during the first century after the birth of islam muslim armies conquered vast swathes of the old world they defeated the persians and entered iraq in seven sixty two the basset caves established their capital in the newly founded city of baghdad from which they room go over their great empire for the next five centuries and it was in baghdad that they established the famous battle heckman house of wisdom now it's not known exactly where this was or even if it was a single academy but we do know that baghdad quickly became the greatest center of knowledge of the medieval world. they are bastard rulers with generous patrons promoting knowledge and scholarship at the silly money a library to stumble i'm meeting professor. he studied the origins of the house of wisdom there are three. hundred to. fill. that cannot. have through. the middle of the lake that. is our. cost her liver letter but i can be a. true. method that. there was a rational they were christians they were jewish scholars or those under the auspices of the islamic empire being translated into arabic many of these scholars c

islamism. president trump's very first trip abroad to this region, he called a muslim majority nations to quote - meet histories greatest test.to conquer extremism and vanquish terrorism. the president joined us, he joined us in denouncing the twisted ideology which has left death and suffering on so many. i think the president for his courage. [applause] as i said in a recent speech i gave in brussels, our words mean something again. and they should. west point told me a basic code of integrity. if we commit american prestige to an action our allies depend on us to follow through. the trump administration did not stand idly by. when bashir aside use chemical weapons against his people. indeed the president at least the fear of the military not once but twice. with allied support. and he's willing to do it again. although we do hope he does not have to. for those who fret about the use of american power, remember this, america has always been and always will be a liberating force. not an occupying power. we have never dreamed of domination in the middle east. can you say the same about iran? an

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during the first century after the birth of islam muslim armies conquered vast swathes of the old world they defeated the persians and entered iraq in seven sixty two the a basset caves established their capital in the newly founded city of baghdad from which they roamed over their great empire for the next five cents.

meanwhile since 9/11 and the rise of extremist groups like the islamic state, governments of several prominent muslim majority countries, among them jordan, morocco and egypt have tried to position themselves as purveyor of moderate islam. peter and shadi also examine that group looking at emerging powers and how some of them have integrated religious out reasons to some of their religious outreach across asia and africa. what they found by examining these wide-ranging cases is the way that states use islam and their conduct abroad is often shaped by domestic considerations. and by the same impact the impact they haven't target countries is frequently something other than what it might have been intended to be. due to local actors. this report is inaugural publication from a much larger project on the brookings is undertaking in partnership with the berkeley center for religion, peace and world affairs at georgetown university. the initiative will examine the various ways in religion and re into their broader foreign policy conduct. over the coming months, the project will publish a range of short ar

islam work? because enough muslims and in some cases, a large majority of muslims in many of the states find islam compelling and appealing as an ideological discourse. and you might ask well why do they find us? maybe beyond the scope of what we are talking about here? but islam works, so people are going to use it and take advantage of it. >> and white used islam as her ideological currency when you could use nationalism? i mean certainly the egyptians in the past were able to use nationalism as their currency. when i go back to that? >> well, it would be difficult to promote egyptian nationalism beyond egypt because other folks in the middle is don't necessarily want to become in egyptian nationalists. maybe there was a time in the late 60s, early 70s where you know syria became part of egypt in a way, that was maybe a different time. i mean penn ehret is arab is him as i think peter said, if we look at penn is him, i think beyond that being particular appealing for number reasons. when it comes to islam, there is this interesting, this interesting question of how, domestic security that these

meanwhile since 9/11 and the rise of extremist groups like the islam jake state, governments of several prominent muslim-majority countries among them jordan, morr morocco and e tried to be purveyors of modern islam. they examine that phenomenon carefully dissecting how turkey and indonesia have been examples of emerging powers with somewhat less fan fare integrated religious outreach. what they find by examining these wide ranging cases is that the ways that states use islam and their conduct abroad is shaped by domestic considerations. and by the same token the impact that these strategies have in target countries is frequently something other than what it might have been intended to be due to the mediating effect of local actors and interests. this report is the inaugural publication from a much larger project on geopolitics of religious soft power. brookings is undertaking with berkeley center at georgetown university. the initiative will examine various ways government incorporate religion. over the coming months the project will publish a range of short articles, essays and papers that analyze and

meanwhile, since 9/11, and the rise of extremist groups like the islamic state, governments of several prominent muslim majority country, among them jordan, morocco, egypt, have tried to position themselves as purveyors of moderate islam, capable were blunting the narrative of the extremist groups. peter and shadi dissect that phenomenon carefully dissecting how turkey and indonesia have been exampling of emerging powers that were somewhat less fanfare have integrated religios outreach into their broader soft power strategies across asia and africa. what they find by examining the cases is that the ways that states use islam and their conduct abroad is often shaped by domestic considerations. by the same token, the impact that these strategies have and target countries is frequently something other than what it might have been intended to be due to the mediating affect of local actors and interests. this report is the publication from a larger product on the geo politics of religious soft power that brookings is undertaking with the berkeley center for religi religion, peace and world affairs. they wil

islam work? because enough muslims and in some cases, a large majority of muslims in many of these states find islam compelling and appealing as an ideological discourse. then you might ask, why do they find this maybe beyond the scope of what we're talking about here? islam works so people are going to use it and take advantage of it. >> and why use islam as your ideological currency when you could use nationalism? certainly, the egyptians in the past were able to use nationalism as their currency. why not go back to that? >> well, so they couldn't really-- so it would be difficult to promote egyptian nationalism beyond egypt because, i mean, other folks in the middle east don't necessarily want to become egyptian nationalists. maybe there was a time in the late 60's, early 70's, where, you know, syria became part of egypt in a way and that was maybe a different time. i mean, pan arabism has that-- and that they tried to promote, i think we're well beyond that being particularly appealing for a number of reasons. when it comes to islam though, there's this interesting -- supporting it or probably s

. >>> and now, a panel discussion on the role islam plays when muslim countries consider their foreign policy, the brookings institution hosts this event, which features several middle east experts. it's just over 90 minutes. >> good morning. and thank you so much for joining us on this balmy

on target you want particular faith and what's interesting is if this so determined to target islam or muslims that we haven't seen a single focus towards the jewish community and the orthodox community who are their own customs and their own religious laws which have never faced the same sort of scrutiny and you know shining a light on those issues as well or do you think david incompatible with your general european standards or not. yes i mean absolutely right for the council to highlight this i mean it is a statement neal of the the obvious it's not just been today or yesterday that this is cause concern but i welcome the fact that essentially this council has has passed has passed this our resolution and you know country what we what we've just heard from mohammed it's not extreme right or passing this it's a broad spectrum of european opinion stating that essentially shari'a law is incompatible to meto large degree with the laws that that we have a position that i've held for some time so so i welcome this but of course we need to do something about it it's not good enough for the u.k. t

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. and. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby b. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province some and his ia seen here on the right has the sustenance of by his bodyguard in twenty eleven speaking in b.p.'s defense. later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed to calling for her release today is that it's likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. as joining us now from the horror is you know john here a human rights activist and a supreme court lawyer is about a good to see you first up what is your reaction to the verdict is it a victory for the rule of law or has hardline islam won. now i think obviously it isn't it people of the local and i think at this. expect. the you know what they're exactly. right a supreme court and.

someone when we are comic artist those liberal studies of our reserve and you want to learn muslim concerning islam by having students but after that when you want to move their bills react well it's not going to build what and are illegal what are you going to what i remember him doing you may be muslim we cannot accept this coming year bill and there are some innocuous cannot be the dumping ground for illegal bungler this is the business we let central government was. we got the memo that god i've got a mental. level committee to look into all of our medical and i'm. sure that shot somebody else not a challenge i hear you also saw a gash also he's not saying they could have done a dumping ground so daschle is trying to have a conversation with you and. i hear all of you i want to clarify for our audience because i'm seeing loss of conversation about this on mine that there are actually two prongs of opposition to this bill and so what i shall give this to you but on the one hand is the problem of people who say this bill is anti muslim this is khalid on twitter he says that this really exposes. w

themes in the first one is the need for redemption many people understand that islam is a guilt based religion most of devout muslim and i feel guilty about many things but that's what islam is about and therefore basically there is a need for redemption and not to do within every muslim. now you know out of the you know one point eight billion muslims on the very few people seek redemption in jihad that i stick with them should end in and good actions and charity and being good to others but there are a few people who see could them shouldn't jihad because jihad you know. would preach is the short to spot to heaven so jihad the most of them so redemption the second is empowerment people basically who feel marginalized people feel feel they are powerless in front of what they perceive to be injustice of the injustice of their governments or the injustice of the global system as a whole so empowerment as a second theme the third theme is revenge in a people feel that since they identify with islam as their only identity if that identity is under attack or have been violated therefore they need to do something in ord

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. the. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province some months his ear seen here on the right was assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven after speaking in b.p.'s defense later the same year the federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict likely to do little to appease those who the settle for nothing less than having death sentence reinstated. well it is been two months since a major crash that almost ended the wife of an up and coming german motor racing driver eighteen year old sophia flew it crashed during a formula three race in macau and suffered fractures to or neck now she is on the mend and determined to get back on the track as soon as she can the w.'s guards on whitener caught up with her in her hometo

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. the. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ia seen here on the right has assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm speaking in bibi's defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict. likely to do little to appease those who thought of another thing less than having as the death sentence reinstated. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world a group calling itself the ira has claimed responsibility for the recent car bombing in the north of the hybrid city of london derry no one was injured in the explosion and early this month in the city also known as derry the ira was the principal nationalist paramilitary group during decades of viole

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. and. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby b. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ia seen here on the right to sustenance it by his buddy god in twenty eleven speaking in defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed to cooling for her release. today is that it's likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. asia correspondent harun john joie is just plain court in islam about where a decision is expected any moment in b.b.'s case and he joins us now on the line haroon what's the likelihood that the court will uphold its earlier decision to release. an open and shut case and we'll have no evidence found against b.p. and the supreme court in october ordered. almost immediately look if you're going to

united states our divisive politics, which is so often around religionsome of it very focused on islam and muslimspossibleo have this conversation, to see a fashion exhibition, without putting it in a political context? >> probably not, and i don't even know that you'd want to take it outside the political context. i think you need that in order to really understand to some degree how provocative some of the pieces are. >> brown: the exhibiti "contemporary muslim fashions" for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown at the de young museum in san francisco. >> woodruff: now to the latest in our brief but spectacular series where we ask interesting people to share their passions. ashley ford is a brooklyn based iter and host of the podcast "profile" by buzzfeed news. she is currently writing her memoir, "somebody's daughter." >> i've probably been writing about me longer than i want to wemit. i wasn't really alto have diaries or journals as a kid. my mother apought it was opriate for kids to have secrs, but i still did secretly through writing poems or writingtories that were definitely to my life. my u

a sweeping association of islam with violence leaves european muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice evict and on al-jazeera. we will now take this mandate forward's the british prime minister gets the backing of parliament to go back to brussels and renegotiate a deal to leave the e.u. . and i mean this is a life and also coming up venezuela. is the self-proclaimed president from leaving the country. a u.s. intelligence report questions president troubles for.

the caliphate that's the global caliphate that anybody you know is a muslim can come and live in that caliphate and the walls of islam are at a street level. so a person can feel okay i'm a muslim and the society is a muslim society. there is no such feeling, no scholar can say that isis is the caliphate. these traditions, if we wish to apply them, they would apply to the abbas is, let's see. a bona fide legitimate caliphate where maybe if the caliph himself whether it's taxes, whether it's alcohol if it's not observing the prayer, that's a person person b's between himself and god, but society overall would be a society based on the ethics, the eagles the values of islam. so within that paradigm our prophet is saying that the caliph let his issues be between he and god. you should not revoke the legitimate leader because that could cause more harm than good. so even if we were to acknowledge the legitimacy of those traditions and at some level i do, the question is with you even apply to a modern nationstate in the middle east or in the far southeast asia? that's not even claiming to be rooted in the tradition of is

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby b. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province some and has ia seen here on the right has assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm just speaking in people's defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict is likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated the. original acquittal in october sparked violent protest shamil shabazz from asia desk talked us through reactions to today's supreme court decision but we have not seen a large group there. there have been some small protests in different cities but the kind of backlash and the violence that we saw in the last year we are not seeing it now i think the most important thing that

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. the. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ia seen here on the right who's assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm speaking in defense. later the same year the federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her relief. today is that it's likely to do little to appease those who threaten with another thing less than having a death sentence reinstated. following the story from asia desk and he joins us now shut me up bibi has already been acquitted what are the chances that the court will now allow that acquittal to be challenged on appeal well i think it is highly likely that bugs on stop this myth that beat against all the b.b.c. quit and. the appeal by hardline islamism was accepted by the court to make sure that all l

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying in for those. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ear seen here on the right has assassinated by his bodyguard in twenty eleven after speaking in b.p.'s defense. later the same year the federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict is likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. in the. smallness from. asia desk welcome today's decision was in response to an appeal against babies a previous acquittal so is it the final word can it be challenged. no i do not think that it can be challenged and. the supreme court is very clear in its judgement that. the appeal was flawed and the lawyer of the person who appealed could not really challenge. so it has b

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic, which is troubling muslimsh satisfying infidels? reporter: demonstrations were only called off when the government agreed to bar bibi from leaving the country pending today's verdict. but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. a governor, seen here on the right, was assassinated by his bodyguard in 2011 after speaking in bibi's defense. later that year, a federal minister for minorities was killed after calling for her release. today's verdict is likely to do lttle to appease those who will settle for nothing less than having asia bibi's death sentence reinstated. brent: asia bibi's original acquittal in october sparked violent protests. shamil shams from dw's asia desk talked us through reactions to today's supreme court decision. shamil: we have not seen large protests. there had been some small protests in different cities, but the kind of backlash, and the violence that we saw in november of last year, we are not seeing it now. i think the more important thing that we must rea

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. the. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby b. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province some and his ia seen here on the right has the sustenance of by his bodyguard in twenty eleven i'm speaking in b.p.'s defense later the same year the federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to calling for her release. today's verdict is likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. home so far and as we've just seen their babies acquittal last october sparking violent protests there in pakistan is the country now bracing for another backlash. two is going to be. issued an audio statement from the southern port city. to be the really fun for the course of action and you. have to book the park for beginning of the supreme court judges will plead. guilt

what kind of a verdict is this from the supreme court of an islamic republic which is troubling muslims but satisfying infidels. demonstrations were any cooled off when the government agreed to bobby v. from leaving the country pending today's verdict but this is a case already linked to the killings of at least two people. the governor of punjab province summoned his ia seen here on the run to the sustenance of by his bodyguard in twenty eleven speaking in b.p.'s defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed off to cooling the relief. today's verdict likely to do little to appease those who settle for nothing less than having a death sentence reinstated. social media john facebook has revealed a new plan to fight fake news and political interference in elections on its plot full of this comes just months before your parliament elections they've been under pressure to tighten rules around the advertisement since russia was linked to campaigns to sway voters in the twenty's sixteen u.s. election campaign did have a vote of top of this contest will

zenith all islam was a pious muslim and one of the greatest fighters what compulsion made zenit to pick up arms these young men are taking up arms because of the ongoing oppression from india on the state of german kashmir from one nine hundred forty seven till now it is this oppression that is compelling people to take up arms i but a police spokesman described the rebel leader as a terrorist who carried out attacks against security and civilian targets thousands of people marched in his village to offer a few prayers as the government suspended train services and reportedly blocked internet access in the region. kashmir and muslim majority himalayan region is controlled by india and pakistan in parts and claimed by both inform some kashmiri groups have been fighting for independence from india or for unification with neighboring pakistan dorsetshire pari al jazeera. the leader of venezuela's opposition has led a rally in the coastal town of. despite being intercepted and briefly detained on his way to the event this is said to be the moment one why does the head of venezuela's opposit

muslim and jewish community from being part of the. you are not stopping any single animal being slaughtered according to islamic or jewish tradition because they will continue just broke from the jewish community and the muslim community will continue eating a lot and kosher gentleman will leave it to. the islamic human rights commission belgium thank you so much for your time i've been near tears we head into twenty nine saying thanks ability. also i think looking from moscow but coming up to half past eight in the evening and back with more in just over half an hour more great programs for your part the world lined up after this break. you know like the e.k.g. for countries has their ten year bond rating you look at that and say oh that country southie a country is not healthy well looks like thing health of the chinese economy based on that their interest rates are better than america. at the time a local television reporter from detroit is following the case closely bill proctor is well aware of the methods used by local police to close certain cases as quickly as possible. they did this all the time. they had people make statements w

the hethe organization of islamic cooperation, the world's largest body of muslim-majority countries, has strongly condemned the bombings. e church has been the targetre ofous attacks by the muslim militant group abu sayyaf which is affiliated with the islamic a ate. fearincond dam may collapse, officials in southeastern brazil orderedas evacuationhey continued to search for survivors of friday's catastrophic dam failure. rains and mudslides are threatening a breach of the second dam about half a mile from the first. both are owned by the vale mining company. at least 40 people are dead, hundreds are still missing and the death toll is expected to continue to rise. today st. petersburg russia marked the 75th anniversary of the world war two siege of leningrad, the city's former soviet name. contemporary and soviet-era vehicles along with 2500 troops paraded through the city. russian president vladimir putin did not attend the parade, but did lay flowers at a monument to victims. the blockade of leningrad lasted nearly two and a half years until the soviet army drove out zis on january

let the saudis and others torture people for criticizing islam. muslimsnigration of the cross and others so we have to be careful. sometimes the true defense of expression and freedom of religion is defending those things that we find most offensive. ainsley: rabbi, even if it is allowed in israel freedom of religion and freedom to express whatever you believe through art, if it's offensive, to a big group of people. should it remain up or should they take it down? >> let's remember, first of all, ronald mcdonald is not kosher, i don't know what he is doing up in israel. jokes aside we jews know what it is like to feel religiously alien nateed. i think israel should show an extra sensitivity. the kicker on this incredible story. the idea was that ronald mcdonald was supposed to symbolize materialism dying on the cross. i'm sympathetic to the message. many ways to express that message not offensive to our christian brothers and sisters. the kicker here what's amazing is that the finish artist who created this is pro-bds he wants to boycott israel. screw hi

muslim community. police and the suspects were making plans to attack islam burke to pick a role muslim community west of the catskills. the suspects ages range from 16 to 20 years old. officer say a comment in a high school lunchroom sparked an investigation. police officers confiscated 23 firearms, freaking homemade bombs and computers. officer say they do not know if there was a planned timeline for the attack. struck president trump the military transgender man can go into effect while a lawsuit against it winds its way to the lower courts. yesterday's five-for you supreme court decision lifts the block to the administration from enforcing the ban. california's attorney general that he would continue to fight the ban. the new rosewood bar was met for people of undergone gender transition and would require military personnel serve as their biological gender, unless they started intransition other less restrictive obama administration rules. statement, the pentagon said the rules are meant to ensure the most lethal and combat effective fighting force. >>> justice has also accepted the first major gu

muslim community and frequently visit local mosque associations. in recent years some associations have been accused of promoting radical islam and the german detail organization has often come under fire for its alleged close ties to the turkish government inspector hive wants to make sure the local muslim community continues to play an active role in german society. political me so the police don't just investigate crimes we're also here to offer support to the community or to take effective action before a problem develops into something bigger. twenty three. so he's very interested to hear about the details plans for a new mosque the organizations local chairman is more than happy to share. and they think it's true muslims have no hatred or enmity for people of other religious faiths. and they're glad about. it he lived by it all that meticulously to me that if people are generally satisfied with their lives they'll be less likely to isolate themselves they need to know they'll be able to practice their faith freely in accordance with german law. and mechelle and share the same philosophy muslims who are integrated into society are less likely

muslim community and frequently visits local mosque associations. in recent years some associations have been accused of promoting radical islam and the german detail organization has often come under fire for its alleged close ties to the turkish government inspector hif wants to make sure the local muslim community continues to play an active role in german society. political. so the police don't just investigate crimes we're also here to offer support to the community so those who want to take effective action before a problem develops into something bigger. to put into the food. so he's very interested to hear about the details plans for a new mosque the organizations local chairman is more than happy to share. through muslims have no hatred or enmity for people of other religious faiths. or their caliber. to flee he lived by it all the meticulously to me that if people are generally satisfied with their lives they'll be less likely to isolate themselves they need to know they'll be able to practice their faith freely in accordance with german law. and medical and share the same philosophy muslims who are integrated into society are less likely