this word for people like charlie hebdo, it was the worst to endure. >> being called islam phobic thatecause the purpose of the newspaper is to fight against the extreme fight, the racism. charlie hebdo, fight against the racism. being accused of being islam phobic is ridiculous but really painful and we know in that text it's not just for the islamists but sometimes people who find excuses and the joke. >> what do you make when you see the outpouring of tens of thousands of people here in paris, all throughout france and amsterdam and berlin all throughout the world standing in solidarity with signs saying we are not afraid holding up pens. i wonder on a personal level, what is it like for you to see that? >> it was exactly what they would have wanted to see. i'm speaking about my dead colleagues and friends. i mean when we did all of this during all of this news continuing no matter what we were probably and i was prepared to see that one day, one of us will be killed. honestly not so much. not on this very primitive barbaric way, but probably. but why i didn't expect this reaction.

this action, which is shocking and appalling killing for religious reasons, is far beyond the islamic phobicer of over 75 people and i can't remember the figure, but something like in the hundreds. and beyond the ultra-zionist extremist who killed over 29 people in 1994 in palestine. we have to put all of this in context and understand the appalling features come from somewhere, and this somewhere before everything, the action of the west, the responsibility of the west, and also the responsibility of the west and the u.s., in particular, in fostering the source, the ideological source of the most fanatical interpretation of islam that is the saudi kingdom. the saudi kingdom, the u.s. has been the godfather of the saudi kingdom practically since its inception or since let's say 10 years after it came to existence. with the discovery of oil in the country. this country has been oldest most ancient ally of the united states in that part of the world, much, much older than israel or england. a lot of connections and a lot of economic advantage being taken by the united states from the connectio

of thousands of the opposition demonstrators, who again they think that this is an anti-islamic and sent a phobic stance. the most recent report -- anti-islamic and xena phobic stance. the most recent report -- they started chanting "say it loud and say it clear; refugees are welcome here." strong words for asylum-seekers who would be able to come to germany. also, there were protests in life make -- leipzvig. there was an unprecedented turnout. 30,000 turned out to show that they stand shoulder to shoulder with the muslim community, that they are stamping out islam a phobia -- islamaphobia in germany. >> thank you very much. let's get business news for you now. >> we are kicking off with the detroit car show. cars, cars, cars for it all the latest models and innovations being unveiled. some 40 new concept cars and trucks making their debut. both electronic cars and gas guzzling suv's in the show. sales are up 6% from 2013. manufacturers will be competing to take the lead. our correspondent takes a look. >> for the first time in years the 2015 detroit auto show is all about hot wheels and high ho

so that muslims can respond in a professional manner in the media when they're attacked in an islam-o-phobic. there's a lot of -- unfortunately, islam-o-phobia is on the rise. we muslims instead of being radicalized we should be responding in a professional manner and that's why we're raising funds. >> you say instead of being radicalized. are you suggesting that there is a reason to be radicalized and you are then now, you know, going to bring in the professionals to speak on behalf of muslims? >> well, unfortunately, one of the consequences of islam-o-phobia and constant muslim bashing in the media is that youth gets radicalized. or they disengage, they leave their faith behind. so there is a problem, and the great sadness among, you know, the vast majority of the muslims. >> but it seems that the only people who are being bashed are the people who are being killed in the name of allah, that the bashing is going from a muslim toward the innocents as opposed to the innocents toward the muslims. why don't you join in on this? what do you think the answer to that is? >> the answer to why you

so in many ways unforchew fatly, what we've seen this week is those islamic phobic perspectives in franceing to be on the receiving end of a lot of backlash. what one can hope for is a french people can come together along with the french community and basically unite in this fight against terrorism. >> yeah and that was one of the notes that was struck today, a very pointedly positioning himself against racism and against anti-semitism. i was reading quite a bit about the muslim population. and i say muslim here as a kind of term for people's traditions as it was to their practice, necessarily. the muslim population is actually quite secular. >> yes, indeed. and that's why i use the term muslim heritage. i don't want to presume what someone's believes may, in fact be. these i'vefive million people are distinct believers. the heritage is still very important to them. so i think we have to be very careful of generalizing and assuming what people's believes may be. but i think the critical thing to understand is that people face a dual challenge right now. i interviewed a woman today. she r

. >> reporter: the council on arabic islamic relation say we find these islamic phobic ads to be offensive they understand that it's free speech. the organization is continuing an ad campaign that aims to counter the controversial messages within them. >> we have our peace campaign that continues to run throughout the year. in the past, mu -- nummi has given donations to the peace campaign. >>> the city already ordered 175 new cars to replace aging cars in service but now thanks to a window in the manufacturers schedule it can purchase 40 more for a total of 215 cars. the mayor calls it a smart investment. the new light railcars should start arriving next year and are expected to begin running in time for the opening of the new central subway in 2019. >>> ikea is recalling almost 170,000 crib mattresses because some of them don't fit properly in the crib and could potentially pose a danger. in some cases there's a gap between the mattress and the crib and that babies could become trapped. in fact, that's already happened but fortunately the babies were unharmed. mattresses were sold in the

marginalizing the extremists on their side and also people of other faiths marginalizing this growing islam phobicow in europe you've seen tens of thousands of people marching against islam in europe and that sends a very negative message. it creates this sense of alienation. and it adds to this downward spiral that we all somehow need to get out of. >> it's interesting, ross who writes about religion from a conservative point of view here in the u.s. did tweet that regarding the french on the far right, muslim are favored more favorably in france. we also have seen this situation where -- a couple of our guests have mentioned, there are more fighters streaming into isis from europe than from muslim countries. 700 are estimated -- the economists estimated coming from france one of the highest numbers in europe. do you think we're at a moment where we have to tackle this because extremism is now actually starting to be born more in europe than even in the countries -- >> these people who are going to places like syria and iraq are even alienated from their own faith and their own community. because

however she has taken up a different kind of extremism, and that is the islamic phobic extremism andis very, very ugly and difficultçó political and cross currents here but certainly the president francois hollande wants to come to pay the Ñirespects, and speak to theq jewish leaders and try toe1 assure them that france is a place that the jews can live in peace, because the evidence over the last years and months have shown that there!kst( a spike in the anti-jewish attacks. it is interesting when you were speaking to simone of the jewish community in paris, while she cannot advice theok jewish commune community to do, she says she and her children will stay and fight this wave. >>lp a very, very defiant statement, and one that is admirable as with well. >> france has had a complicated relationshipçó with the jewish community and one of thee1 first moves after theÑi frenche1çó revolution was to give the jews citizenship which is something that at that point inçó history was note1p europe, aok although the idea that presidente1 sarkozy was someone who had a hand in aiding. and ite1 i

slogan represent but i think we also need to mention that charlie hebdo's role in fostering this islamic phobicbeen very controversial. since early 2000, they used some of this rhetoric of the clash of civilization and apply it to the muslims grow was betrayed in the most grating ways -- per trade in the most degrading ways. cannot be justified in any way shape or form, but we also as citizens should be entitled to criticize the content of the newspaper and its shift and editorial line since the early 2000's. >> the way it has been portrayed in the united states is the magazine was in iguala opportunity satirist -- equal opportunity satirist attacking the christian religion, judaism as well as islam. you think that is not quite so? >> i think when you target the weakest of the week, when you target the population which is already the target of fictionalized racism, this is not brave. i don't think it is courageous. they have the right to do it and it is the law, so nobody questions the right to do so but we should also without being afraid of being linked to this attack question the responsibil

. >> sadly it has become true through the two last days more than 15 islam phobic attacks against mosquesns, shop people who were in mosques so this is already happening and i'm very saddened by this because i think it's exactly what the terrorists and the criminals wanted to happen. they really want to divide -- this is why they made it clear that they did this protect, as they say or as they understand islam. so i think the best answer that we could give them is to remain united and to show our strength through our unity. >> and we've seen that this week in fact yesterday just outside the store, atika, we've seen religious leaders coming together holding hands, carrying flowers and saying shouting we will not be divided by the terrorists. we are all one. we are all french. back to you, robyn. >> thanks isa. atika, you've covered this issue of rising jihadis, particularly young europeans going to places like syria and yemen. you've spoken to many of these people. just it tell us what they say to you, their inspiration and how they justify the violence. >> reporter: well you know we've he

there is no islam phobic, racist of extremist motivation on my end. >> reporter: last september javier was elected to the french senate, the first time in history when anyone from the far right front party has been elected to the body. the national front gained ground in france as worries of economy and security have grown. >> so i am saying to the french muslims who want to live their islam that they have the right to do so, of course. our country, secularism, allows them to live their islam. >> reporter: but javier also insists despite france's separation of church and state, the nation's long christian traditions must be respected. >> i would like to remind people that france is a christian country, an identity, a culture. so i'm telling the french muslims that don't forget that here it is french soil and france as is done around the world, we also have to respect religions, rituals, customs and codes. so there is islam and islamism which is growing. >> reporter: he is critical of national leaders like the french president for not fully appreciating the threat he says some french mu

. >> islam a phobic sentiment has been on the rise in rants for a long time. many of the countries muslims -- many of the country's muslims feel that they are heavily discriminated against. >> wearing a veil, you get nasty looks all the time. people insult you. i'm sure it will get worse now. people will be pointing fingers at us even more. >> we are sick of being criticized when there is an attack. it is not islam that carries them out. >> moderate french muslims increasingly feel pressure from radical elements on one side and anti-islamic sentiment on the other. but the message from the overwhelming majority of french muslims is clear -- a rejection of islands in all its forms. -- a rejection of violence in all its forms. >> for more, we cross over to the pakistani capital islamabad. from what you have been hearing are the west and muslim world on the same page in the condemnation of the terror attack? >> in this particular instance, i think most of the pakistanis, the mainstream political parties, and the west of here to be on the same page. the reaction ha

i'm curious, is that viewed as a -- some islamic phobic victory. how do you view that? is that a positive thing for our cause or a negative? >> claire is grabbing a mike. we'll start with you. >> thank you for the question. that refers to as you may have heard the decision earlier by duke university to allow muslim students on campus to chant the muslim call to prayer today, friday, juma prayers, from the bell tower of the chapel the christian chapel on campus at duke. and then after the outcry and special as7 statement from frank graham, franklin graham, and in a lot of other public opinion was negative about that. it is really important that they did not allow that to happen and here's why. when a muslim prayer the friday prayers, are said, are chanted, are spoken, on the grounds of another faith's place of worship, in this case, a christian chapel, in the mind of islam, in the doctrine and the certainly the history of islam, that claims that place that church, that temple, that synagogue, whatever it may be for islam. you may have recalled a couple of months the frid

believes in freedom of religion, they don't want to discriminate they don't want to be called islam o phobichow do you balance the two if people are coming from muslim countries, how do you determine if they hold radical views, if they want sharia implemented in america like this guy chaudhry i talked about? >> well, you raise a very good question because that's the role. you know, there are dhs officers planted, placed overseas in u.s. embassies in certain countries that have produced disproportionate numbers of terrorists like in egypt or saudi arabia or elsewhere. their role is to collect the -- on the visa applicants coming to the united states. the problem has been under this administration that dhs has specifically instructed dhs agents overseas to basically not do their job, to not collect this intelligence. and when the intelligence has been collected, to show that the applicants coming to the united states with the visas in hand have radical backgrounds either connected to the muslim brotherhood, connected to the taliban, connected to even isis. they've been told to look away. i can

barack obama became, however unwittingly, if focal point of islam a phobic commentary in the united states. this denies the complex histories of american muslims, but engages long-standing islamicist discourses that originated in the 15th and 16th centuries. this kind of rhetoric has a long history and has also had the effect of marginalizing and othering american muslims. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. judging by the election a few days ago, this is quite a good topic. how can an administration that began with such promise with regard to the sheer amount of support it received from latinos end so badly. how could one of the latinos' key issues promised as a first-term agenda item be tucked away until the second term? what made president obama think he could pass any legislation this time? luckily, we do not have to weigh in on that question of political strategy that relegated immigration reform to the second term. perhaps a more intriguing question is why would they support president obama at all. some wondered why after failed battles over legislation and the continued support f

islam. if i am saying i hate these people you can't say it is easy llama phobic. no, i don't see islam. if we decide that we are no longer going to attach to islam, then you cannot accuse me of easy llama phobia if i say these guys are [bleep]. excuse me. >> whoa. >> yes. >> that's a good point. that's a strong point. the problem is there is no internal policing of the nations of islam against this kind of thing. in fact, they export it. it is a minor export business they have. >> and a key word is exploited. they find certain personality types. a lot of these so-called jihadists are the ones that we cook or are being cooked in france there is a certain personality type young alienated. >> they exploit metal bands. the issue is they don't have any other -- i don't want to contemplate why they do this because then we -- >> you have to in order to fight them. right? >> can't we just kill them? >> that's the best way to do it. >> joanne, when an exterminator comes to your apartment and says oh my god look at that infestation of roaches. he doesn't say how do those roaches feel? does he hav

the moment it opens up don't be islam mow phobic. if we don't talk it doesn't change. t of islam. >> a pond of view from experts like buck and obviously you qualify as an expert dean. >> thank you. >> when you're enraged, they say there is a war in islam even though the numbers don't suggest it. you have 1.6 billion muslims and nowhere near that in terms of who we're dealing with with the terrorists. with the white house, what do we call them? if you ignore the notion of being muslim in connection with this terrorism, i think it feeds the phobia of muslims in general because it seems like you're avoiding the obvious. >> you increase distrust when you say you can't talk about an issue. >> right. >> or when you say the discussion of an issue is islamophobic or racist. that's not a race. it's a belief system which must be open to criticism, interpretation and debate. >> i agree. we have to have an open conversation. let's get to the point of it. there are some horrible muslims out there. i hate them. i wish they did not exist and i'd love to do what i can to help counter t

that is why terror connected groups like council of islamic relations slander anyone talks about these issuesyo publicly as ib9"+k phobicwhyówo terror groups kill anyone that criticize militant islam. >> allow me to speak to that. any muslim institution that does not support a freedom for all people to articulate their critique icf4 islam is opposed to god. >> okay. but the problemhd is that there are a fair amount of those popping up. >> i have to tell you it's a fine to say this in the wake of this horrific murders but remember islamicist groups in france were suing this magazine for defaming islam. they were suing and trying to enact blasphemy laws so the group speaking on behalf of the community are fuelling the legitimacy of the fact that that speech should be blocked they're not saying the things you happen to be saying today. >> that is what happened to our lead guest he got sued for making comments about islam as well. brook, let me ask you. i asked mitch mcconnell whether or not it matters this is about the way in che we talk with the attacks and ideology. i ask mitch mcconnell does it matter the president didn

islamic immigrants coming into their country. correct? >> yeah. i mean, the chancellor there rejected that movement as being phobic, which it may have some elementsrespond to it. you're seeing basically violence act out as we saw in australia and elsewhere and they're not addressing the problem and the people are taking it into their own hands, which is creating these violent breakouts. >> absolutely. of course, this is making headlines around the world with at least a dozen people murdered in cold blood. you were telling one of our producers about how things are heating up throughout europe and you cited a mosque being attacked in sweden that we hadn't even heard about. >> yeah. there was a fire bomb, a mosque no one was injured. we're not sure what the sources of that were yet. it just happened a few days ago. and this is a sign of the fact that again, this doesn't in any way legit maze any of this type of horrific act, but we have to remember that as long as our leadership doesn't address the radicalization of groups like isis and individuals who can no longer go to syria because of the prevention of their travel and now they are acting out in