it is believed that the islam aphobia in the u.s. is worst than it has ever been, even worse after september 11 attacks. he says it is muslim children paying the price because many of them are being bullied. >> what i'm worried about, this kind of talk is impacting the average american who does not know us. the children go to the same school as our children. >> reporter: another presidential candidate, paul, is pushing a bill to stop immigration from 34 countries, all muslim majority countries, except one. the spokesman says it proves it isn't profiling. >> because a country was on the list, my logic is if you have a country on there in which there are no muslims, it's not just based on muslims. >> reporter: at the mosque where they've increased security, there is growing concern but also hope. >> some people have said the same thing about jewish community before. some people have said about president kennedy. can he be trusted? where is his loyalties? america had went through that before. america is going through this now. we shall

the chief imam here says he believes islam aphobia in the u.s. is the worst it has ever been. he says it was worst than it was after the september 11 attacks. his says it's muslim children who are paying the price because many of them are being bullied. >> what i'm worried about, this kind of talk is impacting the average american who does not know us, where the children go to the same school as our children >> reporter: at presidential candidate paul is pushing the bill to stop the immigration from 34 countries, all muslim majority countries except one. the spokesman says that proves it isn't profiling. >> because the country is on the list shows that we're not. it may not fit your logic, but my logic is if you have a country on there where there are no muslims, it is not just based on muslims. >> reporter: at the mosque where they've increased security, there is growing concern but also hope. >> some people have said the same people about the jewish community before, some people have said the same thing about president kennedy, can he be trusted? where is his loyalty? americ

in an you exclusive interview were al jazeera he admits islam aphobia is on the rise in the u.s. and there is growing concern about the potential for a violent back lash. >> we've seen incidents already. i heard about incidents in a meeting i just had here which were just horrible. so i am concerned. >> reporter: one reason is dialogue from candidates like donald trump. >> it's could common sense and we have to do it. >> reporter: the cheek imam says islam aphobia in the u.s. says it is worse than it has ever been. >> what i am worried about, this type of talk is impacting the average man. for the children who go to the same school as our children >> reporter: another presidential candidate is pushing the bill from taking refugees from 35 countries. >> because one is on the list shows it is not. my logic is if you have a country on there in which there are no muslims, it's not just based on muslims. >> reporter: at the mosque where they've increased security, there is growing concern but also hope. >> some people have said the same thing about jewish community. also president ken

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he admits islam aphobia is on the rise in the u.s. and there is growing concern about the potential for a violent back lash >> we've seen incidents already. i heard about incidents in the meeting i just had here that were just horrible. so i am concerned. >> reporter: one reason comments from those like donald trump who is called for a ban on muslims to be band from the united states. islam ma phobia is worse than it has ever been, worse than after the 911 attacks. he says it is muslim children paying the price because they're being bullied. >> what i'm worried about, this kind of talk is impacting the innocent children. >> reporter: another presidential candidate is push the to stop immigration from 34 countries, all muslim majority countries, except one. the spokesman says it isn't profiling. >> it may not fit your logic, but my logic is if you have a country on there in which there are no muslims, it is not just based on muslims. >> reporter: at the mosque where they've increased security, there is growing concern but also hope. >>

. >> reporter: are you encouraged by the worldwide condemnation of donald trump's islam aphobia? even netanyahu have criticised donald trump on this. >> i am confident that america has voicess from both sides, realising that our response to terrorism should be embracing and our values by no means ever would support the - if i might say, horrific and nonsensical comments of the presidential candidate and this unified condemnation should lead, however, to solutions and so after condemnation, where are the solutions. >> reporter: i'm afraid the condemnation is not quite unified. as you know, 65% of likely republican voters still say they support donald trump's calling to ban muslims from entering the country. how much does that worry you? >> i believe they are isolated group >>> you can watch the entire opposite of third rail tomorrow at 5.30 eastern and 2.30 pacific here on al jazeera america. when we come back tonight, teenagers who never smoked a cigarette now suffering from nicotine poisoning. >> my heart was pounding fast and it was terrible t i just wanted to cry and go home >

i would not be surprised, by the way, if we hear a call tonight to avoid islam aphobia.t we need to be careful about the way we treat muslims in the united states. >> there's a point to that. that is true and we must do that. but americans are asking questions about tashfeen. she came in this fiance visa just came here last year, six months later she has a baby. baby in may. and what they're building pipe bombs in their garage? got a dozen pipe bombs? target baby shower buy pipe bombs and put them this your baby carriage. was she training? was she part of a terrorist plant? was she indeed part of a radical mosque in pakistan as has been reported? who are her friends? her friends, a close friend in the "washington post" says in pakistan that she changed in 2009. that's six years ago. for six years maybe she's had this ideology, and she didn't get on the radar. apparently authorities over there didn't flag her. yet she still came in under that visa program. do you think the president will address that and anything that they're doing in terms of the visa waver program or tr

isl islam-aphobia is on the rise.t upticks in islam-aphobia is because of political reasons. these events are being used to increase it. my community particularly has seen much more harassment since these events and speeches from politicians have occurred. that is on an upswing. we still love the city of pittsburgh and believe they can't respondç appropriately t this and change the story before this event is over. >> there's another kind of pressure being put on the muslim community also which is pressure to deny the acts of isis, to separate being muslim from being what they are. how do you feel that the community is doing in that regard? >> yes, i think the community is doing extremely well, condemning all of these acts. there's long religious, theological and personal doctrines. personally i have a problem with a lot of this happening. i don't really see other groups getting up and apologizing when somebody within their community does a crime, most terrorists attacks in the united states are white male christians.

we don't help by fanning the flame of islam-aphobia or anything else. >> more than a few citizens oft redland airy and here in greater san bernardino have come up and they're scared themselves, scared for their safety and the perception of them here. so the idea of community is certainly going to be tested. there's another intolerance, which is we want this to be considered the worst kind of murdering there is. for many, that's the word terrorism. it's not being applied yet by investigators, even though they seem to be learning more and more things that make that seem obvious to people. why not? >> i'm not going to get in the way of the active investigation that's going on. i've called this an act of terror on my community. that's exactly what it is. i'm less concerned about the legal definition of terrorism is and i'm more concerned about how this affects my community. i can tell you, when folks have to shelter in place, when there's gun violence going on, those are things that are difficult as a commune to the take. that's what i would define as an act of terrorism on my community.

it has been criticised which studies islam aphobia. it called the poll deeply flawed with a history of fear monday