claire, take us to the front of the independent. " islamaphobia review ignored."ernment plunged into crisis tonight — government plunged into crisis tonight. this is an imam appointed try tonight. this is an imam appointed tiy the _ tonight. this is an imam appointed by the government in 20s and 19 to come _ by the government in 20s and 19 to come up _ by the government in 20s and 19 to come up with an official definition of islamaphobia, and he saying that in that— of islamaphobia, and he saying that in that two—year period where we've been _ in that two—year period where we've been going — in that two—year period where we've been going through a pandemic, but in that— been going through a pandemic, but in that two—year period, he's had no meaningful— in that two—year period, he's had no meaningful engagement with ministers whatsoever —— 2019. his letters have gone _ whatsoever —— 2019. his letters have gone unanswered, there's been no progress _ gone unanswered, there's been no progress at — gone unanswered, there's been no progress at all aside from that initia

joining me now is a national reporter for huff post covering islamaphobia and immigration.much for joining us. so incredible investigation. tell me more about the people you've spoken to, the profound impact this has had on human lives is unmeasurable. you say that in the course of your investigation there were 11 cases in which separation meant never again seeing a loved one because they died while the ban was in place. >> it's exactly that. it had a profound impact on the number of people. so over the last year i collected approximately 900 cases in which we've seen those profound impacts take various shapes and form. majority of them included some sort of family separation. so parents who were separated from their children like mohamed or partners who were split apart. we also documented in more than 100 cases some sort of medical hardship and in our data that person impact faced more than one hardship so perhaps family separation and medical hardship like the case of mohamed. but beyond these numbers some of the impacts of the ban are simply unquantifiable. there are th

another thing that i think about islamaphobia remember being interviewed a year ago and they asked me to you hate muslims? i had the presence of mind to say i don't hate muslims but i hate terrorists. i grew up in a military family and we spent time in tehran iraq -- iran in the 70s and i remember my mom saying to me to accept that one of the stories that sometimes is not told of flight 77 plane came to the building 50 or 60 feet away from a nondenominational chapel at the pentagon where services are held almost daily but more importantly every friday there is an islamic prayer service held their because there are muslims who serve in our military and chaplains who attend so again you talk about the stories in combating these ideas that people don't understand that to me is the importance of visitor education center to get out some of the stories. >> subtwentyeight talked about being in the fervor business and pat you talked about the society around us. we vote. we posted a pass to me both to the present i wonder if we can think for a moment about the future that lies ahead of us all.

that is- gross islamaphobia. we now know from the papers _ gross islamaphobia. papers today that she personally raised this, she says, with _ the papers today that she personally raised this, she says, with boris i raised this, she says, with boris johnson — raised this, she says, with boris johnson and _ raised this, she says, with boris johnson and was _ raised this, she says, with boris johnson and was told _ raised this, she says, with boris johnson and was told simply, i raised this, she says, with boris. johnson and was told simply, she raised this, she says, with boris - johnson and was told simply, she was encouraged _ johnson and was told simply, she was encouraged to — johnson and was told simply, she was encouraged to make _ johnson and was told simply, she was encouraged to make a _ johnson and was told simply, she was encouraged to make a formal- encouraged to make a formal complaint _ encouraged to make a formal complaint~ an— encouraged to make a formal complaint. an independent. complaint. an independent investigation _ complaint. an independent

lauren boebert on this one with1 her -- not only is she spreading islamaphobia with her account of whatd not happen but the fact that she's actually lying and making up a story from scratch ] and then trying to fund raise o one of the lowest moments because it tells you what the j because it tells you what the they're using hate to try to raise money.j■ they're perpetuating lies after lies, even when they're speaking behind closed doors in these fundraisers to their constituents and they're doing it by dividing the country, not by bringing the country together >> you talk about intentional islamaphobia.e-# to make up a situation that çóq never happened and then throw in your islamaphobia.w3 she's so mean that she imagines this, but she isn't even -- she doesn't even have o■ the courage to do -- throw the insult and the racism in real life so it's just pitiful. what a wimp. >> zerlina?Ñ what you got >> well, i think that -- my x■ worst political moment on the Ñ■ republican side has to be any republican who, with a straight face, still says they care about life in a year where abortion ri

right parties bullying, islamaphobia. are they right to be cynical?— they right to be cynical? they right to be cynical? right to be cynical generally, _ they right to be cynical? right to be cynical generally, yes, - they right to be cynical? right to be cynical generally, yes, but. they right to be cynical? right to| be cynical generally, yes, but i'm not too _ be cynical generally, yes, but i'm not too concerned about a tail wagging — not too concerned about a tail wagging the dog situation here where they are _ wagging the dog situation here where they are trying to distract attention away from what's happening domestically. the biden administration has a tough challenge here - _ administration has a tough challenge here — they've spoken very aggressively, i don't know if they've _ aggressively, i don't know if they've laid the predicate here in they've laid the predicate here in the us— they've laid the predicate here in the us for— they've laid the predicate here in the us for military action. i think they— the us for military action. i think they probably have for econom

racism, islamaphobia, all forms of hate predated it and we were seeing a rise in it, highest levels,to do education to combat it. but look, you know, your point, i think, is really important, nicole, which is there has been a concerted media machine that has said and paired a people who have viewpoints on civil rights, on, you know, making sure that we're ensuring democracy in countries that are becoming dictatorships, quite frankly. george soros has been on the leading edge of that as someone with resources that he has given through philanthropy, but he's also angered some on the right and some republicans because he's also been a big political donor, and i say that to say, you know, that's his first amendment right, to give to whom he wants to. but the fact that the attacks are anti-semitic in nature and that we see a tucker carlson actually supporting what is an anti-democratic government in hungary and using those ties to essentially do something that we've seen with hate is that it is global and we don't -- we are not immune from it in the u.s., but certainly, the globalization