and politicians they tell people that is islam but it has nothing to do with islam islam is a peaceful religion well mr van dorn i think we probably disagree on the definition of extremism here because having every poured it from the syrian frontlines i see anyone who went to syria to join isis as an extremist but you back in two thousand and fourteen sad that we should not label guys who have been to syria as dangerous you said that you know a number of people who have returned they may be disillusioned but they are not dangerous and obviously they didn't go there to plant trees they went there to fight and kill how would you know if they're dangerous or extremist or not well again. it's one of the forms of extremism that we should not promote of course in my opinion again another scholar but i guess it's nothing to do with islam. and this law has already created by other organizations will be you know we don't have to talk about death. of course some of them can be dangerous and if they come back to the no less and to other western european countries they should be monitored and if t

irstly, our islamic revolution islamic iran.ct and that's been aim of the revolution. r people know very well that parts of go a major the northern areas of the country and the caucuses at the , e, the treacherous kings these paths were separated from the country at that time. and 191 years ago another part of the northern -- our northern territories were separated from the motherland. of ears ago, a major part iran's northwest was separated from iran. 163 years ago an important part of the country's east was a arated and 138 years ago part of the country's northeast was separated from the motherland. 100 years ago major parts of the country's south was separated and that area constitutes several countries today, in the southern part of 47 persian gulf, and even ears ago, i mean seven years prior to the triumph of the islamic revolution, at the time f the treacherous regime, an important part of the country's was separated, that was considered as -- geographically speaking it was considered the 14th province of iran. o it was separated from iran by the regime. during t

firstly, our islamic revolution seeks to protect islamic iran, and that's been the aim of the revolution. our people know very well that 205 years ago a major part of the northern areas of the country and the caucuses at the time of the treacherous kings, these parts were separated from the country at that time. 191 years ago, another part of the northern -- our northern territorys were separated from the motherland. 172 years ago, a major part of iran's northwest was separated from iran. 163 years ago, an important part of the country's east was separated, and 138 years ago, a part of the country's northeast was separated from the motherland. and 100 years ago, a major part of the country's south was separated, and that area constitutes several countries today in the southern part of the persian gulf. even 47 years ago -- i mean seven years prior to the triumph of the islamic revolution at the time of the treacherous regime, an important part of the country's south was separated, considered the 14th province of iran. so it was separated from iran by the regime. so you see that during th

the islamic republic was feeling the pressure. but the supreme leader refused to get into the demonstrators held up medina jansa point went and put down the protests with extraordinary brutality. come on a probably saved the regime that year but what price in new he would need to give some leeway if his hold on power were to be preserved. i think this sort of awareness that iran had been through its own brush with potential regime instability in two thousand and nine with the most serious protests that had taken place since the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution cast a very long shadow and it was clear that. there was a consensus decision to move away from the kind of provocations that characterize the period and move toward a new rapprochement at least with the broader international community community if not with the united states specifically. in shia islam the main leader of the shias that bush is the first. to science. her son and her same. chose the path of peace the negotiations and hussein shows the power of confront

it's not up to me who is guided to islam and not but of course the best thing is not to curse him and to fight him about to make for him and maybe he will convert to islam you never know another member of the freedom party. if a your for the most in the since october last year. i hope that many more will follow i know that both in christian and islamic tradition there is an expression something along the lines that god are. rules in mysterious ways but i wonder you there is perhaps also certain psychological predisposition that may make these people to switch camps or abruptly it was really. not for me and those for your we both. are educated people we are not like. people that just jump into conclusions so within twenty four hours or for both of us it was a journey i cannot speak for your.

and now represents the party if unity and islamic party in the hague city council it's a wonder and it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time good afternoon good to be here now you obviously had a very dramatic political and spiritual transition from what some would call and islamophobia fight each you on this law make one but before we talk about what drew you to islam let me ask what attracted you to the dutch freedom party yes well first of all. people are talking about islam and western europe in the united states and other parts of the world and they are misguided about this because they hear a lot of negative stories in the media from other politicians and so did i blame myself that i was not really informed about islam in the past and know i'm happy to be a muslim of course now since two thousand and thirteen. that was a long journey took me over a year but if you study islam sincerely with an open mind it will find. actually it's a very peaceful and a fairy voice a religion that for what i read about your spiritual journey your interest in islam was particul

whole and welcome to worlds apart as far right parties obsess about the danger islam presents to the western lifestyle some islamic scholars are increasingly concerned about the danger the western lifestyle presents to slam our guest today argues did if moderate muslims don't step up their game within the next twenty to forty years islam may be gone from europe and both camps relying on the inside track supporters well to discuss that i'm now joined by our in the van dorn a former member of the dutch freedom party who converted to islam and now represents the party if unity and islamic party in the hague city council it's a wonder and it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time and i'm glad to be here now you obviously had a very dramatic political and spiritual transition from what some would call and islamophobia fight each you on this law make one but before we talk about what drew you to islam let me ask what attracted you to the dutch freedom party yes well first of all. people are talking about islam and western europe in the united states and other parts of the

shamima begum doesn't accept they made a mistake injoining the islamic state group. was with is she lost two children through malnutrition and sickness. she's nine months pregnant with a third child and is now desperate to get back to the uk. though it is far from clear whether the british government will allow anyone who spent so long with the brutal islamic state group to return. daniel sandford, bbc news. a united states led, two—day summit on "peace and security" in the middle east is under way in poland. us secretary of state mike pompeo and vice president mike pence have joined foreign ministers and officials from more than 60 countries in warsaw. but some nations including france and germany have stayed way. and iran who weren't invited have denounced the gathering as "dead on arrival." the summit‘s agenda includes, iran, the israeli—palestinian peace process and the on—going conflicts in syria and yemen. mr pompeo told cbs's roxana saberi that although some mainstream news organistaions are reporting thejob in syria is only half done, the allies have made suf

these us — backed fighters are now poised to victory over so—called islamic state.astern syria. since the weekend, civilians have been pouring out of the last tiny sliver of territory still held by the militants in the country. and with most civilians now having left, the offensive which began on saturday can now be ramped up. on the ground, syrian democratic forces are battling about 500 or 600 experienced islamic state fighters who are making a last stand. translation: i say there are two factors that have a direct impact on this battle. one, terrorists there are the finest fighters from different nationalities including europeans, afghans, pakistani ‘s and iraqis. they are all professionals with past experience in other terrorist groups including al qaeda and they are also defending their last position. but the united states air force is also playing a key role, bombing what's left of the militants territory and that's reportedly just two streets in militants territory and that's reportedlyjust two streets in one small hamlet called baghuz. at its peak about four

backed forces in syria say they're within hours of taking control blast stronghold of so-called islamic state terrorist group once controlled territory the size of the u.k. that's now shrunk to a village on the iraqi border. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us iran is marking the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution tens of thousands of people have gathered in the capital tehran for a rally led by president hassan rouhani he told the crowd that iran is determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile program and will not ask anyone for permission to do so iranians are facing many challenges partly due to sanctions imposed by the united states we'll hear more from our correspondent in a moment but first here's how events unfolded when the shaw was overthrown forty years ago. it was the winter of nine hundred seventy seven u.s. president jimmy carter visiting the shah of iran called the country an island of stability in the middle east. within a year however the shah would be deposed in a revolution. small protest had already broken out by the end of nin

that's far right parties obsess about the danger is them presents to the western lifestyle some islamic scholars are concerned about the opposite or no advantage on the dead muslim isto step up their game within the next twenty to forty years islam may vanish from europe are those fears really justified. welcome back to the way clean now an act of censorship that's how the president the international federation of journalists described facebook suspension of several r.c. affiliated accounts that after the media freedom representative from the european security organization the s.c. said he's closely following the situation well last week the social networking giant did block four pages belonging to math it media which produces online users and which a c.n.n. report recently suggested was attempting to conceal its ties to russia is what felipe ruth had to say about the move. closing a facebook account or any internet link from the media without prior warning can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the i.f.j. well it is going to delve deeper into story now and explains why fa

what was the content of their islamism? was it already khomeini's views of things or was it something else? >> it was, i think, mostly informed by the thought of -- and this notion that xiism it w ideology. so basically what they were trying to do is out socialists, the markists, and say we're everybody bit as progressive. we care about imperialism. we care about inequality. we care about corruption, et cetera. and you saw that. i mean, i've talked to a number of university presidents at the time, and they were noticing that the number of women students with head scarves was increasing. they didn't quite know what to do about it. but there was certainly a trend, the islamization precedes the revolution. >> [ inaudible comment ]. >> there were two kinds. first-generation college students, essentially, who basically found themselves in a tension between the atmosphere at the university with unveiled women students and the environment at home, which was very traditional. so they solved this tension by becoming progressive isla

whole and welcome to worlds apart as far right parties obsess about the danger islam presents to the western lifestyle some islamic scholars are increasingly concerned about the danger the western lifestyle presents to slam our guest today argues that if moderate muslims don't step up their game within the next twenty to forty years islam may be gone from europe and both camps are relying on the inside track supporters well to discuss that i'm now joined by our in the front door and a former member of the dutch freedom party who converted to islam and now represents the party if unity and islamic party in the hague city council it's a wonder and it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time good afternoon good to be here now you obviously had a very dramatic political and spiritual transition from what some would call and islamophobia fight each you i'm a slum ikhwan but before we talk about what drew you to islam let me ask what attracted you to the dutch freedom party yes well first of all. people are talking about islam and western europe in the united states and othe

not everybody was islamic. one thing we have to keep in mind that precisely in the 1970's, we get the emergence of an islamist elite. studentshe point when from poorer backgrounds enter university. at the atmosphere university changes. many secular iranians now go to the united states or to europe to study and the universities become a hotbed of islamist agitation. it is this emergence of a counter elite of educated people that can speak about modern problems, social problems, the economy that was also one of the factors in the islamization of the movement. for one thing, you have to start from the beginning of it. where it actually starts. which was after president carter came to iran. days after khomeini started talking about how terrible the situation was. then a couple of months after coming you had this thing -- it was a religious uprising that started over there. and then from that, it started andg on 40 days and so on then that was the beginning of it. point is that this revolution, from the time that it

the comments come as islamic state is facing the loss of its last stronghold in syria.ust four years ago, is controlled vast areas of syria and northern iraq. it had taken control of raqqa and mosul. but the group's so—called caliphate has continued to shrink since then, and is now less than one small square kilometre on the euphrates river. militants are reportedly retreating and hiding among the local population as the battle for the village of baghuz enters its final stages. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. in a series of tweets, president trump said the caliphate was ready to fall and that american forces were pulling back after a 100% victory. but he warned that the united states will be forced to release islamic state fighters and that he didn't want to watch as they permeated europe. he said britain, france, germany and other european allies should take back over 800 is fighters and put them on trial. it is time, the president said, for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. captured is fighters are currently being

is the end near for islamic state's last syrian stronghold 7 as fighting continues, donald trump calls on world leaders to take back is members and put them on trial. we go inside venezuela as the standoff over humanitarian aid continues, and visit a town where the lack of food and medicine is claiming lives. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme... is this a #metoo moment for medicine in australia? the problems facing female surgeons, that could be forcing them out of the operating theatre. and preparing to make its asian debut, the multi—award winning musical, matilda, is opening in singapore. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 3am in syria where reports say extremists have been blocking roads out of the last area held by the so—called islamic state, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. u.s president donald trump has been predicting the final defeat of is on the ground. earlier he urged europe, and the uk, to take back hundreds of so—called islam

the twentieth century began in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine and underestimated group of islam and angry students in iran pushed out the us backed monarchy the show was replaced by the supreme leader oppression from the elite was cast aside in its place manipulation of the masses by the mall tonight after four decades we ask does iran need a new revolution i'm burned off in berlin this is the day. the stomach nature of all revolutions is that governments all of the revolution of our system. we celebrate today because it's the revolution that has lasted for forty years and the world we're here to slap america and israel in the face. of many countries when every. priest could use. a point i'm. the day that the presence of people in the celebration on streets across iraq and in the city means that the enemy will never reach the evil objectives. no you just let it go you have the iranians have stood by the revolution for supporting all you are saying they support their leader and god willing will do so till the end finally. also coming up tonight we take you to the berlin film fest

at what was the arab islamic american summit. as president trump said at the time, in his word, the birth place of civilization is waiting to begin a new renaissance. he challenged to us work together, to meet, as he said, history's great test, to conquer extremism and vanquish the forces of terrorism. and i'm here today on the president's behalf, standing before another unprecedented gathering of leaders for more than -- from more than 50 nations to say that the united states of america stands ready to work with all those gathered here to answer this great challenge and seize our shared destiny of peace. we each come from different nations and cultures. our people speak different languages. they hold fast to different faiths. from the abrahamic tradition and beyond. but all of us are united in our mission to forge a brighter future of security and prosperity in the middle east. for decades the people of the middle east have suffered as their homelands have been destabilized and destroyed by security threats that remain with us t

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the islamic republic of iran turns forty thousands of people are out on the streets marking the anniversary with a parade but how much is there to celebrate forty years on from when the mullahs came to power we ask what impact u.s. sanctions for having. us backed forces in syria say they're within hours of taking control of the last stronghold of so-called islamic state terrorist groups once controlled territory the size of the u.k. now that shrunk to a village on the iraqi border. and the president's international film festival and espionage thriller starring diane kruger some scenes were shot secretly in the red but israeli director. insists his film is not political our correspondent has told the red carpet action. also coming up in the show we'll look back over a thrilling weekend in the book this league of our experts will be here with the highlights from our stay till the gold. glowing tourney marchin thanks for joining us iraq is. marking the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution tens of thousands of people have already t

islam as opposed to islam because there is a difference was a political ideology or there's a religion of faith that i and the other two and the problem members. practice as well what is more important is have we got robust strategies to actually prevent people from being radicalized in the first place and radicalize moving forward we have to develop close yes we do but the numbers are getting smaller and some of the numbers of people that we have to be radicalized over the last sort of eight to ten months but more than that we have to build resilience within our communities and this is a problem for muslims and i almost seems that's what we have managed to get right harasser rafique thank you very much indeed hanif qadir thank you very much indeed and i learn al-timimi in prague thank you very much indeed really interesting conversation and as ever thank you for watching the program you can see it again any time you live again to the website al-jazeera dot com should you want more discussion there's always a facebook page at facebook dot com for a slash a.j. inside story and there's a

this is d w news coming to you live from berlin the islamic republic of iran turns forty thousands of people are out on the streets marking the anniversary with a parade but how much is there to celebrate forty years on from when the us came to power we asked what impact u.s. sanctions are having on iraq. kurdish led forces have launched an attack to finish off the final stronghold in syria the terrorist group once controlled territory the size of the u.k. now its so-called caliphate has shrunk to a child on the iraqi border. plus hungary's prime minister viktor orban sets out to fix the country's declining birth rates he wants hungary and women to have more children and says migration is no b.s. . and as berlin's international film festival enters its second week we take a look at an espionage thriller starring tom kruger some scenes were shot in secret in iran but israeli director you both look insists his film is no political our correspondent tells the red carpet. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us everyone is marking the fortieth anniversary of the. revolution with

america will keep a heavy presence in the middle east to help hunt down the remnants of so—called islamictate. the united states will continue to work with all our allies to hunt down the remnants of isis wherever and whenever they raise their ugly head. british—based airline flybmi cancels all flights and ceases operations. nigeria's electoral commission says it came under no external pressure when postponing elections at the last minute. the vatican defrocks the former bishop of washington. he's the first cardinal to be sacked for child abuse. hello and welcome to bbc world news today. the battle to claim the last pocket of territory from the islamic state group is being held up because thousands of civilians remain trapped there. us backed kurdish forces launched an attack on is‘s last remaining stronghold last week. the american vice—president mike pence says is in iraq and syria has been decimated. he told a security conference in munich that the final battle is now under way. the united states will keep a strong presence in the region. we recognise it will not be enough to simply re

and so the achievement of the islamic republic was to place the establishment of legitimacy upon islam and having the republic nature. so today all the officials of the islamic republic, including the leader of the islamic revolution and the president and the m.p.'s, the members of the assembly of experts and members of councils, they are all chosen through people's votes and through the ballot boxes. in fact, they shoulder their responsibility this way. we should all be cautious. that's been due to the republic nature of the establishment and islam. so to be islamic and to have a republic system, that's particular and people's faith and people's trust and people's culture of martyrdom and self-sacrifice, these have been major achievements of the revolution and the power that we have and the enemy does not have is facing god. to rely upon god and we know that even if we become victorious and killed, we are still victorious. this is our belief. and such a pleff has protected -- such a belief has protected us during the years of the imposed war. and today, you see millions of people go o

, islamic state is generally over.rally over. only a small number of houses remain, with the homes of many people, including civilians, detainees and is militants. with total victory in sight, attention is turning to what happens next. earlier, in a series of tweets, the us president donald trump urged britain, france, germany and other european allies to take back over 800 is fighters that were captured in syria and to put them on trial. he said the caliphate was ready to fall and if they did not act, america would be forced to release the fighters, warning they would permeate europe. technically it would not be the us releases them. that will largely fall to the kurdish authorities. but with american forces withdraw in, they will struggle to cope. this is a big, problematic issue, because these prisoners, these are isis fighters, prisoners, they are still detained here. their countries, european countries, refused to take them back, and at the same time, the kurdish authorities, they don't have that capacity or abili

do some live from the islamic republic of the wrong turns forty thousands marked the anniversary today on the streets but many have little to celebrate for decades after the moon came to power we consider unkept promises and the impact of u.s. sanctions also coming up a flight to freedom for soccer player hockey our. pilot of the work is released him after bahrain the country where he was born abandoned its extradition request and fewer than a third of researchers in science related fields worldwide are women on this international day of women in science we ask our gender stereotypes still getting in the way. it's good to have you with us iran is marking the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the capital tehran for a rally addressed by president hassan rouhani he told the crowd that iran is determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile program and he said iran will ask no one for permission to use teresa is in tehran tonight. death to america death to israel and to have to england a slogan frequently chanted by the

islam was here for over eight hundred years. and it left significant traces nature you know our way of being in our food the language we cannot ignore this. can't have it is this very fact and the way that different cultures interact but make up spain today he hopes that the far right will not gain more influence. if people are to see as. the street and say look they want to reconquer out on the loose you know they would of course be hurtful. honest though they think it would mean that the propaganda has worked and people are scared they may make their same you know what i'm saying but in the end he says the far right is shooting itself in the front islams legacy has had an impact not only on muslims bought on all spaniards but a bit of his culture remains in each of them even far right extremists. now to a country where the tourists outnumber the locals iceland is famous for its glaciers volcanoes and geysers one of its top attractions but of a a coastal iceland highest and most volatile volcano well scientists are warning that

she married an islamic state fighter.s she has no regrets, and says at least initially live in syria met all her aspirations. at herformer at her former school, questions at herformer school, questions have been asked about whether more could been asked about whether more could be done to intervene to stop the teenager going. the government now says it won't provide diplomatic help to get shamima begum out of syria, and if she makes it back on her own, she could face charges. ultimately what we have to do is protect the public, and people who we nt protect the public, and people who went out there, often as amateurs, and our professional terrorists or supporters of terrorism, and we have to make sure we need to mitigate that threat should they come back. others, though, believe shamima begum should be treated as a victim. we're talking about 15—year—old children who were groomed. they were on the internet, radicalised, their families had no idea whatsoever about what was going on. i appreciate she is now 19, these were in

the islamic state group has lost most of the territory. thee terrorists still close -- still pose a real threat. intent on researching and commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> the question of what to do has yet to be resolved. europeanwants countries to repatriate them. >> british security officials believe that the journalist kidnapped in 2012 is still alive. colleagues -- >> the british photojournalist was working for the sunday times when he was kidnapped by jihadist in syria six years ago. he was believed to have been killed in july of 2017 during the bombardment of muscle. the british government believes that he is still alive and in the hands of the islamic state group. that belief likely based on evidence obtained by intelligence services. for years, he was used as a tool of propaganda. appeared in a number of staged videos. -->hether thehe coalitition dos decicide to dederoy thth university. they will say we don't know. >> his support committee and professional colleagues have welcomed the news with great hope. they

as the battle against islamic state draws to a close, what will happen to captured is fighters?nside venezuela — we meet some of the people struggling to survive as the standoff over humanitarian aid continues. loud explosion. and, going out with a bang — the world war two bomb that took 75 years to explode. a republican senator has vowed to investigate an alleged discussion to remove president trump from office. lindsay graham chairs the us senate judiciary committee. he says he could issue subpeonas to get to the bottom of claims that, in 2017, the deputy us attorney general, rod rosenstein discussed getting support for invoking the 25th amendment, which could declare the president unfit to serve. the claims were made in a tv interview by the former acting head of the fbi — andrew mccabe, who also claims mr rosenstein offered to wear a wire to record conversations with the president. the discussion of the 25th amendment was simply, rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. i did

the end of the islamic state group.and that the escape through tunnels in the desert. and after so much damage and poverty, there could bea much damage and poverty, there could be a resurgence of islamic state in the next few months and years if sustained pressure is not brought to bear against them. if your employer asked you, would you get a microchip implanted into your hand? the first uk companies are looking at doing just that, using microchips permanently inserted under the skin, to allow access to buildings instead of traditional key cards. it's a new but — at the moment — unregulated technology. sasha twining from inside out in the south of england reports. at an industrial estate near southampton is the human implant company, bioteq. its director, stephen northam, claims they have implanted around 150 microchips already. and demand is still growing. more and more people want this technology and it probably will be, your passport, your credit card, your keys, in a chip in your hand, commonplace for everyone. tha

and we should consider ourselves an islamic country we may not allow some freedoms that are allowedin other countries . the most important concern she says should be to employ people and keep them from leaving the country but for young people who don't necessarily want to live by established norms or subscribe to the way things are done if you're cut from a different cloth then it can be a challenge to find a place in iranian society some leaders are sympathetic and acknowledge the need for dialogue to address the concerns of an entire generation but people say they don't openly express themselves for fear of government retaliation when. we hear the time before the revolution was economically better but i can't talk about this transparently in fact i don't dare to yes i can say a lot but i don't dare to i prefer to say nothing to keep my head on my neck. from the perspective of security the revolution is very good but from the perspective of a commie it's bad we have the burned generation for us it hasn't been good. economic conditions make living in iran challenging for anyone but