from several faith traditions joined with islamic leaders to denounce what they called "growing islamophobia" across the country. meanwhile, amid several high-profile arrests of american muslims allegedly potting terrorist attacks, u.s. mainstream islamic groups launched new campaigns to combat extremism within their communities. >> sang tight of all life. >> despite some limited signs of economic recovery, many american families continued to face unemployment and foreclosures. religious institutions were called upon to do more to help the needy even as they dealt with their own sustained budget cuts. on the political front, religious conservatives appeared to be re-energized by the tea party movement and its campaign for limited government. although the focus of the midterm elections was on economics, many religious right activists were hopeful a new republican majority in the house of representatives will provide momentum for their social agenda. on the other side of the aisle, democrats were criticized for failing to reach out more to religious voters. many faith-based moderates and liber

and islamophobia. and robert. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. are new york. remember you can hear more on this and all the stories we're covering twenty four hours a day at r.t. dot com here's what's also online. going the extra mile for that rubble in iraq see

outlets are covered covering muslim terrorists it's as if they're fueling the fire when it comes to islamophobia so i'm to speak with the young turks and and ask what can be done to stop the public from believing everything that they see and believe it or not bankers on wall street are actually upset about the size of their annual bonuses they're complaining that the bonuses are too small and the main complainer is are the men so does this show just how disconnected they are from the rest of this nation thompson from the atlantic will join me with his take on it than the white house has an ounce of their preparing an executive order on indefinite detention for good movies haney's is it just me or did obama pull a complete one eighty on this one andrea prasar will join me to discuss the details of this order and what it means for those imprisoned at guantanamo and the census report was released yesterday so we're going to look into the changing demographics discuss how it affects metropolitan and suburban areas across the country we'll get some insight from seth freed wessler at the end of the pr

are drawing up measures to ban shari'a law but is this really a necessary move or just a sign of islamophobia we're going to host a debate on the issue then in light of all the attention surrounding we can leaks and hackers we can't help but wonder if we might be witnessing a have to fist revolution are they didn't pranks and becoming a real political force or did we just start paying attention to them peter ludlow will join me with his thoughts on the rise of hackers in our society and what if i told you that teens are getting pregnant all for the sake of landing a spot on a reality t.v. show i find it disturbing but perhaps this is what we should come to expect in our media obsessed society i'm going to get some perspective from louis marcus and it's friday so we're going to bring you only the best of the rest when it comes to headlines in the news world miley cyrus is caught taking bong hits and a new study shows that you can reduce what you eat just by thinking about it that sounds way too good to be true he asked me what we're going to get seen smith's two cents on all of it at the end o

and islamophobia. anybody going to. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york you can find more on this and everything we cover on our website our team here is what's also online. going the extra mile for that rush of adrenaline see how our russian base jumper thanks to add the arctic now into. the sun may be smiling down on us according to russian businesses find out why they say. that it's the happiest dog on our new and improved. absolute arteaga. sunday kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but r.t. sarah forth reports the serbian minority there is boycotting the elections claiming there are unwelcome and being excluded from the region society. and her family live in a small serbian enclave in cost

and islamophobia. already the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy r.t. new york. america's human rights focus is currently set far from its own shores calling for china to free the new nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the would be given to jail dissidents describing it as a political farce an insult to its judicial system even so there was a standing ovation at the ceremony in the way. friday it was represented by a chair that's because he's serving an eleven year sentence for subversion trying to censor his wife from attending the laureates who was awarded for his work on human rights and political before us was among the nations scorning for his release raising questions about double standards rights from the antiwar coalition's. peace prize as purely

and islamophobia. and robert redford the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. new york but america's human rights focus is currently set. calling for china to free the peace prize winner china to. jail dissident describing it as a political fuss insult to its judicial system even so there was a standing ovation at the ceremony in the way that friday represented chad that's because he's serving an eleven year sentence for subversion. chinese authorities also banned his wife from attending the laureates was awarded for his work on human rights it's called inform us about the nation's quantas his release raising questions about double standards and rights until war activist brian becker says the peace process political and china is right where you see. the united states as used human ri

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and islamophobia. in robert redmayne the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina porter artsy new york. america's human rights focus is currently set forth on its own shores calling for china to free the nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the war to be given to a jail dissident describing it as a political fuss an insult to its judicial system even so there was a standing ovation at the same way. writing it was refusing to chair because that in a sentence was a version chinese authorities also banned from attending or it was wanted for his work on human rights. the u.s. is among the nations calling for his release raising questions about double standards in human rights run beca coalition says the nobel peace prize is purely political china is right when. the united

and islamophobia. robert one of. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy artsy new york. stay with us here on r t coming up later in the program some help for the homeless says the bitterly cold russian winter sets in. we were told around the city with these nighttime heroes helping moscow's homeless find out how just. but first this sunday kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared a unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but as r.t. sarah for reports the serbian minority is boycotting the elections claiming they're excluded from the region society and i'm not welcome there. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly so that she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and it's a

and islamophobia. and robert redford the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. new york if you're interested in this story and i want to know this more about it on our website. also you can find it while human rights activists are pretty sure but another issue. washington is calling for the release of fall of the political prisoners while refusing to free it so lots of interviews that. as well as of the stories too of course. even the way to. get away with the. facts. of the summer is smiling it's official well that's according to russian physicist making. proof. kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for partition by the ethnic minorities and as sarah first been finding o

and islamophobia. worried. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina porter r.t. new york. back to our top story this hour about of course the violence that broke out in moscow among football fans let's cross live to son thomas who has the latest for us. so on you are now the court building where those involved in the brawl which killed that football fan why these people were gathering in moscow to tell us about how it all started. ok certainly the first of all this is the courthouse where the proceedings against him will be held and it is expected that some people might come here and actually cause some trouble there's a significant police presence here but so far things are quiet how this all began a little bit of background back on monday there was a brawl after a. match. got involved

and islamophobia. one of. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy artsy new york. this sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for partition by ethnic minorities and as our two sarah firth has been finding out many of kosovo serbs have decided to boycott the polls. the gun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and the two change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and brutalized a generation this was the height of the cost of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the r

proposed to be build on ground zero that story did bubble up from these sort of fever swamp rightwing islamophobia blogs one particularly atlas shrugs was famous for this and we had a mainstream media that too readily accepted that newsweek magazine for instance used the title ground zero mosque so we do have we were increasingly dealing with separate sets of facts or factoids because in my opinion one side quite often uses things that are they're not actually factual but. the optimistic thing that i have to say about this is that if you look just back to two thousand and three two thousand and two two thousand and three in the build up to the iraq war you see that the mainstream media almost completely collapsed one exception was people a surprise winner charlie hanley who wrote a story he went and checked all the places that the white house and collin powell claimed were were producing biological and chemical warfare agents in iraq he checked them all out they had all been sealed for years since one nine hundred ninety one the summer of ninety one and he reported this back that was completely ig

and islamophobia. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. are new york. we can get more on that story of course on our website or to dot com there you can also find out why human rights activists are appealing to barack obama on another issue we explore how washington is calling for the release of foreign political prisoners bob refusing to free its own lots of interviews there with relatives and supporters as well as other stories for you. muscovites are eagerly awaiting a performance by a british legend sir elton john that all the details but some interesting facts about the singer mine. also the song is smiling down on us according to russian physicist find out what's making it the happiest star on our new and improved website r t v dot com. this sunday kosovo is preparing to hold

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and islamophobia. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. or that story on our website. you can also find out why human rights activists are appealing to another issue. how washington is calling for the release of foreign political prisoners while refusing to for you. with their relatives and supporters as well as other stories you know. performance by british. interesting facts about. the sun smiling down on us according to russian physicist find out what's making it the happiest star in a new group. this sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared independence from serbia three years ago the focus of the calls for partition by the ethnic minorities result of first been finding out by the of course of the serbs have decided to boycott the poll.

and islamophobia. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t. new york. thousands of football fans have gathered in moscow and st petersburg to commemorate the death of a man killed in a massive brawl a fan of spartak moscow football team you go died on the spot after he was shot with rubber bullets in a fight involving more than ten people with cross live now part of moscow are considering those are about joins us at this gathering we're getting reports police are using special equipment against football fans what's happening where you are is that the case. and he says so far we've seen thousands of people gathered in the heart of moscow just outside the kremlin as i was walking through the crowd to get to our cameras i noticed a lot of people wearing masks and picking up park ben

insensitive move to those who suffered on nine eleven and their families the other calling it islamophobia creating the false premise that all muslims are equated with terrorists but this battle didn't remain only in new york as communities across the nation started taking similar actions protesting the building of mosques oh yeah another neighborhood has become the stage for the debate over mosques in america and the board of trustees a roman catholic church on staten island has formally rejected a proposal to sell a vacant convent to a muslim organization the plan to use it as a mosque now neighbors that opposed to its claim of the mosque might become a front for terrorism so in the wake of nine eleven do we see this as a full on assault on islam in america an act of ungrounded prejudice and fear own should this be a real concern or joining me here in the studio is will humans rap artist and representative of the palestine center in washington and in our new york studio i have pamela geller executive director of stop islamization islamization of america and editor of the blog alice shrug

and islamophobia. the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina porter artsy new york. by now i'm sure the most of you have seen or at least heard of two m.t.v.'s biggest hit shows sixteen and pregnant and teen mom the first fall is the process of a number of teenagers who are expecting while the latter follows them through the trials and tribulations of actually being a parent while yourself are still a kid and m.t.v. describes their shows as thought provoking but some critics out there would beg to differ. and t.v. presents a documentary series about becoming a mom played your own cleveland show me. when you're still a kid yourself. teen mom. just claim your. the show's original stars have become famous gracing the covers of magazines sold in stores across america but now comes a

comic book characters so the website of these two bloggers is tonight's tool time winner for being islamophobia first ready here fear and hate and especially doing all that we should be celebrating the holidays and fixing the economy. well a new gallup poll shedding light on america's religious beliefs according to the study forty percent of americans believe that god is fully responsible for creating humans that seems kind of shocking right it seems like our world is can we back or it's all progress has gone out the window but it turns out of this statistic is actually down from a similar study conducted two years ago now when this poll came out the internet was buzzing about it and frankly it seems like even news reports didn't know how to handle the study conservative web sites they spy it's as lot a losing believers some other sites are spinning it as human beings being straight up stupid with headlines that say things like seventy eight percent of americans doubt evolution seventy eight percent of americans believe creationist myth rather than science but what does this study really reveal

on why there seems to be such a drastic change in attitudes right now in the country why we see islamophobia how we see a cab in new york city being stabbed and we see a preacher in a florida wanting to burn korans we sure you can say that these are extreme incidences incidents on the fringes but it's all over every news channel i feel like you know it's really whipping people into a frenzy when the media. is part of the problem here but we have to do with the media is the you. we do it with situation. the kinds of things that florida was contemplating burning korans the kinds of controversy over the community center muslim community center in new york or taken way out of proportion but it's not like it hasn't happened before i mean joseph mccarthy and jenner and the crew that one against the communists in the fifty's harry truman was forced to initiate a loyalty oath for government employees this is not something new to america now they're taken out of proportion but then you know what's used is that this little example of one preacher or pastor excuse me in florida that wants to burn koran

it is not as overt as, for instance, is, pho -- islamophobia, but it is still there. joe lieberman is an orthodox jew, a verybservant jew. i think he did the right thing by talking about his faith, because it is so much a part of who he is. it could have cost him votes. on thether hand, an awful lot people saw him as being the devoutly religious person and that appealed to them, that the idea is that he is a man of god. we are all part of the aipac faith -- abrahamic faith -- i say "we,"that being the perception, is long, judaism, christianity did -- islam, judaism, christianity. if he had said he was an atheist, that would have heard a lot more than if he said he was jewish. host: 1 last culprit -- one last call. caller: i always identify myself as the truth all were of christ -- true follower of christ because i follow the word of god. when you say religion, there are so many definitions, but it is just the belief of one person, and that one person may impress other people to think as they do and you had a group. but according to the bible, there are only two religi

it is not as overt as, for instance, is, pho -- islamophobia, but it is still there. joe lieberman is an orthodox jew, a very observant jew. i think he did the right thing by talking about his faith, because it is so much a part of who he is. it could have cost him votes. on the other hand, an awful lot people saw him as being the devoutly religious person and that appealed to them, that the idea is that he is a man of god. we are all part of the aipac faith -- abrahamic faith -- i say "we,"that being the perception, is long, judaism, christianity did -- islam, judaism, christianity. if he had said he was an atheist, that would have heard a lot more than if he said he was jewish. host: 1 last culprit -- one last call. caller: i always identify myself as the truth all were of christ -- true follower of christ because i follow the word of god. when you say religion, there are so many definitions, but it is just the belief of one person, and that one person may impress other people to think as they do and you had a group. but according to the bible, there are only two re