important, you had christian missionaries. they had money from rich people in the united states, they go to the islamic world, and they would preach against islam. they were waging a war, not with guns, but by opening up hospitals, schools, it injections, hoping that people would convert to christians. >> why did people feel they have to do that? >> this is a character of christianity. christ said to preach to the nations. many feel it is part of their christian duty. christianity is a very mission religion. it became the religion of about the civilization and it started to do emissions more substantially. in the modern period, when france was producing voltaire, people like that, it was supporting missionary activity in northern africa also because of political influence. you have all kinds of very strange thing that t

well, because islam's beautiful and we want to look at islam. but why now in this course? because we're talking about the doctrinal, the ethical, and the social dimension, and in sunna, you get that sense- the body of established islamic faith, the morals, the practice- established by consensus- down through history, through scholars, through religious persons. and we see the sunna is the majority of the muslims, the shiite muslims, and also later, we'll talk about the sufis- they're the mystical tradition. and we have one of the most rare videotapes- something i'm very excited to show you, actually, in this class- we have a video interview with a sufi sheik on a rooftop in nazareth, israel, so we'll be bringing that up, but we also want to talk about the sufi tradition. anyway, at the heart, for our purposes, the five pillars of islam. and why i like to touch on this at this point in the course is because the five pillars couldn't be better from any possible doctrine, any possible religious exploration, because it's religious doctrine defining ethical behavior that impact

within to talk to reform islamic. room of islam essentially is a religion is a set of values set of ethics it's really about how the individual relates to god and his position within the cosmos so to take it further prove to me in turn islamic project and say this islamic politics is really. we can turn into whatever we want it's a man made idea man made vision of how we want to imagine our society our politics to be so live as a religion islam how is interpreted by human beings and how they create political projects with the idea of their position with a cause but that's a separate issue about within that spectrum you have various trends as you have with any other parts of the world you have muslims who see who see that democracy is a person i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break gentlemen now and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of future of the arab spring state. and if. you. want. to. to. shoot. there are those who desperately need it to survive mas misspoken visit to give

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islamic art is now on display at the m-l-k library. the islamic art exhibit is a san francisco bay area non-profit group. their mission is to promote islamic art and provide a platform for creative and unique individuals of the muslim community. every year the islamic art exhibit looks for talented people to participate in their year long exhibit, including children. ">>>theres a lot of different intrepretations of what they've done, so it's very interesting to see how everybody kind of gets a theme and has to run with it." the islamic art exhibit will be shown on the fourth floor of the m-l-k library until november 29th. thats it for arts and entertainment this week guys, back to you! thanks big guy, i loved it. over 700 students reside in joe west hall. out of those 700...not a single one is a above a first year student. upper classmen who wanted to live in joe west were forced to find other accomodations. we spoke to a pair of those students about their expirences. ">>>miguel patino is a thrid year computer engineering student who l

holy war against the us egypt one of washington's longtime alleys in the region sees signs of growing islam as. tear gas and stun grenades are again directed up operations peaceful protesters in the latest crackdown which is drawing little attention and most international media . a ukrainian journalist is kidnapped in syria in the latest incident involving a journalist working in the war torn country. thank you for joining r t this saturday it is four o'clock here in moscow i'm karen . well al qaida is calling for a jihad against the u.s. over an american made film mocking the prophet muhammad the leader of the terror group urged more protests outside the u.s. embassies in the middle east while praising last month's assault on the consulate in libya that killed four diplomats the rallying cry to the muslim community came just days after washington acknowledged as growing influence in the region meanwhile egypt where the group's current leader comes from has seen large protests against the growing islamization of the country a young liberals rally turned ugly when islamised also descended on

from from islamic sharia but actually follow islamic sharia these are one of the ongoing battles within the constituent assembly so basically what we're seeing is in a grassroots level the national level the political level quite a heavy islam is ation of egypt. jerusalem post reporter yaakov lumpen says if the draft constitution is passed egypt will inevitably become an islamic state if we look at some of the draft laws that are now up for debate so we were very concerned for anybody who would like to see egypt really circular democratic. there was a draft clause that would make all hands are of the foremost sunni islamic wording institution some sort of body that would be able to decide whether he was or compatible incompatible with islamic law and these are the basic steps that one would take if one wishes to set up an islamic state i think so long as a majority of people who are setting up the new constitution are islamists they will naturally seek to create an islamic. i don't see how that could be avoided. while later because not the only arab countries seeing violence and police

people are saying that the egyptian law should not just derive from from islamic sharia but actually follow islamic sharia is one of the ongoing battles within the constituent assembly so basically what we're seeing is in a grassroots level the national level the political level going to head the islam isolation of egypt. true or correspond on the scene they just let you know as well the latest figures we've got of the number of minutes ago forty one injured on tahrir square tonight i'll keep you posted of course throughout the night let's get some live comment now and speak to jerusalem post journalist now called hi there thanks for being with us tonight clashes today there between liberals and islam islam tahrir square i just read out the toll so far how much do these polaroids protests reflect wider egyptian society and its attitude towards the government and the president you think. i think these clashes are very reflective if we look back to the results of the egyptian presidential elections we can see that morsi made one fifty two percent of the vote but forty percent of egypti

the egyptian law should not just derive from islamic sharia that actually follow islamic sharia these are one of the ongoing battles within the constituent assembly so basically what we're seeing is in the grassroots level the national level the political level quite a heavy islam is ation of egypt. james charter us who's a former us foreign policy analyst says the threat of radicalization of egypt shows the inconsistency of american policies in the arab world. we were seeing a very rapid islamisation of the political structure in egypt and nobody should be surprised at this. there was a lot of discussion about the power struggle that would ensue between morsi and the military and it seems that morsi in the brotherhood have triumphed much quicker than anybody expected and nobody should doubt what their ultimate intentions are in terms of strict enforcement of sharia and they recreate the caliphate the khilafat and so i think this statement about jihad to recapture jerusalem should not come as any surprise to anyone i don't think the peace treaty with israel ultimately will be altered

need to come to term with the islamic republic. jcl and strategies which analyzes international decision-making, and she's a co-author of www.race for iran did you also have a bio you can be but hillary also has an extensive service for -- national security council policy planting status. was one of the few american diplomats in power to negotiate with iran 2001 and 2002, about afghanistan and other issues. so we have a person with firsthand knowledge. >> thank you very much. thank you for such a kind introduction, and to dr. john duke anthony for inviting me. to this very important conference. it's good to see some friends here and some students from american university. thank you. thank you again for having me. 50 years ago this month, the united states faced perhaps the defining challenge of the cold war in the cuban missile crisis. today, some say we are facing a similar defining test for the u.s. foreign policy in how we deal with the islamic republic of iran. in this context it's striking to recall the words of then president

islam is the most important issue in turkey.arrator: most inhabitants of istanbul are muslims, but here, too, we find striking contrasts. some combine their religion with westernized lifestyles. this dovetailing of this consumer society with islamist lifestyle in turkey i think is something that has arisen specifically from the conjuncture of globalizing economics in turkey as well as a relative freedom of expression, and an increasingly educated islamist community-- and increasingly urbanized. i think that it can be, in a way, an export of turkey to other places in the middle east, and i think that it has been. narrator: but many people are fundamentalists and find their identity in islamic traditions. but they are fighting against another tradition here. beginning in the 1920s, one of ataturk's most significant changes was the formal separation of church and stat since that time, religion is supposed to be a matter of individual choice and conviction. secor: i think that turkey has the potential to be a great model of a state

law and these are the basic steps that one would take if one wishes to set up an islamic state i think so long as a majority of people who are setting up the new constitution are. they will naturally seek to create an islamic state and at this stage i don't see how that could be avoided and the unrest rolls on elsewhere in the region to put it what's being labeled a forgotten revolution police in bahrain brutally dispersed pro-democracy protests with tear gas we have got for you an eyewitness says account and story just ahead tonight. it always amazes me the lengths that people go to for things that are pointless people camped out for a week waiting for a new i phone that will be archaic by next year when the next one comes out every black friday many thankfully not all americans celebrate this holiest of shopping days by waiting outside of a wal-mart in the early morning to fight over trendy plastic gifts for their children that they're too young to appreciate hey even i'm willing to sometimes wake up early in the morning to drive downtown and pay twenty five bucks for parking to watc

but traditional islam, i was very concerned as an islamic institution with their teaching, for example so in the way we are coming with this understanding, it's very important also to connect at six with the way of understanding that she don't only have rights. you have to do some of the duties is to be the counter power to power. my last article on the website is power of country powers. in which we resist power and has to be self-critical as well with yourself and with power. this understanding from the islamic respect to this something we have to write, that we have to promote and it's not at all based on principles. quite we have to say. it's very much something you find in our traditions. it is fairly a contradiction in terms to say i'm a practicing muslim and i will keep quiet in front of me to teeter. the only right way of beating the men and women of faith is to be courageous, to speak the truth, to say a word of truth tyrant. and that means sometimes eschew having our used to be courageous. i would think the americans to be a bit more courageous with the government. [applause]

there are many debates within islam as to its meaning. there are many debates that are really not islam against the west. there are muslim against muslim. i think of a great scholar whose writings have been very informative to me and who is in washington d.c. who will talk about the way sunnis and shias, two of the great sex of islam, sometimes worked together and have sometimes for political reasons pushed apart and you have an incredible constellation of beliefs. i think it was very well understood during the administration of president george w. bush and remains well understood by this administration, the obama administration today, that it is a challenge of the united states to make sure we do not get played, do not get positioned, so we think the enemy is 1 billion people in the world to have this religion. it is a small minority of people with whom there is a problem. there are larger numbers of people who have deep concerns about the united states with whom the u.s. needs to figure out the proper way to engage. it is a religion tha

mosque of protesters worried that the islamic group is developing it ultimately radicalized. thanks very much for joining us here on our today. live in moscow hurricane sandy has caused chaos to the u.s. presidential election with. early voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is worrying the electorate. looks at criticism thrown at the two major candidates over the links to the rich who are still holding the wealth of the nation. as our tees up close election coverage continues this week we turn our attention to domestic issues concerning photos now you must have the stork we refer to in that an exceptional nation a land of opportunity where one can work hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder but one year ago that myth was busted when occupy wall street activists camped out here in zuccotti park it began. nationwide grassroots movement protesting corporate greed wealth inequality and middle class today the fact is the u.s. gap between rich and poor has never been wider and unprecedented amount of americans are sliding down

the islamic republic negotiate with what was called the e.u. three at the time, france, britain and germany, and the early 2000s to spend its 3%, 3% enrichment activities and did so for nearly two years. later, the islamic republic negotiate with retail and turkey to in effect suspend its 20% enrichment activities. but it was the united states, not the islamic republic that rejected negotiated outcome of those talks. steel, tehran continues to be open to a more comprehensive deal regarding its nuclear program. but again, as long as the united states accepts iran's right to pursue internationally safeguarded iranian enrichment on its own territories. in this regard initial issue is actually quite simple. if the united states accepts iran's right to pursue internationally safeguarded enrichment on its own territory, there could be a few. idea with intrusive verification and monitoring, and possibly limits on iran's 20% enrichment activities. but the key problem here is that the obama administration, like the bush administration before it, refuses

o'clock here in moscow well it was a riot his ninth in talk we're square with egyptian liberals and islam is struggling out their differences in a hail of rocks far balms and even bullets it all began with an opposition rally against president morsi and his first one hundred days in power but the gathering was soon joined by the ball slim muslim brotherhood and as journalists rebel true reports that's when things really turned ugly. what happened was there were two protests organized one by the liberal forces who were complaining against these last one hundred days this plan that he said they would be able to to achieve significant change at the key social issues in egypt and also against the constituent assembly you are currently drafting egypt's national charter which is being dropped in quite an islamist way so we had the liberals who were here to protest against back to the same time the brotherhood came down there was organized protests in the brotherhood and the brotherhood said critical party of the njt the freedom and justice party against the recent ruling acquitting twenty five

the protesters the islamic groups developing. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here in moscow. has caused chaos to the us presidential election with. voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is wiring the electorate. looks at criticism of the two major candidates. to the rich who are still hogging the wealth of the nation. as our. election coverage continues this week we turn our attention. now you must. accept. a land of opportunity where one can work hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder one year that myth was when occupy wall street activists camped out here in the park. nationwide grassroots movement protesting corporate greed wealth inequality and middle class today the fact is the us gap between rich and poor has never been wider and unprecedented amount of americans are sliding down the proverbial ladder while the top one percent earning an average annual income of twenty four million dollars not to bet on both horses running in the nation's biggest political rac

the introduction of sharia law in an islamic state in belgium we've always predicted this but. mostly people mainly supported the socialist policies of the leftist parties but now they feel apparently confident enough to make their own party and it's only natural thing that many people are worried if they see elected people in brussels now but it will undoubtedly come in other local places as well when these people you know openly call for the settling of an islamic state you know we are in western europe and many people don't feel at home in a city such people are winning elections and you could say ok it's only one seat in two different communes of brussels but i'm sure this is only the start of something that will only gain in importance. until it gets an international stories and briefing you now yvonne has to flex pursuit of nuclear weapons says israel's defense minister who claims to run used over a third of its medium in which to rain him for civilian purposes but regardless of that didn't rule out a strike on the islamic republic a recent speech at the un by israel's pr

in my backyard plans to build a mosque of protest as worried that the islamic group developing it is aiming to radicalize local muslims. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day are concerned he has caused chaos to the u.s. presidential election with rallies canceled an early voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is why in the electorate. looks a criticism thrown at the two major candidates over their links to the rich who are still hogging the wealth of the nation. as our tees up those u.s. election coverage continues this week we turn our attention to domestic issues concerning voters now u.s. presidents have historically referred to america as an exceptional nation a land of opportunity where one can work hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder but one year ago that myth was busted when occupy wall street activists camped out here in zuccotti park igniting the nationwide grassroots movement protesting corporate greed. wealth inequality and middle class today the fact is the u.

is muslims to harden up and maybe evil lies in islam of ordinary muslims in this country and i mean so many muslims don't want that the problem here is that. muslims themselves are opposing this mosque more on the grounds that they don't want to worship their god but on the grounds that women aren't allowed the local population of muslim population has no and the say in how the mosque itself is governed all the local authority would say to us is. planning application as this is currently being it would be inappropriate. at this stage in many ways if this went ahead to be like a tipping point and. there be no stopping fundamentalist islam if this one goes up well if that happens we all need to leave the country over the last one out please turn the lights off while the council ponders campaigners hair of all religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r t. all day remember you can always go to watty dot com to find more stories pictures and analysis as well as catch anything you may have missed on air let's see wha

. >>> this week is hajj, one of the five main observances of islam. we have more on this annual tradition. >> reporter: its name means to set out for a place. and for muslims around the world, that place is the holy city of mecca. the hajj has begun for millions of muslims, with pilgrims making their way toward islam's most sacred sight. for daily prayers, muslims face this from any given point in the world. they're required, if able, to make the pilgrimage once in their lives. and then, walk several times around counterclockwise. >> translator: islam is beautiful. and we are beautiful. we love all people. >> reporter: the mosque's gleaming minarets soar skyward. calling the faithful, five times a day. >>> to our viewers who are already on facebook, at facebook.com/cnnstudentnews. we asked if the release of a poplar video game could distract people from voting. awnna says maybe. nicolo assumes that most people who are interested in games aren't as interested in the presidential election. janie writes, i play games. but i'm voting this year. someone le

appointed defense for saif al islam was centers in town of herself and for other people who were held by byzantine militia and i. a former u.n. caustic you thought rwanda and yugoslavia so no no no big fan of the independence movement or sort of the global south at himself that this was a kidnapping but it in tiny militia i mean the ocampo has more interest i mean a company apologize on behalf of a colleague here nothing to apologize for which some of that i think that's a very bad precedent because it allows countries who are who have people who are going to be quiet but i could see to interact in this way but that's not the case because actually the new libyan regime is very close to nato aside from all that given a lot of that going where is saved. and then more likely to get it would it be libya l. would be the hague there isn't there isn't a fair trial. at the hague or in libya i mean the libyan so-called authorities there is no authority because like i said it's really what gadhafi said it will be if nato succeed which they have in destroying the state it's a total anarchy rule

not in my backyard plans to build another mega mosque that protest is word that the islamic group developing it is able to radicalize local muslims. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day are concerned he has brought chaos to the u.s. presidential election campaign with rallies canceled an early voting disrupted the storm is fast approaching the u.s. east coast threatening over fifty million people live now to auntie's marina port now she is in new york thousands of flights have been canceled on the subway network was shut down following mass evacuations now a marina super storms approach is already being felt in some areas what's the damage so far what's the situation with you well the situation with needle thank you for asking so far is fine but the winds are picking up outside and throughout new york city those that are living closer to the water are clearly in a bit more danger just an hour or so ago there was news and video of a crane hovering above a building on fifty seventh street that had broken and it was dangling above the buildin

but actually follow islamic. if you see one of the ongoing battles within the constituent assembly and also about women's rights really suffering in this draft article twenty six the same women are actually under the ruling of islamic jurisprudence which is very strong in addition they have to have reconciled and they didn't ask to come responsibilities with the other side of their life basically implying that women have to have the home come first which obviously this also is not making about men so and in addition there hasn't been any articles banning torture by the police in particular which is an endemic problem and many rights groups have been writing about recently to there's a lot of fears that this is a kind of islam is a shot at the constitution as well as what we're seeing from the missing brother heads leadership and in addition on in a grassroots level we see two coptic children were detained for almost two weeks for allegedly this to creating a qur'an they would mind as they were nine year old and a

is muslim to harden up and maybe even lies the islam of ordinary muslims in this country and i mean so many muslims don't want that the problem here is that muslim themselves are opposing this mosque more on the grounds that they don't want to worship god but on the grounds that women aren't allowed the local population of muslim population has no on the side in how the mosque itself is governed or the local authority would say to us as you can confirm we have received a planning application as this is currently being. inappropriate you can hear at this stage in many ways if this went ahead if you like a tipping point. there be no stopping fundamentalist islam if this one goes up well if that happens we all need to leave the country for the last one out please turn the lights off while the council ponders campaigners here. religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r t east london. and look at what else is happening around the world police have used tear gas and water cannon to despairs tens of thousands in the s

for me there are political parties now and you know introduction of sharia law in an islamic state in belgium we've always predicted this but. mostly people mainly supported the socialist parties and other leftist parties but now they feel apparently confident enough to make their own policy and to make there are the indications this is something really worrying i think that you know many belgium cities including brussels have neighborhoods with mainly muslim populations i don't you think it's only natural for those people to want their representatives to be in power. well. first of all that the people who come into our country and i'm not talking about just tell. but any other country in the european union people coming into the e.u. should adapt to a set of values i think should respect the separation of the church and the state should be in favor of equality of men and women in favor of the rule of law of freedom of expression. see that people don't accept this and good to be candidates in elections that i think that there's a big problem and there's also a big problem with the fac

that seems to be the picture for us that the islamic experts are saying says it has the there is no god but i'll lock instruction on a jury jury given all the questions that have been raised about president obama's religion the majority of republicans a majority people watch fox news think he's a muslim why would he be so bold as to wear ring that basically says islam. well tom i don't know i mean you know again the one course i always regret it in take it high road was the mind reading course i mean it could have solved a lot of problems all i know is that obama has been wearing this ring now for thirty years and wore it even at harvard when i found the harvard law review satire issue they made a point to harvard students that obama refused to answer questions about that's wrong i mean maybe it has some personal significance to him from family heirloom i mean the truth is i don't know i just reporting that it's possible jerry that this is like his signal to the rest of the jihad us that he's with them and and he's like the he's the secret agent now in the white house or tommy getting i

is with an islamic tent.tunisia has been caught up in their wave of anti western protests where protesters were actually tearing down that flex from the embassy of four people died some buildings were looted and now we hear that some of the government members want people who took part in this protest executed now if that is true that's a very bold decision ok if that is to happen do you thing that could actually put an end in the future to an extremist way of protest or in a country that would steer more anti-american and anti western feelings in tunisia . i think if that happens it will be an opportunistic way or the problem why it's going to stick simply because the present government and particularly the islamist majority in the government they lead little government does these things it is because the pressure of the united states has been such that they had no other choice. over my view of what happened this the united states government hillary clinton called the president of tunisia to tell him. if the

protesters worried that the islamic group developing it is aiming to radicalize local muslims. it's national news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day and the a severely disrupted the u.s. presidential election campaign with rallies canceled and plans for early voting thrown into chaos the storm is fast approaching the u.s. east coast threatening over fifty million people. is in new york where thousands of flights are being canceled and the transport network has been shut down following mass evacuations. winds are picking up outside and throughout new york city those that are living aco search of the water are clearly in a bit more danger just an hour or so ago there was news and video of a crane hovering on a building on fifty seventh street that had broken and i it was dangling above the building the trains have stopped running the buses have stopped running the new york stock exchange has closed my day and through tuesday this is the first time that the new york stock exchange has been shut down a schedule shutdown since september two th

and not in my backyard plans to build a london mega mosque of protest is worried that the islamic group developing it is aiming to radicalize local muslims. international news in coming live from moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day hurricane sandy has caused chaos to the u.s. presidential election with rallies canceled and early voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is where in the electorate he's made a point looks a criticism thrown at the two major candidates over their links to the rich who are still holding the wealth of the nation. it's the most expensive political playoff in u.s. history a competition for the country's most powerful position one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is let's come back to something the president i agree on no matter who wins the two thousand and twelve election. america's ninety nine percent movement will be left with a one percent president regardless of who we vote for wall street wins i mean that's really one of the main messages is that when we're we're casting abou

recounts the count issued against him in 1989 for the novel "the satanic verses" deemed, quote "against islam, the prophet, and the koran," end quote. this is about an hour twenty. >> thank you very much. [applause] thank you and welcome to this evening's conversation. i wanted to just begin explaning that in march of 1992 i interviewedded him for the first time near dulles airport. i had to meet a stranger at a hotel bar to take me to the secret location. i knew him by the fact he was carrying a "wall street journal," and -- [laughter] and we had a lengthy interview, by my standards, and i went back today to read what he said in the interview, and what i said in introducing it, and i realized what i wrote 20 years ago is equally true today. i wrote, "there's one thing i want to say before anything else, and that is that he wrote "midnight's children," a novel about india having me in stitches several years ago. for that book alone, i wanted to interview him and go out of the way hotel and meet some designated intermediary and then go somewhere else to do it." [laughter] needless to say, he's

while egypt one of washington's longtime allies in the region see sides and growing islam and its allies ation. gas and stun grenades again direct to the bahrain's peaceful protests is the latest crackdown there is drawing little attention in most international media. and the family of a journalist working with the russian media in syria tells r t she was kidnapped in an area of intense clashes between the government and the rebels. pm saturday evening here in moscow this is live with me first molly of west africa may soon see foreign troops on the ground now that a un security council resolution has paved the way for international intervention mali which is basically split into wants help to deal with islamist extremists have taken over the north the small nation plunged into chaos in march after a coup toppled the president to out of rebels that is livius group took advantage of the instability then seizing control of the north and proclaiming independence historian gerald horne explained why it might be too late for the world community to clean up a mess the traces back to their inter