democrats voted down an amendment to exclude legitimate criticism of what counts as islam -- islam fa phobia. or calling out the persecution of christians. is it islam phobic to oppose laws or criticize those who call for the destruction of israel? what about taliban's repression of women or those who deny the holocaust. while clearly none of these criticism should be considered islam phobic, this bill's supporters have refused to protect free speech. this legislation could label any criticism. and almost as if this goal is to shut down all debate and protect islam. thus we get to the core problem of this bill and treats the persecution of muslims as uniquely unacceptable. every religion faces persecution as anyone who has studied history. christians faced it. behind u.s., and many others have expressed it. and they face it in china and burma, they face genocide at the hands of the islamic state not long ago. this legislation ill-advise he hadlier persecutes muslims similar to the legislation. but unlike alleged islamaphobia, this is a unique problem. the world realized how per gnasho

he goes on to say islamic people feel this way, but he was explaining how he comes to the question at how elijah mohammed is almost a logical project of the world that he had navigated. >> interestingly, one of the baldwin pieces and as many great pieces in this anthology is henry louis gates profile of louis farrakhan. a piece that was written around the time of the million man march. how do you see, how would you go about explaining farrakhan for people in some corners comparing to the way baldwin is assessing the nation of islam in 1962? so it's a pretty big, a generation at least gap between those pieces. >> what's interesting about that is baldwin is writing in the midst of the civil rights movement, and he wrote another essay either a long profile of martin luther king, mighty says that they negro leader has traditionally been in a position of telling white people to write up what telling negroes to wait. he really did articulate in the dilemma in the civil rights movement there are these possibilities but there also is anger that elijah mohammed and nation of islam represent. f

it's also about his explorations of possible paths, elijah mohammed who founded the nation of islam and then comes back to his own church where he grew up and it seems to be indicating potential pathways for protest, for reaching, for the country itself. >> he does and one of the things the late sportswriter ralph riley told me when i was very young, maybe 23, 24. he said writing in the first person is only really sensible if you can navigate that experience into a more universalunderstanding . had it not been, it's just a diary entry. and baldwin does that incredibly in that essay. he talks about growing up in harlem and he talked about particularly the onset of reticence in harlem and how treacherous it is because we begin to map out the paths that our lives will take. and he sees nothing but danger, really ahead of him. and the allure of the church is an escape route, it gives that avenue. there are all of these things that will in some way compound the dangers of living in harlem. and the sum total will be people's lives that are stilted in some way by race . and what he does in the

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just today, she called me a pro- al qaeda, bloodthirsty and apologist for islamic terrorists. pretend that this hate speech from leading politicians doesn't have real consequences. the truth is anti-muslim hate is on the rise both here at home and around the world. this summer we witnessed an attack wipe out three generations of a muslim family in canada. in 2019, a white nationalist opened fire at multiple mosques in new zealand, killing over 50 people. at the first half of this year alone saw over 500 incidents of anti-muslim hate here in the united states. i myself have reported hundreds of threats on my life often triggered by republican attacks on my faith and this week once again we saw another increase. i'm going to play you a voicemail after i got off the phone with the representative after she posted her video. >> we know what you're up to. don't worry there are plenty that would love the opportunity to take you up. you muslim [inaudible] we know what you are. you are a traitor. you will not live much longer, i almost guarantee you that. we the people are rising up an

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and islam is increasingly seen by mos libyans as they way out of this crisis. but it presents the good history of libya and he is a young man, and he's project for the country is that of truth and reconciliation and peace for libya. and so we are very excited, unhappy, and this is not a step forward towards authority or the throne of libya. it's a step forward towards liberating the countries we have a machine 10 foreign military bases in libya, according to the united nations itself. and we have 20000 or in fighters on libyan land at this very moment. this is a country and the accumulation of our 1st task is deliberated. obviously, that's denied by the general authority back by the un security council. power is what about the fact that the general have to also be allowed to run planes a report on election issues in the next few hours i. he comes 3rd in a pool by the d one institute. i don't know what you think of them. we all know about the think tanks and, and jo's in their views that arguably capitalize the destruction of your country. they've got, i'm in de

that islam can, that he has a wide, popular support in the country in islam is the only political candidate who speaks about for an end for once, who's against for an intervention, and who wants to be at united, peaceful and democratic. i want to ask who, who general have to are is, is a former c i a asset in nature. nation media is often talked about as being supported by egypt, the u. a in russia. and i understand that there are reports that he tried to stop the ruling on say, paul, get api is ability to run by sending fighters to blockade the court in cyber, not just half car. syphilis is a direct threat not to the libyan people, but to the ones who control the point. if you can see and the country and who are connected with foreign powers, you will notice actually, and that i always go back to mention in for an intervention, because this is the equation simply in libya. you cannot talk about the issue of democracy. all police can activity all piece of prosperity for libyan without actually mentioning the major cause of what is happening in our homeland, which is military and political i

democrats voted down an amendment to exclude legitimate criticism of what counts as islam -- islam fa phobia. or calling out the persecution of christians. is it islam phobic to oppose laws or criticize those who call for the destruction of israel? what about taliban's repression of women or those who deny the holocaust. while clearly none of these criticism should be considered islam phobic, this bill's supporters have refused to protect free speech. this legislation could label any criticism. and almost as if this goal is to shut down all debate and protect islam. thus we get to the core problem of this bill and treats the persecution of muslims as uniquely unacceptable. every religion faces persecution as anyone who has studied history. christians faced it. behind u.s., and many others have expressed it. and they face it in china and burma, they face genocide at the hands of the islamic state not long ago. this legislation ill-advise he hadlier persecutes muslims similar to the legislation. but unlike alleged islamaphobia, this is a unique problem. the world realized how per gnasho

we're also going to be considering a new report into how newspapers cover islam.s director of the centre for media monitoring, a project of the muslim council of britain. and we'll be talking to her later, too. but we'll start the programme with that question i posed at the top, the role that reader comments play in journalism. ian carter is editorial director at iliffe media, and, ian, before we get into your experiences last week, tell us more about the titles you've got. because i think you're one of the last family—owned newspaper groups. we are indeed. iliffe itself is a very long—established publishing company. the family's run papers for centuries, but the titles we have now, newspapers include the kent messenger, the daily free press, the cambridge independent. we run lots of websites, kent online being our biggest one. fantastic, and rebecca whittington, i'm going to bring you in here because you're the brand—new online safety editor at reach. you only started this role, i think, a fortnight ago. congratulations. which newspaper titles will you be working

in september 20 14, months after the islamic state announced the formation of the islamic caliphate in syria and iraq, the u.s. created a new global coalition with its allies and partners to conduct counterterrorism operations against isis. over the next five years, the coalition worked with the local military partners to eliminate the islamic state's territorial hold. the coalition also used nonmilitary measures to reduce the islamic state's access to funds, ability to spread messages online, and stabilize areas that had been liberated from isis. the fight against isis continues. the coalition's effort succeeded in eliminating the physical isis caliphate in 2019. can you please describe how the coalition's connected military pressure with the medic and other nonmilitary efforts successfully degraded isis's ho ld in iraq and syria? >> thank you. i think you could characterize the coalition as the most successful international counterterrorism organization in history. as you said, it combined the capabilities of many different partners, not just the united states, including all of our m

has a lot of its roots in islamic egyptian islamic jihad? >> absolute from '70s. that's where not all started but where had a huge concentration. >> i'm tired of hearing my own voice i i really wanted from l of you. i'm going to call and some folks from the audience as well as incorporate the chat on zoom, so wanted to call on you if you hear if you could go up to the stand if you wouldn't mind and ask and just press the button to make the green light and that will allow the zoom folks to hear you. so let's get started, please go ahead and do that. and feel free pleased to introduce yourself as well. >> hello. i'm a senior and one of the students of yours. one question i had was about the coptic population in egypt. you mentioned there like -- [inaudible] culturally, politically at one point i guess i'm curious when exactly did the oppression against them like start? did it have anything to do with like the rise of the muslim brotherhood? did a live peacefully with the other populations and then something changed? did it just increase gradua

most recently, they have aligned themselves with the so-called islamic state.ording to them and one of their leaders, he is saying that they are in the central african region to they call themselves -- the central african region . it is not just a centralized group. they have so many cells within that region. they are known to be aligned. they are known to have links with a new group that was formed in the northern part of mozambique. they have so many different affiliations. the truth is that they are much more of a criminal network. from the sources i have spoken to on the ground, the use of the islamic state logo or title is a way for them to continuously preach an ideological component to what most people have seen as a criminal network. this is a group i believe carries out attacks as we have seen in uganda but also within the northern part of drc congo. i believe a joint oppression will be the right way to go about it. conventional tactics will be very challenging because most of this has to be paired with an intelligence point of view. >> we will get ont

gunfire the so—called islamic state regarded this religious minority as infidels, reserving for them most brutal treatment. is militants dragged amsha and her brother from their car and took them to a nearby base. dog barks for amsha, it was the start of 11 months of torture. during their occupation of sinjar, the so—called islamic state took over 6000 yazidis captive, forcing boys into training camps and girls and young women into slavery. five years on, amsha now lives back at home with her family. dogs bark is militants might have gone from sinjar, but they are still taking lives — civilians are frequently killed or injured by explosive devices. three months ago, amsha started work as a de—miner, working with a british ngo, the mines advisory group. when amsha firstjoined mag, she worked as a dog handler. it was the start of a new career and an important step in her path to recovery. iraq remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. in sinjar, civilians live side by side with homes still contaminated with explosives and fields laced with ieds. since 2016, mag has

i said, beg, i'll desert, a group of islamic countries as promised to set up a fund to provide aid to ganeth study where millions of people are at risk of starvation. this winds have pockets down hosted the emergency meeting of the organisation of islamic corporation. i see members agreed to create a trust fund whereby countries could donate without having to deal directly with the taliban rulers. sat down to be as with the unicef and garrison as a whole generation of children is at risk. you frankly, this is a pivotal moment for children in afghanistan. the youngest of these children are fighting for their lives with the staggering numbers of my notice. children and adolescent boys and girls are really fearful of what their future will hold. and we truly hope that the world does not of the ice from what is happening. i've got a son, i think it's very important for the world and the international community to keep children out of politics and really to prioritize medicare in a. and if we manage to act quickly, if we manage to provide the treatment and health services and support to th

it is possible between christianity and islam and how islam was regarded as being then in league and anti christ from the per say to point to view. it exploded again during the reformation and when christianity fractured and then you can see cost us calling the polka to christ. for example, it was very, very big in revolution. this country. it then goes quite for, while other explodes, again in the 20th century, where since 2nd war in many ways, particularly united states, it has become what we might call a and s got a logical tend to part to the cold war politics that we divide in the middle east and dividing the world now after $945.00 famously. famously gorbachev seen as president. that yeah, you mentioned the english revolution. i thought the big is in 1649, were revolutionaries in bill and god, by you, you say something different there. but actually when it comes to revolutionary politics, you say that there are people who say that the later church may have the finesse to jesus. his message to say, whereas a jesus christ was talking about and times in his own like the end of the

they the, the 2nd coming of christ, the coming of isa in islam. but also the within, within christianity, there is a core belief that christ will return again. and although actually the new testament counsels, in fact mom that we are not the guest the times, not estimate the times, never less. christians have found it very difficult, not to do so. they kind of been tempted to do so. our the curiosity, unenthusiastic, also wanted to see happen as on the call the bottom with that is instead of waiting patiently for something that's in gods hands, one tends to interpret the signs of the times in one's own day. i want to see 2000 years of, of mistaken speculation of errors literally from the end of the roman empire through to that the viking attacks. look, the god is being out forums and cried them magar invasions. you can imagine what people sang during the crusades is this is tussle between christian islam. and how on islam was a regardless being then in league and anti christ from the crusade a point of view. it exploded again during the reformatio

is this this tussle between christian islam and how on islam was regarded as being then in league and anti christ from the crusade a point of view, it exploded again during the reformation and when christianity fractured and then you can see prostate calling the polka decry example, it was very, very big in meetings revolution, this country. ah, it then goes quiet for a while and then explodes again in the 20th century. where since the 2nd world war, in many ways, particularly united states, it has become what we might call a and eschatological counterpart to the cold war politics that we divide in the middle east and dividing the world after 945 famously. famously gorbachev seen as, as precedent that, yeah, you mentioned the english revolution. i thought the diggers in 1649 were revolutionary. didn't believe in god by you, you say something different there. but actually when it comes to revolutionary politics, you say that there are people who say that the later church may have the finesse to jesus his message to say. whereas a jesus christ was talking about the end times in his own

so i could easily -- what i believe in could easily transcend to islam or to judaism. i believe in compassion and love and doing what is right to your fellow man, and doing the right thing. so, i mean, those are the morals that could extend to martin luther king or gandhi. it's faith, but it's more about a global reckoning. so i guess -- i don't know, i was raised a roman catholic but i suppose what i believe is probably closer to being a quaker or a universal -- not the cult, but there is -- i think it's call the universalism. anyway, i hope that answers it. >> yeah, that was great, thank you so much. let me just see if there's anyone else in person. yes, please. and come up and introduce yourself and hit the green button or make it green. there you go. thank you so much. >> hi. my name is abby. i am a law student so i'm very interested in sort of -- this answer might differ by country, i'm sure, but whether the persecution has been occurring through legal channels or whether it's mostly kind of community norms or extra legal persecution. i know that in jordan, for ex

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and, and, and giving them a lot more than, than traditional islam. so, so one particular sect is, is, is pentagon lising in its own way, although they certainly don't like, i don't like me saying that i says like the, i from will bank ever low to answer for, in terms of the, the conversion. i mean, they also preach the and times and they completely support israel, but do they support israel and around 3 brothers to new in the sense that on the day of judgment, all the jews will then be killed and only they will go to heaven and the jews will go to hell is that their bizarre believe in israel, and it's very interesting and it's difficult to to square. and so, you know, a lot of historically, a lot of evangelical christians where we're fairly anti semitic until 3040 years ago. and now they are distinctly filer symmetric, but the file is really up to the n times when jesus come. yeah, no one really likes getting into that that part. but certainly the end times is a consideration for the pentagon, said miss evangelicals. but pentecostals in particular, i

i think of the writing of the book "the muslim mafia" about how there was a plot on staffers to islamize america and she singled muslim staffers on the hill. then there was michele bachmann's total fabrication of muslim brotherhood roots for aberdeen. and i could go on and on. newt gingrich starting the campaign against the victory mosque in new york, which the gop, the nrcc, the republican committee did paid television ads in 17 districts. lauren boebert is simply picking

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for a member of congress to repeatedly and unapologetically use hateful, racist and islamic phobic troeps is dangerous. >> the resolution coming the day after she put out this christmas photo showing her children holding semiautomatic weapons. good evening to my guests. so anna, look, this is getting out of control. kevin mccarthy nowhere to be found. the leadership void in the gop is really absolutely astounding. >> it is. obviously, kevin mccarthy wants to be the speaker of the house should republicans win, and he knows he has a problem on his right flank. and he's trying not to rile them up. but what's being shown is a lack of leadership, a lack of

under the headline gop leaders evade addressing islam a phobic rhetoric. it rights house republicans leaders have yet to publicly denounce the islam a phobic language employed by representative of california, marjorie taylor greene of georgia and a democrat from minnesota, including statement is the muslim lawmakers of course terrorists and is bloodthirsty. at like her to a suicide bomber. he was asked about the party squabble, here's a portion of it. >> our marjorie taylor greene talks of distractions to winning back the majority next year. >> it is things we do not want to deal with, gas prices and others in any deviation of that causes problems. >> islamophobia comments, why do you have such a hard time condemning something that is clearly wrong. >> let me be very clear, this party is for anyone and everyone who craves freedom and supports religious liberty. lauren, as i called her when she came forward, we talked and she apologized publicly, personally, i contacted lawyer and even talked about maybe steny and i should be in the room. we should lower th

one lauren boebert from colorado saying islamic things about ilhan omar, we-- is all of this kind of part of the political legacy here of bob dole? >> you know, what was interesting about the era that bob dole was in congress, there were also most members, who had served in the military. 75 percent of the members of congress in the early '70s had some level of military service. and i think there was something really important about that era because they could, as tamed said, fight on the floor, fight over issues, even get into, you know, prettee acerbic back and forth but fundamental fundamentally understand thed were on the same team, i may have a blue scrersee or red jersey, one of the powerful moments of bob dole's life, especially his later life, that in a way, liberal democrat from hawaii, also served in world war ii, also was grievously injured,

. >> the house is planning to advance omar's legislation to create a special envoy to combat islam phobia today. it is the first step they are taking since implying omar is a terrorist. >>> day two in the trial of a former minnesota police officer who fatally shot daunte wright during a traffic stop is expected to begin in the coming hours. emotions were running high as wright's mother was the first to testify on wednesday. cnn's josh campbell has more. >> reporter: this was a moment officer kim potter says she made a fatal mistake, which cost 20-year-old daunte wright his life. >> [ bleep ]. i just shot him.

and the islamic world and saying that you need to educate the women in your country. and so there are these different things that people can look at that you know, i thank you so important to look at the connections even that malcolm x was trying to make not trying but making with africa. when he talked about african like you i would go to africa, while he was meeting with heads of states. he met with piÑata and so many. and it is so to explore what that means and what were those relationships well what could've come of those relationships. it is just endless and i think and i agree with you, one of the things that i will say the people would say to me over the years of their like another book is coming out about malcolm x and how do you feel and i would not be worried because i knew that i was working on the book different and we were telling something different. and that discipline is different, it is journalism, not historians. so it is a different approach altogether. and i think that and there are people who are only drawn to one talk about the assassination but

he was, instead part of the international terrorist network of the so called islamic state or ins, with connections to the would be caliphate center of power in syria. or for the 1st time, an investigation by general public broadcast at a r d has uncovered a photo of a suspected mastermind of the christmas market attack. apple barrack, i'd iraqi, otherwise known as ali, has seen as ease head of a secret ice unit focused on terrorist attacks abroad. early on in the investigation intelligence services and germany's criminal place received an explosive tip out of abu dhabi on the morning of me is even 2016. just 12 days after the attack, an intelligence agent confidentially reported our quote tip about the person ordering the burden christmas market attack from what was described as a highly reliable, intelligent source the ice command who ordered the attack was said to be abdul alba, ali iraqi, who wiggly travelled between turkey and syria, over the days and weeks that followed the information became more solid and was deemed reliable by agency experts. federalists is came to light. the a