it's called the jewish network against islam phobia. we did this because in our scope of work islam phobia is not limited to hate speech peech that is on t bus ads. it can take different forms that can stir blatant islam phobia that is much of our civil and political discourse at this time. one for example is messaging that we reduces the community to the good muslim and the extremist muslim. the good muslim does not spend from mainstream mideastern affairs. we look forward to working with you on issues regarding islam phobia. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors. i have a graphic. that's in the 60s. it used to be a flower shop. this is a voter hat signed by tom an yanno. he was running for mayor. and go exciting and new come -- aboard voters we are expecting you. the gov boat promises something for everyone. set a court for adventure on a new city chance and gov won't hurt anymore. it's an open smile to a district shore. it's love gov. get your voter running. head out to the polls now. the big city is

. >> i was wonder how you balanced fundamentalism and the islam of phobia that is taking place -- i was wondering how you balance the fundamentalism with not being seen as part of the islam of phobia that is taking hold in much of the media in the u.s. and what do you mean by the term? >> i don't use the term is one of phobia because i think it mixes the criticism of islam and i believe the criticism of any religion is acceptable depending on how you do this perhaps, but it mixes that with discrimination against the real evidence of a particular faith which is entirely unacceptable. the term i talk about this discrimination against muslims or people that assume the muslim we have seen the rise of the far right in the west because a particular anti-muslim and anti-immigrant agenda. that is not my agenda and it pains me to say that in my book. i believe that both the right and the left have gotten this wrong and at the far right increasingly here we are hearing this sort of suggestion that all muslims are somehow waiting to be sparked into action and that is just offensive. but i absolute

. >> his host, turkey's president spoke out against what he sees is rising islam phobia. >> it's sounding that in the west racism discrimination and hatred towards those who are different and islamophobia is rapidly and seriously on the rise, including extremism even in the west. >> the pope said that the international community had a moral obligation to help turkey take care of these refugees. on saturday, the pope moves here to istanbul to tackle another tough issue, the near thousand-year split between cliquism and orthodoxy. he'll be meeting his old friend bartholomew 1. there's hope that both those men will continue efforts being made to bring those who branches of christianity closer together. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >>> group's tactics and recent slayings, what to do when its citizens are kid snapped. jamie mcintire has more from washington. >> the u.s. says flatly it will never pay ransom to secure release of american hostages in the hands of i.s.i.l. fighters. but earlier this year, it did pay for american prisoner beau bergdahl. the best way to respond when american

. >> but is there some islam-phobia here? >> i think they don't want to disrespect anybody. -- >> a lot of it depends on where you live. if you have a population where the majority of the schools they ares muslim, i think they would have handled it much differently. if you have one student, it's more challenging. >> i thought we lived in where all men are created equal and everybody -- >> i send out kwanzaa cards. >> there you go. >>> let's get to that. the next topic, mucher presidents are just like us? bill clinton was on "ellen" he revealed he's a big fan of some of the hottest political dramas like "scandal" and "house of cards" but not for the reason you think. >> it makes it fun to watch, is that i can't imagine that either the president, spacey, or the president's chief of staff on "scandal" could get away with murder. i wish i had known that, you know, think of all the opportunities. >> so many people to get rid of. >> so little time, so many people that have it coming, you know? >> that would make it so easy. >> crazy. >> get away with murder? i mean, abby, who knew

turkey's leader did talk about what he considers to be a growing phenomenon of islam phobia and whatsm in western countries, but he did acknowledge this spike in terrorism carried out by extremists like al-qaeda and isis has been, to a certain extent, responsible for any backlash against muslim communities. heather: amy kellogg, thank you. eric e eric getting out of gitmo. you know, the pentagon's apparently getting ready to release even more from guantanamo bay in the next few weeks that despite continued opposition from republicans and critics who say the push by the president to close that facility is putting the u.s. at risk. but the white house defends the plan. we're live in washington with that debate. heather: well, the first trailer for the new "star wars" sequel, "the force awakens," has just been released online. take a look at the my millennium falcon back in action. you will have to wait until next december to see the series. j.j. abrams, you have our attention. eric: they release these things, and then you've got a year to wait. heather: live long and prosper, right? [l

. >> i was wonder how you balanced fundamentalism and the islam of phobia that is taking place -- i was wondering how you balance the fundamentalism with not being seen as part of the islam of phobia that is taking hold in much of the media in the u.s. and what do you mean by the term? >> i don't use the term is one of phobia because i think it mixes the criticism of islam and i believe the criticism of any religion is acceptable depending on how you do this perhaps, but it mixes that with discrimination against the real evidence of a particular faith which is entirely unacceptable. the term i talk about this discrimination against muslims or people that assume the muslim we have seen the rise of the far right in the west because a particular anti-muslim and anti-immigrant agenda. that is not my agenda and it pains me to say that in my book. i believe that both the right and the left have gotten this wrong and at the far right increasingly here we are hearing this sort of suggestion that all muslims are somehow waiting to be sparked into action and that is just offensive. but i absolute

phobias. >> it's saddening, racism, discrimination and hatred towards those who are different and islam ma phobi phobia is on the rise. >> turkey hosts more than 1.5 million syrian refugees and said that the international community has a moral obligation to help turkey take care of these refugees. on saturday the pope moves here to istanbul to tackle another tough issue, the near thousand-year split between catholicism and orthodoxy. he'll be meeting his own friend, the east orthodox patriot bartholomew 1st. there is hope that both those men will continue to bring these two branches of christianity closer to go. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> the fight against isil has left thousands of iraqis caught in the cross fire. we spoke with one man who survived the battle but lost his father and home in the process. >> reporter: ahmed does not know whether to start to where build hirebuild his house. wherever he looks there is devastation. most people fled, but ahmed stayed. isil used his house to launch attacks. >> my house was destroyed by isil. so i managed to escape to the nearby farms and

cause is. >> talking about i.s.i.l., it claims to be the voice of islam and support growing, it may be part of an increase in islama phobia. you take a hard line on islamic extremists. you say there's no reasoning. >> i.s.i.s. - i.s.i.l. has no nationalist agenda, they are fighting what i referred to as a cosmic war. in a cosmic battle there's no room for negotiation, because they don't want anything that is measurable or achievable. that doesn't mean there isn't a political aspect to the fight against i.s.i.l., there is. the idea you can treat i.s., organizations that are geographically contained, you have to treat i.s.i.s. differently, there's no response, but a military response. >> an important discussion. pleasure to have you with us. thank you for joining us. >> any time. >> the man who chose to publish cartoons depicting the profit mohammed and the riots that followed. the free speech debate it is sparking a decade later. and the affects of alzhiemer's played out on stage. the emotional story the glen campbell's public fight with the disease. >>> as we heard the debate over islama phobia winter games -- wages on, a