by the koran?estion of whether it's specifically permitted, you're implying that it is specifically ruled out of order by the koran, and i'm not sure where that verse is either. no, i'm not saying that, i'm saying these people defending the burqa, defending facial masking on the basis of a religion, they are lying. they are not being truthful. let's move onto a different aspect of the language you use, and i talked about the notion of responsibility coming with the freedom of expression. you've used a phrase, fifth columnist. you've talked about muslims in this country who you say use issues like the burqa to go much further. you say they're fifth columnists who will only be satisfied when they've brought this country into a full form of sharia law. are you serious about that? yes, i think this is a long—term objective. fifth columnist? you know that phrase very well? of course i do, general franco and all stuff of that nature. let me explain, people like anjem choudary and these radical extremists

ifeel the koran is enough, the koran says repeatedly the book is complete and detailed, god has not leftut anything form the text, he doesn't forget, he doesn't make mistakes or run out of words so the 6,236 verses should be enough for muslims because the creator a far as i am concerned says that and that human—manufactu red sources like the hadith, the reputed sayings of the prophet, the sharia, which i believe is a mediaeval concoction and the fatwas like the most infamous one against salman rushdie and others, none of those have credence as far as i'm concerned because i am a muslim, someone who follows the koran. those people, that followed these other secondary sources, they should more accurately be described as mohammedans because they put far more emphasis on the messenger than on the message. i want to pursue some of those lines of thought in a minute. on the self—description thing, you didn't describe yourself as an imam or a cleric. an imam or cleric has a bad reputation in the muslim world. i regard myself as a scholar, an academic, an intellectual. do you speak arabic? yeah,

scholars who try to rewrite the koran in our times in our societies within islam we have a patriarchal structure within religious institutions and that patriarchal structure of course it has affected the interpretation of the koran so this is also what we would like to challenge these pay trickle structures patriarchal readings of the koran and and i think that female you moms has something to contribute in that context because we have a specific focus on gender equality and we are in need of that so you're not wearing a he job shoot i had or face cover be a choice and this is a sign of oppression what do you think of course if i mean we are born free we are born free so of course every single human should choose for themselves how they want to live their life and muslim women have different interpretation of what it means to be a modest woman this is my interpretation of modesty to me the scarf is a metaphor for sincerity towards god and sincerity in the relationships that you find yourself in it could be a friendship or a marriage or whatever so but i also respect women who choose th

the believe that the koran is the word of god or you know this sensitivity. so i do believe that. it's important as human beings that when we we have this freedom of speech but it's not a freedom to evaluate other people or to discriminate other people so always with freedom of speech there comes responsibility so we all everybody's responsible for how we talk and how we meet people and we have to ask ourselves what is the purpose of the dialogue what do we want to use of freedom of speech what do once you use it to if we want to have a dialogue with people who thinks differently or i mean it's not a very good strategy to speak very badly about these people and so we have to ask ourselves what do we want to use the freedom of speech with what we what what is the purpose of freedom of speech so on both sides i mean everybody has to has to you know be aware that. you know we have to be responsible when we when we have the power to express ourselves i mean with that with that power comes responsibility so as a spiritual muslim leader i know that i have a certain responsibility and i

order for everybody to feel at home and to feel a part of the community that you believe that the koran at its basics considers man and woman equal so all they patrick arkell oppressive parts of traditional islamic societies where do they come from if not religion i mean in the koran there are one hundred fourteen chapters and more than six thousand six hundred verses and there are six verses that could be interpreted as discriminatory against women but they could also be interpreted over differently with a focus on women's rights and gender equality and that's actually what we're trying to do in the area mosque we try to read these verses in order to create gender equality so and this is actually happening all over the world we have a male and the end male and female scholars who try to rewrite the koran in our times in our society. within islam we have a patriarchal structure within religious institutions and that patriarchal structure of course it has affected the interpretation of the koran so this is also what we would like to challenge these peytral structures patriarchal readings

order for everybody to feel at home and to feel a part of the community that you believe that the koran at its basics considers man and woman equal so all they have to arkell oppressive parts of traditional islamic societies where do they come from if not religion i mean in the koran there are one hundred fourteen chapters and more than six thousand six hundred verses and there are six more says that could be interpreted as discriminatory against women but they could also be interpreted over differently with a focus on women's rights and gender equality and that's actually what we're trying to do in the area mosque we try. these verses in order to create gender equality so and this is actually happening all over the world we have a male and the end male and female scholars who try to rewrite the koran in our times in our societies. within islam we have a patriarchal structure within religious institutions and that patriarchal structure of course it has affected the interpretation of the koran so this is also what we would like to challenge these pay trickle structures patriarchal readin

order for everybody to feel at home and to feel a part of the community that you believe that the koran at its basics considers man and woman equal so all they patrick arkell oppressive parts of traditional islamic societies where do they come from if not religion i mean in the koran there are one hundred fourteen chapters and more than six thousand six hundred verses and there are six verses that could be interpreted as discriminatory against women but they could also be interpreted over differently with a focus on women's rights and gender equality and that's actually what we're trying to do in the area mosque we try to reread these verses in order to create gender equality so and this is actually happening all over the world we have a male and the and male and female scholars who try to rewrite the koran in our times in our societies. within islam we have a patriarchal structure within religious institutions and that patriarchal structure of course it has affected the interpretation of the koran so this is also what we would like to challenge these pay trickle structures patriarchal

koran. administering. and the president of administering the oath to him run on come all i mean his part is to. party has a very what some would say wafer thin majority in the parliament in the national assembly that's going to make it very difficult for him to try to push through any sort of legislation and he's got big problems to face. country where corruption is in. many of the government organized. and that's going to be talking to try and get back to their professionalism it is going to be a different. country the economy drums. politicians and bureaucrats. corruption. so. to be appointing a cabinet many. qualified and of course the people. change a big country where traditionally. for decades and it's. imran khan's party which was formed back in one thousand nine hundred six . he is going to. the fact that he had to. know what the independents so he won't have to do. that they need to move legislation through parliament however he really become doing on some of the elements of the opposition party p

century by its terms you a banished to the roof of the madrassa and i thought even in the mother also koran school though you may gaze about to your heart's content i lie will not be angry with you if you look around it is his name that is written here on the columns and pillars are the. the right here are you saying that was the a was the only was the last was you know who was. your way has taken you at the front of that and deep into the old city of fence further and further down now you have reached the lowest point in the city here the animal skins are stripped of hand stained tanned and died this is a place of filth and stench the odors and noises the colors and din all of the mingled the trade played here as old men to the wealth of the city in all ages but terry here too long and it may steal your wits away. with the stranger will you flee now numbs and confused and exhausted as you want perhaps to the heavens do you look then feel way out. as you have now found the way back to the blue gate which is green within the color of hope founded as if you had followed his path and give than

in sentencing, he told him, you should understand the koran isa him, you should understand the koranok of peace, that islam is a religion of peace. he told him, you have violated the koran and islam and is well, the law of all civilised people. tonight, you're starting a life sentence with a minimum of 30 years to serve. more than a dozen further cases of alleged poor care are to be investigated at an nhs trust where an independent probe is under way into the death of several babies. the department of health ordered an investigation of maternity care at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the review team is looking at cases including the death of babies and mothers, and brain injuries. now other families have raised concerns about treatment at the trust. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is with me. explain a little bit more about all of this because there is an investigation already under way. yes, that's right. it dates back to last year, that is whenjeremy hunt ordered an investigation into maternity care at the hospital trust and that was following the deaths of and that was followi

number two the koran describes god in human terms. what you supposed to do about that and the answer was, it's none of your business. if it doesn't make sense, just move on. and so, what i find very fascinating about that conflict is that it's really out of that conflict and that the particular branch of islam that i adhere to a rose because there was a group of mystics who said there's a problem here, the central paradox can't continue. we can't at one time say god is fully divine unity and has no human shape or form whatsoever, can't be limited by any means and at the same time we have to read the quran literally when it says that god has hands, that we can't abide by that. this new religious movement arose out of islam, by the way it wasn't new in a lot of ways. it tapped into jewish mysticism and hindu end catholic mysticism and the scripture and the religion and its authority in a completely new and different way. >> would you agree that christianity provides the proof text for your argument about humanizing god because although

if you really look at the sources like the koran and the bible, it's the same message. that's why unfortunately we are stuck in the negative side rather than thinking about the positive side. >> host: how a are your family and friends now? obviously they were very skeptical of your work when you started doing it. do they approve now of your interfaith activism? >> guest: i mean i receive a lot of support from friends who went against me on things like that. the whole situation in yemen, it's hard for people to focus on the message. because of the airstrikes and their way of living i think people are just trying to survive every day. people don't even have water in their houses and is just so sad. right now i'm drinking water with you and i don't even know what they are drinking bear. that's the situation in yemen but yes i receive a lot of feed back from people of heard about the story they tell me we were sure we were able to help you when you were in yemen. plus i hope your parents who were so instrumental in your story and getting you started on this path to learning

the koran says not lower your garments but your gaze, that is what they link is about for some it ise about covering the face. and in fact this rise in facial covering is something we are seeing increasingly in the west while women in other parts of the muslim world are decreasing that observation, is leading the emphatically in saudi arabia. why is that? because this is a restrictive practice on many women who do not have the choice that the former guest had come to a imposed in these garments before they reach puberty. failing does not even apply to the muslim until the age of sexual maturity —— veiling. the boris firstly should not apologise. secondly, i would love the chance to talk to him about why the niqab is not appropriate for a democratic secular liberal democracy. one of the duties of muslims rarely speak about it we not only have rights to god but rights do our duty to society and when we lived in western societies we are compelled to bring unity, not division. notice that muslim countries themselves that remark about the antrobus auch life, muslim countries and outlawed

critically analyze the religion to make room for open discussion and allow different interpretations of the koran. you also have to think about how things were fourteen hundred years ago and how things are today this is. not an easy task when it comes to the headscarf debate most children have taken on their parents' attitudes. well i think they should and should wear a headscarf from puberty from the idea of fourteen or fifteen so they don't. harassed or something it just makes me sad my sisters have also started wearing head scarves and i've seen them wearing them and i was the only one left so i said ok i'll put one on t.v. . some villagers applauded these are religious traditions that have continued and of course are also seen as traditions by their families. and their own absolutely seen that way by the mosques. are often more. than about. them balkanized is trying to get his pupils to question traditions for him school is just the right place for it's. the war between russia and georgia over the breakaway regions of south ossetia and abkhazia only lasted a few days but even ten years on loc

of attack them now that part of the country on the border with pakistan was erased on region in the koran agency is aware militant pakistani groups are also operating like jenga v. in different capacities as well as the pakistan based militant network they're calling it work so well how to really see who was behind this attack but what is an extremely dangerous trend now in afghanistan is that the afghan government and its international allies continue to fail to protect lives in afghanistan and when you have such a big number of casualties in fatalities you are actually thinking about the destroyed society almost you're talking about families losing their breadwinners people are losing their lives their aspirations their dreams in this friend six really dangerous trend actually continues and in most major cities across afghanistan and so the question is what if any. security strategy is in place to prevent these sort of attacks in the future. here is a local journalist. we just heard from local journalist also while we were watching on john thomas the back of her mind in about thirty one

of attack them now that part of the country on the border with pakistan was erased on region in the koran agency is aware militant pakistani groups are also operating like jenga v. in different capacities as well as the pakistan based militant work their county network so we'll have to really see who was behind this attack but what is an extremely dangerous trend now in afghanistan is that the afghan government and its international allies continue to fail to protect lives in afghanistan and when you have such a big number of casualties in fatalities you are actually thinking about a destroyed society almost you're talking about families losing their breadwinners people are losing their lives their aspirations their dreams and this friend six train really dangerous trend actually continues and in most major cities across afghanistan and so the question is what if any. security strategy is in place to prevent these sort of attacks in the future. i think does it for me i would back well let's say in about thirty three and a half minutes with forget you are much mike. zia's says harlan kentu

or not, whether it is in the koran or not, that's beside the point.to make sure that he gets his populist kind of following through attacking the most vulnerable. we're not talking about brexit, not talking about the meltdown of the political situation in the conservative party or politics in general. we're not talking about the coming. we've chosen to talk about a minority of women chosen to talk about a minority of women who are chosen to talk about a minority of women who are very chosen to talk about a minority of women who are very active in society but choose to wear different forms of clothing. what has that got to do with him? an anonymous text says the lady from denmark we spoke to police it is against her human rights. visitors to islamic countries have to abide by their laws which can be very harsh so why cod we choose our laws ? very harsh so why cod we choose our laws? i'm not defending johnson, he's no more than a donald trump type political clown mouth making lots of money. we are citizens of this country and we are british. so for exam

critically analyze the religion to make room for open discussion and allow different interpretations of the koran. you also have to think about how things were fourteen hundred years ago and how things are today this is. not an easy task when it comes to the headscarf debate most children have taken on their parents' attitudes oh. well i think the children should wear a headscarf from puberty for me i just fourteen or fifteen so they don't get harassed or something just makes me sad my sisters have also started wearing headscarves and i've seen them wearing them and i was the only one left so i said ok i'll put one on today so he. was a party these are religious traditions that have continued and of course they're also seen as traditions by their families. and their own absolutely seen that way by the mosques. to. them both commish is trying to get his pupils to question traditions for him school is just the right place for it. you know. they're reporting now let's get some sports here when soccer by munich have won their first piece of silverware of the new season after beating frank. in the ger

analyze the religion to make room for open discussion and though different interpretations of the koran. you also have to think about how things were fourteen hundred years ago and how things are today when the courts are. not an easy task when it comes to the headscarf debate most children have taken on their parents' attitudes. you're watching t.w. news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more bold news followed by the day i hope to see if. the language courses. video. any time anywhere.

and yet even in that incredibly iconoclastic religion, when you read y the koran, there are multiple verses in which it talks about god's all seeing eyes and loving hands and refers to these deep ways. the proper response would be if poetry and we are supposed to read it as a metaphor. that is clearly what is being said here. otherwise if we take it literally, then we are denying the single most important restriction in islam which is the restriction because if you add some more advice to get to -- we don't want to just see what god looks like that to do so is to limit god and limiting is the greatest sin t of islam. any limits on god. so if you think of god in human terms, then by definition you are limiting god. so if you say god has two hands, why not free, why not 100, why not 10,000. all of that gets you into this l sort of theological morass whh is why there is a sort of blanket prohibition. the problem of course is that mostsl muslims because of the wy the islamic authority in certain schools of law have surfaced codified interpretations, most muslims don't read the koran in i

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the islamic clerics who conduct the marriage ceremonies tell parents it's all in accordance with the koran. muneera khan has paid a bitter price for this cynicism. as a divorced single mother, she will have a hard time ever getting remarried. muneera: i want to share my story with everyone. i don't want more girls to be sold off. the girls should be made aware of what's in store for them. reporter: most of the women at the shaheen center have been traumatized. here, at least, they are provided with safety, support, and care -- and given the chance to regain control over their lives. host: around 650 million people around the world own a gun. almost half of these private individuals are from the u.s. the right to bear arms is firmly anchored in the american constitution, but it remains a controversial topic. in 2014, firearms were responsible for the deaths of 34,000 people in the u.s. two thirds of them were suicides. who exactly decides to go out and buy a gun? in surveys, nearly a third of all u.s. hseholds have admitted to owning a pistol or rifle. the large majority of u.s. gun owners

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to make room for open discussion and allow different interpretations of the koran. you also have to think about how things were fourteen hundred years ago and how things are today when the courts are. not an easy task when it comes to the headscarf debate most children have taken on their parents' attitudes. you're watching. the back of the top of the album with more bold moves followed by the data hope to see if. language. video. any time any. kind of fun and basically said doesn't make any sense. yeah sounds a wall around. the world in order to hurdling along a number of them are already on the function. and only two thousand and seventeen we met mer was. in the afghan capital how they fared since then. on our return a year later we start off by looking for. in january two thousand and seventeen the varian officials have deported the rejected asylum seeker to kabul. we first met him soon after that. of all the ways that i slit my wrists. i can't remember how i did it but i recall the policeman saying that if you try to kill yourself or something like that it will