term he's been in power since two thousand and fourteen after leading the military and ousting mohamed morsiwell that brings you up to date with all of our top stories this hour there will be more news later on i'll see you for that about half an hour's time after the stream which starts now. hi i'm femi oke a and you are in the stream today why did prison inmates united states come to islam i really could be lied to we discussed the documentary film the honest struggle which tells the story of an exit then there's the mission to help muslim converts as they leave jail leave your comments and questions for us in the you tube shop or on twitter. reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a second chance and the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they don't really have a first chance up again the.

when the muslim brotherhood's candidate mohamed morsi became egypt's first democratically elected president the military worked to undermine him from day one . by concentrating power in his own hands and with the economy in freefall morsi lost the support of many egyptians. many egyptians who had supported the idea of the ouster of president mubarak suddenly turned around and said hold on this is also not what we want and suddenly you had a brand new type of conflict inside egyptian society. when hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets on the first anniversary of morsi is election the egyptian military exploited the situation to remove. l.c.c. who morsi had put in charge of the army gave him forty eight hours to come up with a political solution. both morsi himself and his senior advisers did not see this coming they knew there was opposition they knew that there was this can and but they didn't think the egyptian military would actually move against them in the final analysis on the third of july twenty thirty l.c.c. had morsi arrested the new military leadership suspen

hosni mubarak in twenty eleven sisi led a military coup against a man elected to replace mubarak mohammed morsi and was himself elected president in twenty fourteen since then c.c. has ruled egypt with increasing severity. human rights groups estimate he's jailed some sixty thousand people on political charges and staged unfair elections to remain in power public criticism of the c.c. has become nearly impossible. nevertheless r.c.c. remains a key ally for western governments keen to defend their interests in the volatile region among those interests fighting islamic fundamentalism. the egyptian leader was in washington just two weeks ago to discuss military ties and trade with the us president donald trump for many egyptian activists however the referendum is a blatant power grab and the end of aspirations for a peaceful and democratic transfer of power. today marks twenty years since the columbine high school massacre in the u.s. when two students armed with guns and homemade explosives killed thirteen people on that tuesday morning the school in littleton colorado rose to tragic fame around

led a military coup against the man elected to replace mubarak mohamed morsi and was him self elected president in two thousand and fourteen. since then l.c.c. has ruled egypt with increasing severity. human rights groups estimate he has jailed some sixty thousand people on political charges and staged unfair lections to remain in power. public criticism of l.c.c. has become nearly impossible. nevertheless l.c.c. remains a key ally for western governments keen on defending their interests in the volatile region among those interests fighting islamic fundamentalism. the egyptian leader was in washington just two weeks ago to discuss military ties and trade with u.s. president donald trump president thank you very much my friend because even for many egyptian activists however the referendum is a blatant power grab and the end of aspirations for a peaceful and democratic transfer of power. now to some of the other stories making news around the world an attack is ongoing in the afghan capital kabul close to the communications ministry and one of the city's main hotels so far no casualti

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twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consider dating his grip on power his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty. over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the militarist influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our dream and hope to have a president elected once every two terms i've gone to and what sisi is will is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatters an

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twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consider dating his grip on power his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty. over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the militarist influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our dream to have a president elected once every two terms i can't and but since his will is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatters and win the tru

of the secretary general statement when he left libya at the end of the day let's take now to mohammed morsi who served as an advisor to cliff a half tarr from two thousand and fourteen until he had a falling out with him in two thousand and sixteen now from boston we appreciate your time very much so some analysts have said that the timing of this aggressive move by half tar is because the national conference is coming and about ten days and he's trying to drive the conversation and force the conversation do you agree with that. well actually it's more than that. have to or does not want to work in any kind of framework and especially under the monitoring of the international community he wants to be the man on the throne that said that this was not a secret all the time so whatever deal he gets he is not satisfied and he talked to some people over the. lobby meeting with seraph and he said well i don't think why should i give sort of free to rights in the national security committee if they want to form after the conference or which are have to or was preparing to invade tripoli and to sit

twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consolidating his grip on power. his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the military's influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our agreement to have the president elected once every two terms i can't and. is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatters and win the trust of the peop

twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consider dating his grip on power his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty. over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the militarist influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our agreement or to have a president elected once every two terms going to an end but since his will is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatters and

twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consider dating his grip on power his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty. over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the militarist influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our dream and will have a president elected once every two turns i can to an end but since his will is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatters and w

term he's been in power since two thousand and fourteen after leading the military and ousting mohamed morsi well that brings you up to date with all of our top stories this hour there will be more news later on i'll see you for that about half an hour's time after the stream which starts now. ok and you're in the stream today why do prison inmates united states come to islam i'm really glad we discussed the documentary film the honest struggle which tells the story of an exit then there's the mission to help muslim converts as they leave jail leave your comments and questions for us in the you tube shop or on twitter. reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a second chance and the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they don't really have a first chance i'll begin to think the best place for me to be was back and one of them say of course is the only thing it is that you have no idea what it's like every step for me is to give it you know. that al davis was just eighteen when he was first sent to prison seven a total of twenty five years behind bars davis converted to islam

when mohammed morsi became the leader of egypt after the arabs and initially, head of you know the muslimerhood, i kept saying are descendants of apes and pigs. obama is giving them cash and weaponry. thankfully they took over. how do you read this? lcc took over. >> i think what is so pathetic is that they are trying to have it both ways. on the one hand, you have everyone inay the liberal media who is saying that he has inspiring neo-nazi movements. then you have the same media publishing anti-semitic cartoons, showing that trump is lying jew to being a lead by his dog. either he's neo-nazi or pro-israel. or he's >> sean: there has never been the best friends of. more pro-israeli president then trump. the evidence by the embassy recognizing them as israeli territory. >> totally indisputable, and what it finds out incredibly offensive is that people are using thisiv terrible tragedy against jews. and turning it into an issue. and we have to resist let us politicizing it at every angle whether it's fascism, neo-nazi is him, it is a global epidemic. it has risen to the level of a global em

2013 through a military coup that ousted the country's first democratically elected president, mohamed morsi, a former muslim brotherhood leader. since then, sisi has designated the brotherhood a terrorist organization within egypt and his government has carried out a brutal crackdown on supporters of the political movement, including the 2013 rabaa massacre in which security forces k killed at least 1000 protesters and injured thousands more. policy experts say the designation could hurt the civil liberties of american muslims and lead to a clampdown on muslim civil rights groups and charities, which are routinely accused by anti-muslim groroupsf having ties to the muslim brotherhood. this comes just weeks after the trump administratition designatd iran's elitite revolutionary gud as a terrorist organization. the justice department's number two official, rod rosenstein, said monday he will resign on may 11. as deputy attornrney general, rosenstein oversaw special counsel robert mueller's into -- investigation into russia's role in the 2016 election, after former attorney general jeff sessio

when the muslim brotherhood's candidate mohamed morsi became egypt's first democratically elected president the military worked to undermine him from day one. by concentrating power in his own hands and with the economy in freefall morsi lost the support of many egyptians. many egyptians who had supported the idea of the ouster of president mubarak suddenly turned around and said hold on this is also not what we want and suddenly you had a brand new type of conflict inside egyptian society. when hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets on the first anniversary of morsi is election the egyptian military exploited the situation to remove. l.c.c. who morsi had put in charge of the army gave him forty eight hours to come up with a political solution. both morsi himself and his senior advisers did not see this coming they knew there was opposition they knew that there was this can and but they didn't think the egyptian military would actually move against them in the final analysis on the third of july twenty thirty l.c.c. had morsi arrested the new military leadership suspend

president sisi ousted egypt's elected leader, mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood, in 2013.nts of a yeti in the himalayas. the mist of the giant ape like creature is strongly believed but there's no evidence that it exists. twitter users pointed out that there was only one set of prints and asked if the army had discovered a one—legged yeti. more on that story on bbc.com. the battle for power in libya goes on, and it is increasingly embroiling the country's oil supply. there is a front line surrounding libya's capital, tripoli, where the internationally recognised government is based headed by prime minister fayez al saraj. tripoli is under attack from forces loyal to another, parallel government based in benghazi, in the east of the country. those forces are called the libyan national army, commanded by this man, general khalifa haftar. he controls most of libya's oil infrastructure, including the el—sharara oil field, which was attacked yesterday by an armed group, of unknown allegiance, apparently exploiting a vacuum left when haftar‘s forces moved north to attack tripoli

this is one image from back in 2013 when president sisi took power after overthrowing mohamed morsi whohe's won two elections — though in questionable circumstances. the bbc‘s sally nabil is covering this story for us in cairo. she has the very latest on this. actually, all the amendments have been just approved by the parliament with a sweeping majority, it is a settle m e nt with a sweeping majority, it is a settlement of amendments they would extend the president sisi term, which is his second and supposedly the last, extend this term from four to six years. an exceptionally, the amendments would allow him to run for a third term, so this is another six years. he will stay in power if he chooses until 2030. that is more than a decade from now. also, it gives way for more military intervention in and public life because that is an article that says the army should be the guardian of the army should be the guardian of the constitution and several state and these two articles in particular, the one related to the presidential terms in the wind related to the army will have drawn sharp c

fortune through a chain of electronic stalls he was an informal adviser to egypt's former president mohamed morsy. so the entire says it's planning to designate the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization and this could bring sanctions against the group as well as companies and individuals who interact with it egypt's president of the reportedly urged president donald trump to make the designation in a meeting earlier this month mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . an implacable enemy of the muslim brotherhood receives the warmest of welcomes at the white house egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has long been pressing president trump to take action against the organization which along with the liberal opposition has been the target of a massive crackdown by cc's forces in egypt. the softer the muslim brotherhood one egypt's first democratic election in two thousand and twelve. before being ousted in a military takeover the following year. the white house choosing to support the autocrat rather than the democratically elected would slim brotherhood he deposed the presiden

twelve he was appointed minister of defense by egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi a year later sisi deposed morsi in a military coup and eventually became president while consider dating his grip on power his government has a rusted thousands of activists and opponents many facing death penalties the trials were widely condemned by human rights groups as a travesty. over the last few years a predominantly loyal parliament has introduced a series of reforms expanding the militarist influence the referendum is also asking people to vote for a provision that declares the military the guardian and protector of the state the opposition is calling for boycott our dream and hope to have a president elected once every two turns i've come to an end but since his will is not without challenges he faces armed groups in the sinai peninsula who have launched attacks against security forces and international calls for political reforms but the general turned politician seems defiant he's launching mega projects across the country and hoping to be able to fix an economy in tatter

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