and the koran is that dangerous a really bad means or necessary. after receiving a lot of hate mail even a request from robert gates the defense secretary himself pastor jones called off the burning of the koran thankfully that is until now what another pastor at the exact same church way in south carry out the burning of a koran during a service but the really crazy part of all of this is that according to reports that the church held a trial and after deliberating for about eight minutes it was decided that the koran it was guilty of what we don't know but they don't. sentenced to death pastor sacked then took a copy of the koran which had been soaking in kerosene and then lit on fire with a barbecue lighter so why did the church go back on its word apparently jones had given the muslim community a chance to defend their book but says that he didn't receive any response how shocking of the muslim community didn't feel the need to explain itself to a psychopath who let's not forget that there actually was quite a response to pastor jones the first

in the koran it's implicitly stated in the holy koran when a young mangos on jiha d and this is a spiritual endeavor to seek knowledge. it could also mean he's going into a group. but he has to get blessings from his mother first and if he doesn't do that it's shameful and disgraceful. after 911 the taliban had a high desertion rate and they were trying to get recruit groups to fight against intervention and coalition and they went in literally impoverished societies because educated women refused to allow they're sons to fight in theal bonn. you have a less educated mother here. single parent in the difficult system. the higher education a women has the more likely her son is to go on with education rather than getting into violence and drugs and certainly she won't condone her son getting into a gang or drugs. i've sometimes been criticized for that because they say all the 911 hijackers were educated and had university degrees and that certainly is true. but nobody botherd to check they're mothers and nearly all of them were i late rate an illiterate. exciting news and then i have to unf

actually says and what the koran actually promotes us to do, which is to be a part of society, to be contributing, and to be good to our families, and to be model citizens within whatever countries we live in. >> reporter: with the straight path campaign, the muslim-american society is also trying to educate muslim young people about the tenets of their faith. imam mahdi bray draws from his own experience in the u.s. civil rights movement and talks about the importance of nonviolence within islam as well. >> nonviolence, the sanctity of life, is valued, and it's not the sanctity of muslim life. it's the sanctity of all life. >> reporter: the campaign is holding a series of meetings with youth and youth leaders across the country to discuss violence and islam, and also how to address injustice and discrimination in positive ways. bray says it's important not to dismiss the very real concerns and frustrations among young muslims. >> providing young people with skill sets and tools that embrace nonviolence but at the same time doesn't give them the feeling that they're just rolling over

muslims accuse add christian of desecrating a koran. they are overwhelmed by the mob. attacks on going. >>> coming up...>> become well. they want to know the source. when they find out jesus does those things, they want jesus. >> revival in brazil. find out how it could transform the entire culture. >> in figures show christianity booming in brazil. more than half of the brazilians will be evangelical christians by 2020. many brazilians are already born again, they are influencing all areas of life even helping lower the divorce and alcoholism rates. paul strand visited and saw how a vibrant spirit-filled is transforming the country. >> brazil is a land where tens of thousands will flock to a single church on sundays and gather in the streets. belief nor miracles and healings high. that is why they are experiencing so many. so much faith loose in the land. it has made brazil a particular target on what they do. train up average americans who want to move. >> dozens of christians paying thousands of dollars just to pray for healing in a foreign land. >> they saw instant

those aspects of the islamic law that are based on the very letter of the koran, the answer is no. you can read my interview with him online. so this is, obviously, worrying that if father of our green movement, despite the fact that he is, he was, you know, a courageous cleric, he sacrificed greatly for his, his beliefs and exposed some of the most horrific human rights abuses in iran, his idea of human rights were sort of public rights mainly to do with activism, legal things and not really women's issues. so this makes me a little wary of the, both islamists and also the masculine aspect of the green movement. so women in iran, despite the fact that like most women in the region have had a very long history of political and social participation going back to the middle of the 19th century with the persona of the tobacco revolt which, really, women maintained, the constitutional revolution, literary movements, leftist movements, the ousting of the shah and even in the islamic republic despite all the very blatant gender discriminations women have managed to be part of the social

commissioner meko: koran i have something that might be of interest to anyone it too would be -- i have something that might be of interest. on march 10, and there will be a committee hearing that will consider an adjustment to the pending plan that would require conditional use. the housing developed within 200 feet of a venue. otherwise, where housing is a permitted use, but within 200 feet of an existing venue, they would be required to go through a conditional-use process, and the task force that is writing the play and is considering findings to be added on, specific to sell the market, so anybody that is interested in either side of this issue or all sides of these issues -- this issue, i encourage you to attend this meeting. it is in room 421 here at city hall. >> item number7, new business request for future agenda items. seeing 9, that will conclude the tuesday, february 22nd meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission.

shari'a is derived from two primary sources of islamic law the divine revelation set forth in the koran and the example set by the islamic prophet muhammad in the sooner i'll guess which popular website you can find this definition here's a clue the word. we highlighted also have a web page on this same site we get pedia that's why we're anybody can post just about anything so that states. really copy the definition of his bill legal language off of wikipedia when he says that the wording was drafted by legislative staff but a source on his staff told the aniston star the definition was in fact pulled from wikipedia and when asked to define shari'a law senator gerald allen couldn't because he said he didn't have his notes in front of him talk about incompetent sounds like senator george allen and his staff are really doing a bang up job for the people of alabama working on fighting threats that don't exist and basing legal language off of wiki pedia just with the taxpayers' knee. now do you remember when the obama administration pledged to be the most transparent in american history and

. >> my name is -- i am a koran residence in san francisco. it will be a wonderful improvements. i urge you to support it. >> good evening. my name is -- an item here representing myself. i drive by parkmerced often, and it is a concept of where i am going to park. the truck is a better cannot believe it. from the peninsula. i'd think that is what is jamming us up. they cannot do this without help from the state. they of the unoutreach for the last three, four, five years. i urge you to support this factor -- this project. >> i am here to urge you to move this project forward. we need much more affordable housing on the west side. we need a forward thinking project like this, so please do it. >> we're here to support this project. this provides for tenants. does not displaced tenants. as we heard, this provides a home. and while we have heard some things about construction jobs, demolition, that goes on everywhere in san francisco, and everywhere you live, you're going to have soot and smog. if you live near a freeway, there are special considerations. please support this project

introduced by president zia back in the 1980s. 2 sections, a, b, c, blasphemy against muhammad, the koran and islam. blasphemy against the muhammad, that is subsection c. let me say something about sherry raymen, she received on going threats, phone, e-mails. she knows she is under threat right now. her life is in danger. if you look at it, george, all 3 people speaking out for aasia bibi and her situation, 2 are dead, 3rd is sherry raymen, she needs protection. >> that's right. in fact, gary, some of our supporters are saying get out of the country. this law is particularly dangerous. there is this bill provision in this law that would punish a false accuser, correct? >> the law itself is discriminatory, doesn't inquire an intent. the most important element of a criminal law. you don't have to have an intent to say anything in derogatory to islam. i can file criminal charges and the law provides mandatory death penalty. >> there are close to 600 cases since this law came into existence. white house is obviously, trying to get a graps of this, secretary of state hilary clinton new mr. bha

there is always a way to work koran or adapt the policy so you have flexibility to target jobs and provide opportunities for the residents in san francisco, so thanks for your interest. to work around or death the policy. supervisor -- to work around or adapt the policy. supervisor mirkarimi: 80. >> supervisor mirkarimi, apologize for being late -- thank you. >> supervisor mirkarimi, i apologize for being late. i am sorry i missed your statement. i am sure it was a good one. there is a couple of things. we were like a lot on the -- we rely a lot on the private sector for where our revenue comes from. wanting to implement the local hiring with a city subsidy, our office would like to see, and i strongly suggest, that the prevailing wage applied to this. i think it is very, very important. that raises the standard, because, obviously, we do have the training, and that is what it is all about. that is a very, very important. i wanted to make that point, and i think for that matter, straight across, it is the prevailing wage. like i said earlier, i think this can work, working together, and th

on the 31st, there was a joint meeting with the neighborhood market place koran or managers, and there was our neighbor and economic development organization, those that do business-technical assistance that gets funding from the city, and so, we clearly expressed to them that the supervisors of the expectation that they will be also helping with the outreach and education, and then, upcoming, and there are two -- there are three presentations coming up, and i also just want to make note that the balboa merchants, they are a group that are thinking of forming a merchants' association, and so this meeting will be kind of a first meeting, and commissioner adams will also be attending to help inform them of what they need to do to form a merchant's association, so. mobil foods. we are targeting a march 1 date for applications at dpw. we are hosting a workshop on february 25 in the evening to assist the emobile operators infilling of their application. the object of this is that the vendors will come, have a pre- review of their application, because dpw, we fully anticipate long lines, so

. >> a verbal punishments, koran that is clearly in the spectrum. -- verbal punishments, that is clearly in this spectrum. commissioner hammer: we are not going to penalize someone for whom they associate, what, when, or why. a higher standard for our specialists. it shows them that judgment. the oral admonition that this commission be comfortable with. it is that judgment. but does this rise to the level of the commission charged? commissioner hammer: my recommendation would be to have it returned to the chief's level, unless commissionerthis o this level. the chief should have dealt with it and not sought to revoke his entire life in. -- appointment. we return it to the chief's level. >> we need to make sure that the parties have agreed to modify the stipulated position to have the matter returned from the commission level to the chief level. then the commission motion would be to accept the stipulated position. >> as modified. officer ortega? >> to approve the stipulated that position -- deposition. president mazzucco: thank you, commissioner hammer. line-item number four. >> reports

the koran year was not rolled in. -- the current year was not rolled in. commissioner: all of those are zero, as well. finding the odor control numbers on the sheet. >> you would have had $6 million. commissioner: 1 line is that? >> it is line 14. -- what line is that? i would make the objection that it would show six and that year, if we did it that way. the commissioner: it is a simple communication issue. that is all. >> they are not going to do anything about it until 2012. >> ok, and our last slide, ms. espinola reminded me that we spent 24 months working with the neighbors of the southeast water pollution treatment to control plant, working on odor controls, odor processes, and we actually have staff that specifically their day-to-day is odor control, testing, and meeting facilities. within our other planned upgrades, as well, we have other odor control

. >> a verbal punishments, koran that is clearly in the spectrum. -- verbal punishments, that is clearly in this spectrum. commissioner hammer: we are not going to penalize someone for whom they associate, what, when, or why. a higher standard for our specialists. it shows them that judgment. the oral admonition that this commission be comfortable with. it is that judgment. but does this rise to the level of the commission charged? commissioner hammer: my recommendation would be to have it returned to the chief's level,

we have building 5, which is actually the koran hospital which will need to be re- purpose. we have 1 across the street, which is another seismically vulnerable building that has had issues that need some addressing, as well, and then we have neighborhood parks and open space, and that will be the third bond coming up in 2020, and then another earthquake safety bond. this is a way to sort of address their needs and do some long- term planning. the next slide shows the impact on tax rates, and we are committed to make sure we do not go beyond the 2006 tax rate. this showed you that we are working closely with the comptroller's office of finance. it is really vital to us that we are keeping tax rates constant. this does assume the overall value in our city, which will be growing. we assume they will be growing at about 4.5%. historically, they have grown as high as 6% or 7%, so we believe that that is something that is prudent, and that is something that we're watching that could change down the road, but you can kind of see the white bar where bonds have already been issued,

the council said saudi arabia is based on the koran and maintains the unity of the people under the greatest pillars of islam. it also said reform cannot be carried out through protests as they merely stir discord and division. security is on high alert as anti-government activities have taken place in the eastern part of the country where the oil fields are located. the religious authority said it would not hesitate to use force against demonstrators. saudi arabia follows one of the strictest codes in the islamic world. the announcement justifies banning any protests in the country. >>> the chief of the international atomic energy agency has expressed concern about north korea's nuclear program. iaea director general yukiya amano said the agency would be ready to send officials to the country if there is progress at the six-party talks. amano made the remarks at a meeting of the iaea board of governors in vienna on monday. >> the nuclear program of the democratic people's republic of korea remains a matter of serious concern for the northeast asian region and beyond. >> amano also voiced gr

hard and had faith in god, themselves, and this great country, that they could retrieve their dreams koran -- to achieve their dreams, and they had two dreams. the first dream was to own their own home, and the second was to see their two boys graduate from college. the first was realized hot -- realized when he surprised his family by buying a house. the second was when his son herman graduated from morehouse college with a dual degree in math and physics. his brother would go on to graduate from college. herman continued his education by earning his master's degree in computer science from purdue university. while working full-time for the department of the u.s. navy. herman returned to his home in atlanta to begin a korea working for the coca-cola company, -- to begin a career working for the coca-cola company and in a short period of time rose to vice president. shortly thereafter, he later became the regional vice president of the burger king division of pillsbury. he was able to turn around the region to make it the best performing in the country. he then took his biggest challenge b

sorts of things that san francisco hears often when we are trying to take the lead and really standing koran an inconvenient truth, standing up for the environment, standing up for our neighborhoods, in standing up for consumer choice. it was mentioned that there were hundreds of letters sent in to the board of supervisors in opposition of this measure. i can assure you that i have received communications from thousands of individuals that actually supported this legislation. i know there was a rally last week where there were a couple hundred folks who attended, many of which two were employees of the companies that are being effected here. again, i can assure you, but there are tens of thousands of residents here incidences " -- residents here in san francisco who are fine with getting their phone books when they want to get them. i did want to talk about what was raised by industry lobbyists and representatives. i sat down with industry representatives on a number of occasions starting last summer. in other words, six months before it introduced this legislation, to give them the opportun

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having a meaningful life with the job are going to be answered by voting in reciting lines from the koran i've got i want to thank you very much for joining us and of course we'll keep on following this as the international community weighs its options. great to be with you. mike huckabee has been making news this week and for all the wrong reason he first gave an interview to right wing radio host the wall where he claimed that obama lived in kenya child don't you think we should know more about this man i would love to know more but what i know is troubling and one thing that i do know is his having grown up in kenya his view of the brits for example very different than the average american and he gave us back to. a great insult to the british but then if you think about it his perspective as growing up in sydney with a kenyan father and grandfather their view of the moment revolution in kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing the british were a bunch of imperialists to persecute all grandpa to. now that obviously caused a media storm because it was a blata

the koran rest the united states isn't about the merits of democracy democracy is alive alive and well it's really about sort of spending and fiscal responsibility as a relates to government this may be the issue of the decade in the united states to be perfectly honest with you democrats love to blame folks like george w. bush and reality this situation dates back to over a generation lyndon johnson and frankly both parties are culpable we're running a federal deficit of one point five trillion a national debt nearing fifteen trillion everybody knows we need to cut back but nobody wants to step forward to make a difficult cuts we've that said if america wants to remain the world's economic leader it must draw a line in the sand right now and that's what we're saying with scott walker in wisconsin and case i can ohio ok steve if i go to you a lot of people would say a skeptic would say is that the banks can be bailed out wall street can be bailed out. big pharma big big everything can be you know protected but when it comes to the middle class who protects them. and that's exactly righ

when i start talking to people since i've been given a koran i'm obligated to read it. there is reference to bury the mother of jesus, there is reference to - according to the widespread belief of scholars of islam that you cannot be a muslim unless you honor judaism and chstianity. you cannot exclude those two faiths from t internal composition of what the prophet was saying when this koran became what it is that it is. that's my biggest advice. get smarter on your own faith. praying five times a day as a ritual that is important but is not islam. it is the ability to have a sense of tolerance for judaism, christianity and all faiths of the world, that's the message th i think is not being heard by the american public. >> time of the gentleman has expired. mr. walberg from michigan. recognize forward five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing. i think it's an important time to do it and time to carry on what this committee was originally established to do. i thank you as well for hanging the pictures in the back of the room again. to r

there were threats of koran burnings. some has even asserted that muslim-americans are not entitled to the protections of the first amendment. that comment should shock and offend anyone who respects the constitution. others on the radical right have suggested islam, one of the oldest and wisest part act is religions on earth is somehow not a religion at all so its followers shouldn't have the protections of the first amendment. that is nonsense and i do hope that americans would remember what our founding fathers established this great nation when they hear this kind of divisive rhetoric. i see the assistant attorney, jennifer civil rights, perez hit. former assistant to attorney general for civil rights alex, and also farhana khera you for the become also pleased with the leading voices of the catholic church in america is here to testify, cardinal mccarrick testimony reminds us that we catholics also had our loyalty to america question. not just in the early days of our public but during the lifetime of many of us. my

al-awlaki use, and i think the muslim community can be very helpful in refuting what they claim the koran and islamic doctrine say about these issues. >> that takes us right to my last question. we don't have a lot of time, but congressman king raised and said again yesterday, from law enforcement people he talked to, there isn't enough cooperation from the muslim american community. the sheriff today seemed to suggest otherwise. where did today's hearing leave that question in your mind, fairly briefly, if you can? >> i think the answer is we have a lot of work to do. there are some groups we pointed out today who tell the muslim community, lock your doors, don't talk to the f.b.i., and i think that's the wrong approach. this should be a mutual partnership. i've always said-- and we were-- i've always said the moderate muslim is the most effective weapon against the radical extremists. and i think we need to partner with the moderate muslim, whether in our country or overseas to defeat the terrorists. and i think pete king talked a little bit about political correctness, and i think as m

when i start talking to people since i've been given a koran i'm obligated to read it. there is reference to bury the mother of jesus, there is reference to -- according to the widespread belief of scholars of islam that you cannot be a muslim unless you honor judaism and christianity. you cannot exclude those two faiths from the internal composition of what the prophet was saying when this koran became what it is that it is. that's my biggest advice. get smarter on your own faith. praying five times a day as a ritual that is important but is not islam. it is the ability to have a sense of tolerance for judaism, christianity and all faiths of the world, that's the message that i think is not being heard by the american public. >> time of the gentleman has expired. mr. walberg from michigan. recognize forward five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing. i think it's an important time to do it and time to carry on what this committee was originally established to do. i thank you as well for hanging the pictures in the back of the room agai