of islam. it must have come as a relief to from a day when razor sharp was pressured by the allies to abdicate khomeini demanded that iran should return to being governed by islamic law but his demands fell on deaf ears. razor sharp died in exile in south africa in 1984 or eyes were on his son when he took over. people were intrigued to see how he would solve the conflict with the clergy that he had inherited from his father up until then his public image had always been rather reserved. for the young shah now or showed surprising determination like his father he wanted to modernize the country and its society but he also wanted to end the religious dispute. khamenei had by now started teaching as law make law and he found a willing audience among young students who are becoming increasingly radicalized one shiite fundamentalist group called itself. islam the devote of islam its. still exists today. its members came from poor districts of tehran and campaign for a theocratic state based on the

and that extends to the death penalty for those who turn away from islam growing dim islam.eb page of the movement put it more precisely anyone who turns away from islam is the noted and apple state and if he does not repent his deed within the given time limit he will be killed the online text only appeared in turkish. what else has been kept from the wider public a number of media outlets with ties to go len work to present a positive image of the movement the former media center and often back was recently up for sale but close by a group of journalists who support to learn or already building up new web based information channels. fugitive turkish journalist chaffery go vend has been very involved in this effort . to the ultimate process of creating something new under the name of bold media to get you to make violations of human rights in turkey known to a global public doing i had as journalists we're trying to help find ways of getting turkey back on the right track with mental issues. the go venza appear to be well established in germany. both have residence permits

islam the devote of islam it still exists today. its members came from poor districts of tehran and campaign for a theocratic state based on the koran they wanted all western influences banned and to force women to cover up in public. building a couple of years they really became very important because the 1st or their assassinated of the intellectual of the said i'm a just family who campaigned against islamize or hold then they proceeded further assassinated the prime minister general as mara. for many was. the cleric who gave. cover the president. you just killed somebody unless. the rights of as for example. in early 1949 unknown attackers tried to kill the shah many believed to devote. behind the attempted assassination although that was never proven the iranian parliament accused the pro moscow today party and banned it a move the shark proved of because he was an suspicious of communism as he was of radical islam his political path was leading him toward the west. i'm looking. here you go. here and there great that they march

whether i have converted to islam my true identity was before the islam we are not proud of identify oneself with baba they were they made us. the hindu for our view of the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave the non hindus naseer room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings she's written a book about saad says i kept waiting for my teacher to react in school the class me. i was silent i didn't respond and i just kept sitting there i didn't really know what to do. what is it like now to grow up as a muslim child in india take you to one story in your book the boys called house and they they come and call him to go to this birthday party and then a few minutes later he comes back home the boy refused to let you maintain his house and said that he cannot share the cake with you you cannot eat together or my parents don't want you at my house and the mother said i did. was your experience growing up in india what when you say look at yourself in context of these stories w

prevention people are doing this for stupid people that reason because they believe in this extreme islamic viewpoint. i. follow their good afternoon just don't want to talk here in moscow he watching r.t. international now start this out breaking news team because the case intelligence and security committee has finally released a highly anticipated for port on alleged russian interference in britain's political system the government had been sitting on it for a year and a hof so let's get the details now from he's in london for us covering events a good often a need to just run through then the main conclusions of this document. well this document has been released last year in the heart of being completed there were many delays as to its release there were many rumors in the british media amongst the political class as to why the government didn't release it but eventually has been done it alleges that russia has exerted involvement in through example the 2014 scottish referendum and 2016 regs at referendum. this channel spot me other russian media as outlined in. full focused on really

we have missed off our kill who's a senior fellow at the cato institute and author of the book islam without extremes a muslim case for liberty welcome to you both the stuff and let's start with you what did you make of of what you heard that. i mean mr cullen is worse of reasoning the landscape that is not only more reasonable and not i agree with most of the things he said but there are a few nuances i would like to add. i mean if hunger sophia was just a mosque if it was built as a mosque and if it only had the history of a mosque nobody would have been a problem should have been a problem. in returning it from in the series which would get totally on just sitting into the back into a mosque which is the source of perks but of course the complication is obvious sophia was built by christians serve as a cathedral the most important for for a strictly charity for tauzin years all. by not an empire and the legality of that from an even islamic point if you can be discussed they relied on the one of the lot of different perceptions on islam because we have in some cases 3 cities concr

and the legality of that from an even islamic point if you can be discussed so they relied on the one of the law there are different perceptions on islam because we have in some cases 3 cities conquered by muslims like jerusalem in which. christian 'd churches were not converted 'd in paper service such and what happened under ottomans happened and for their time the ottomans were it be going to tolerate regardless of converting some churches and during the republican era under editor this was going so far as turned into a museum now i understand i don't even share the offense of any religious leader seeing a place of worship turning into a museum who has the right to say that you do that and turkey's secular past has other problems that turkey's instant service are rightly critical like bans on when to have pets cars and turkey secular past has not been very good for christians will change minorities as well however when and you will revert back to the soviet to worship. i've been arguing that we muslims have a right here we have the right to worship especially the ones in the short

release people who are doing the specific reason because they believe in this extreme islamic viewpoint. but i could often just go to a call here in moscow you watching the international start with breaking news today because the. intelligence and security committee has finally released a highly anticipated report on alleged russian interference in britain's political system the government had been sitting on it for a year and a half so let's get more details now from the surrounding forest cover in story good afternoon again just run through then the main complains of these documents well this is the report by parliament's intelligence committee which 'd had been completed a year and a half ago but is only being published and now it's unclear why exactly it took so long for it to be published and it alleges russian interference in the u.k. political process based on material obtained a secret evidence given by u.k. spies of course a lot of these accusations are based on claims that russia sought to influence for example the scottish independence referendum 2014 of the breaks the refere

their terrorist people on to the specific people that reason because they believe in this extreme islamic viewpoint. good morning to you this is r.t. it's an. image the ongoing protests in america president on all trump has announced that he will send federal forces to all violence ravaged cities across the nation democratic governors suspect states are being targeted for political reasons. well i'm going to do something that i can tell you because we're not going to get new york and chicago and philadelphia detroit and baltimore and all of these oh and there is a mess we're not going to let this happen or our country all run by liberal democrats . already sent another month trips to portland to question almost 2 months of racism protests the order wasn't approved at the local level and that's led to fresh clashes in the city with infuriated residents was was. her but. i. have 2 weeks of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the us and the rest reached a new level on the streets of portland oregon a crackdown by u.s. federal officers deployed by the department of home

to the women and children stranded by the collapse of a so-called islamic state many of them are european citizens or your current french men fighting to bring his daughter and grandson college. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us german prosecutors say they have arrested the former chief executive and 2 board members of payments processor wire card as part of fraud investigations marcus brown and the board members were detained a new nick investigators say the 3 are suspected of taking income to insulate the company's balance sheet wire card went bankrupt after revealing a nearly $2000000000.00 euro hole in its accounts last month that scandal has triggered criticism of germany's financial oversight and led to calls for the government to explain how much it knew about wire card's dubious accounting practices. and we have stephen beardsley from d.w. business with us for more on this story hi stephen thanks for joining us so we have a few more arrests do we now have a fuller picture of what happened that wire card well one of the things that we have from the announcement from

or rather the ioseph he is symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity say you want thanks to our revered president trichet type heir to juan and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again. of the other fellow critics say the transformation of pius a few takes the country one step further away from a secular church. and they say heir to one is using this to score points with conservative voters and distract from domestic political problems harsh criticism also came from many church figures among them pope francis and turkey's orthodox christian neighbor greece you next go is concerned whether the world cultural heritage status of the highest sophia will be endangered. well let's take a closer look at this carol here is a turkish writer and a senior fellow at the cato institute's center for global liberty and prosperity he joins us from washington welcome to day w. i'm with your intelligence i'd like to quote you back to yourself this is your opinion piece in the new york times this week in which you said if we muslims really want to revive something from the p

people should wear face masks plus the women and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic state many of them are gorky and citizens we need a frenchman fighting to bring his daughter and grandson home. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a man accused of attacking a synagogue in the german city of hala last october then murdering 2 people made clear his anti semitic and racist sentiments in his trial as it began on tuesday stefan b. as he is known under german privacy laws told the court that he had quote no problem with religious but with semitism the attack of the synagogue took place on jump before the holiest day of the jewish calendar but it failed and stefan b. is alleged to have turned his gone on to people who happened to be nearby. for him to be a political correspondent thomas sparrow who is joining us from baghdad burg which is near hollow where the trial is taking place good morning to you thomas walk us through what happened on day one and what we can expect as the trial continues saw today juan was the 1st opportunity for those in attendance including many

conservative islamic base. but the hardest of all to organize around. what is going to change inside this historic bending. but we haven't been allowed inside yet but we understand it well from what we've seen 'd from today's images they have rolled out a took was carpets that is one change for sure in the past 2 weeks but one of the biggest debates is about the christian i can lose and lose 8 because islam forbids the depiction of the people and animals the images of mary jesus and christian sayings actually have to be covered during prayer times although the government insists they will be opened outside prayer time so visitors can go and see them the solution they found is putting a huge cottons to cover of these icons and christian symbols but still there are huge concerns that actually changing this secular space into a religious one is doing harm is. you know putting our guests historic structure the roll heritage site at risk did have a correspondent julie 114 from is done bill thank you so much. china has ordered the united states to close one o

and there to receive these people on to the specific reason because they believe in this extreme islamic view. bringing your news around the clock this is our team international a very welcome from the whole team here in moscow well let's head straight to the u.k. where a much anticipated report into a large and russian interference in british politics has finally been released and it concludes moscow's influence because the new normal however bashes the u.k. government for failing to investigate or assess the risk of kremlin interference the russian foreign ministry has slammed the report as another example of on t.v. russian sentiment it claims the findings and comments about them all the clearest example yet of a phobia easily has all the details from london. this report published by the british parliament's intelligence and security committee looking into what it alleges is russian in saffir it's in british politics it says that it's based on secret material compiled by british spies it's taken a year and a half to publish after having been completed a number of rumors or so why it m

you with that are we to this case you know islam and in the fight against the western christianity i think you know that has some. cultural. value if you want and obviously this could have your negative cases for the wider region because if they really want to be kind of a role model and a leader of the wider region now is to be noted out across the middle east christians are treated as you know sir court record and this a lot of oppression of christians so therefore target and. especially abound in. this protection of this. trial and for christians is just found out as being a very negative development also dangerous for the rest of the region so but again it's not quite clear if if it's meant i mean for the mystical audience or international. well i mean every aspect of it is that it is making a an impact in the muslim world i mean you know i've visited. it is a stupendous architectural achievement considering what it was founded and built but right across from it is the blue mosque which is an absolutely exclude wisit piece of architecture as well it seems to me that this is being

or rather the hockey is a few years symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity. thanks to our revered president trichet type won and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again. critics say the transformation of it takes the country one step further away from a secular turkey and they say heir to one is using this to score points with conservative voters and distract from domestic political problems harsh criticism also came from many church figures among them pope francis and turkey's orthodox christian neighbor greece eunice expressed concerns about whether the world cultural heritage status of the will be endangered. but i guess you have to understand the symbolism of. it is for many people here in turkey the old symbol of the muslim autumn and conquest of christian constantine ople that is how istanbul was called back then and many people say they have been longing for this to happen for the past decade basically since the i.s.o. feo was turned into a museum 86 years ago by takis out safely. and i'm with him now everyone knows about the symbol

terrorists people don't do this specifically for the reason because they believe in this extreme islamic viewpoint . a.p.m. here in moscow a very warm welcome from the whole team at all to international plot to have your company at this hour well let's jump in a much anticipated report into a lettered russian into fair and some british politics has finally been released in the u.k. and it could include small schools influence is the new normal however it bashes the u.k. government for failing to investigate or indeed assess the risk of crime and interference the russian foreign ministry has slammed the report as another example of anti russian sentiment the russian ambassador to the u.k. also gave his reaction you're pretty live read the reports carefully to put it sure this is a classic shakespeare and much ado about nothing if you change the word russia to the name of any other country for example china i think the masses still wouldn't change it. this report published by the british parliament's intelligence and security committee looking into what it alleges is russian interference i

people doing that specific reason because they believe in this extreme islamic you . and the vaccine the world's been waiting for russia announces its coronavirus job is ready to successfully passing trials. good morning to you this is r.t. international. amid the ongoing protests in america president donald trump has announced that he will send federal forces violence ravaged cities across the nation democratic governors suspect their states are being targeted for political reasons. i'm going to do something that i can tell you because we're not going to get new york and chicago and philadelphia detroit and baltimore and all of these oakland mess we're not going to let this happen or are all run by liberal democrat . well tom's already said and said. to portland 2 months of anti-racism protests that they were there wasn't approved at the local level and this led to fresh clashes in the city with infuriated residents. was was. after weeks of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the us unrest reached a new level on the streets of portland oregon a

and the women and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic state many of them are your constituents one frenchman fighting to bring his daughter and grandson. welcome u.s. secretary of state mike peo is visiting denmark to try to persuade it to stop walk on the north stream to gas pipeline passing through its waters denmark has just given the go ahead for the work but pale hopes to get the danes to change their minds the u.s. believes the pipeline to make germany dependent on russian gas. eiffel's last week that pompei or want companies involved in the project they would be subject to u.s. penalties if they didn't hold fair work. on the baltic sea gas pipeline north stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers. the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of g

or rather the i assume feels symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity so you want thanks to our revered president trichet type heir to juan and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again yet it will go none of the other fellow critics say the transformation of pius a few takes the country one step further away from a secular church. and they say heir to one is using this to score points with conservative voters and distract from domestic political problems harsh criticism also came from many church figures among them pope francis and turkey's orthodox christian neighbor greece you next go is concerned whether the world cultural heritage status of the highest sophia will be endangered. well let's take a closer look at this with mostafa carroll who's a turkish writer and a senior fellow at the cato institute's center for global liberty and prosperity he joins us from washington welcome to t.w. with your intelligence i'd like to quote you back to yourself this is your opinion piece in the new york times this week in which he said if we muslims really want to re

islamic do you point. making sure you never miss a story this is our t. international a very warm welcome from everyone that here and most. well let's get started a much anticipated. poured into a legit russian interference in british politics has finally been released in the u.k. and it concludes moscow's influence is the new normal however it bashes the u.k. government for failing to investigate or assess the risk of kremlin in foreign interference the russian foreign ministry has slammed the report as another example of russian sentiment it claims the findings and comments about the mob the clearest example yet for so phobia is sally has more details from london. this report published by the british parliament's intelligence and security chin mitzi looking into what it alleges is russian interference in british politics it says that it's based on secret material compiled by british spies it's taken a year and a half to publish after having been completed a number of rumors or so why it might have taken so long and why some parts of been censored and re

islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle the highest the fear will remain an icon of istanbul. a highly symbolic building dorie and one of the reactions today. all of our actions have been swift internationally the greek culture minister lena men don't need to scribe as a provocation against the civilized world while the russian orthodox church express regret and warn that it could lead to greater divisions this also comes at a time when washington and moscow this week to warn against such moves but this will really many ways 15 with heard one say gender of consolidating its nationalist base pointing out again that turkey is surrounded by enemies and this will be i think one see as a further move in strengthening his base by taking positions to convert the i saw fear into a mosque so what will happen next i feel when can

almost a millennium later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the autumn an empire. but in the 1930 s. it was turned into a museum under the founder of the modern turkish republic ataturk a symbol of the new secular state inclusive of all religions since then it has been a meeting point of many faiths but held by none a place where pope's and presidents have come to pay their respects and marvel at the architecture. the religion is a tool for president richard type of on he has overseen prayers in the museum and raised its status at local election rallies i also feel he says over the juvenile sort of as you know they converted the higher sophia from a mosque to a museum a while ago. now we hope to be able to call it a mosque again after the election well or not. i. so just islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national

for almost a century now in less than a fortnight the iconic higher sophia will once more 1st only islamic prayers. over the issue of deciding the purpose of hyacinth is about the suffering rites of turkey opening higher saffir to prayers with a new regulation is just about turkey exercising its sovereign rights. or your only cause the longer you were at it the announcement was met with celebrations outside the historic building especially among nationalist groups. we are very happy god bless those who opened it and it should have been opened before we were waiting for this. you have i'm shaking with excitement this is an incredible event i don't know what to say i just want to cry. these lot of them it's a dream we've had since we were kids there was an injustice our constitutional council has addressed that in justice i am deeply grateful to them higher saffir has found its true purpose again right now we have very excited proud and hopeful that the services here will be beautiful that your followers ya know. but for all the docs christians the decision has been met with the spray it's a

islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its all for ducks christian history unesco has worn turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle whatever its future the highest the fear will remain an icon of istanbul. or earlier we spoke to our correspondent in istanbul yulia han and we asked her about the international reaction to everyone's plan to change the status of why a selfie. well remains to be seen what the actual verdict all for the court decision out of the court will be because they say it will be published within the next 15 days but this would be a hugely controversial move we know that he also talks church is very unhappy with these plans there was criticism from greece from russia we heard the ecumenical patriarch bartholomew who is the head of some 300000000 orthodox christians and who is based here in istanbul he warned it would disappoint christians willed widened quote fracture east and west u.s. secr

islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle the highest the fear will remain an icon of istanbul. story and what does happen now to the highest the thea. well that's a big question on everyone's minds now the government do have the power to go for with that we have case now it's unclear what the timetable will be president one is due to speak tonight where he expected to unveil his plans for the future of the i saw fear there are major obstacles ahead for the government it is unesco world heritage site unesco earlier today warned that they wanted any notification before the change to that building 5 will be something that will be calculated and also another key factor for them is what will happen to the magnificent mosaics of of the christ of the virgin mary by santai and kings which adorn the inside of the ice off here acc

islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle the highest of fear will remain an icon of istanbul. and i call a highly symbolic building a dory and what are their reactions to today's decision. well internationally it has been swift condemnation toki greece has slammed the move saying this is a provocation to the civilized world while the russian orthodox church regretted it regretted the move and said this could lead to greater divisions and this comes after both washington and moscow only days before this decision called on not to convert the us of it to a mass so the international pressure is building up on earth one but in many ways this will suit gender very well he likes to portray himself as one who standing up to the world and the turkey surrounded by enemies is plays very well with turkey's nationalist voting base av

and later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the ottoman empire and the 1930 s. it was turned into a museum a symbol of the new secular turkish state since then it has been held by no single religion a place where pipes and presidents have come to pay their respects and marvel at the architecture. the turkish president has insisted that the site will remain accessible to all ginger i mean like all other mosques the doors of higher sophia will be open to all locals foreigners muslims and non muslims being the common heritage of humankind hyas affair will continue to embrace everyone in a most and see unique way with its new status. talk to. the only district but the international community including greece russia and u.n.'s go have condemned the change saying the site should remain a museum as a symbol of christian and muslim solidarity. the 1st prayer service inside the building is planned for the end of the month but the local muslim community has already begun to gather for worship. so what happens now is correspondent dorian jones in istanbul speaking a little

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well just a few minutes to go before the dawn prayers for this islam's holiest holiday here at islam is ferd holiest site and i'm like the previous eat you know face which marks the end of ramadan the ox the mosque compound is open for worship and the 10s of thousands who are streaming in here are very grateful for that fact but also aware that they are marking this aid in the shadow of the coronavirus and ending with a situation you know it's very you know we are really affected economically and so financially but even though you know we try to live it celebrated the way it should be. so when the truck to. there you know the braille i would go as lot of the sheep you know just for the kids and for that i mean to feed you know that they are having kids or otherwise you know it's like did eat for us with the saudi you know when it's very difficult financially and in an economic and social level we can't visit each other because if it sticks in us and then know how to do it we have to be careful and commit to the instructions that last time they closed it and we didn't pray thank god t

islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle the highest the fear will remain an icon of istanbul. better dorian. talk us through some of the reaction to today's decision. well international reaction has been swift the greek culture ministry described this as a provocation against civilization while the russian orthodox church said that they were deeply disappointed by the move and said it could lead to greater divisions and you have to realize that in days before this decision was made both washington and moscow in rare common ground warned unquote not to convert the ice off it to a most other place very much into earth one's hands his agenda he always likes to play the fact that turkey surrounded by enemies is a way of consolidating his nationally support so this criticism will mean not very much to although it has to be s