>> yes, abraham as a prophet and from him descended jesus, jesus and mohammad. >> i want to go right to the point, though. the pope apparently, notwithstanding your keen insight -- >> yes, he didn't phone me about it. [laughter] >> notwithstanding that, i have the impression that he wanted to show by his visit over there and he also wanted to get into iraq and he wanted to go but for political reasons he could not do so, regrettably, where abraham was born in you can, saddam hussein's iraq, right? >> but he wanted to show the linkage between the three faiths, why did he want to do that and is that desirable from the point of view of what interfaith dialog, interfaith communion, interfaith connection? >> why did he want to do that? he has to be asked that question and the roman catholic church has to come up with a clear statement. >> you have all those good jesuits there, do they have give you the reason? >> i am given the reason it was religiously promoted and to promote peace in the religion. let me say this. muslims might not recognize some aspects of the christian theology and ch

en noviembre de 2007 se reunió con mohammad ghadiri, como nuevo embajador.jando muchas incógnitas sobre su participación como posible agente de inteligencia de cuba. contactamos a la embajada de cuba para conocer su posición oficial sobre éstas alegaciones, pero no hubo respuesta. en otra conversación, el embajador ghadiri le pide a juan carlos que robe las contraseña de los sistemas de seguridad de las plantas nucleares de estados unidos. (traducción) >>> embajador: ahora es muy importante saber qué tienen en mente, atacar a irán o no, la defensa nuclear de ellos. >>> juan carlos: el profesor nos pidió ubicar las centrales nucleares en los estados unidos. >>> emjador: sí, es muy importante, instalaciones militares y no militares. >>> juan carlos: tenemos que preguntarles qué empresas podemos atacar, porque sus sistemas son muy débiles en comparación con los militares, los de la cia y la agencia de seguridad nacional. es muy fácil de entrar, y como una metáfora, poner una bomba. >>> embajador: una bomba digital. >>> juan carlos: sí, una bomba digital. >>> pa

some of us are old enough to remember mohammad ali, he would bring up mohammad who the head of the splinter dared ever questioned or say anything about him. they write negative things, the press is secular and it is because they think his religion is weird. i'll tell you one thing. he has won four in a row. he wins another one, the criticism will diminish very fast. >> the criticism won't diminish immediately because there is such an anti-christian in the media. the majority of this country is christian. a third is evangelical christian which is what tim is. why is he not allowed to express his faith? it's such a strange criticism. >> there are some muslim players and this they bowed to mecca would they pile on them? >> i think so. sports is a national religion in a sense and it's supposed to bring us together. but tebow decided to make the pro-life ad and enormous response of the secular left to that ad made him a polarizing figure and that is unfortunate. >> there were cries to pull the ad off the air on the superbowl even before anybody had seen it. then once it appeared it seems to me t

they had of the arab league's observer mission to syria arrives in damascus general mohammad al dobby's aim is to check the country's compliance with an arab peace plan aimed at halting the nine months long and rust a further group of fifty arab league monitors should reach syria on monday according to estimates more than five thousand have been killed since march the monitors visit coincides with fresh claims of violence in the city of homes and twin suicide bombings on friday that killed forty four but as artists are a further reports with western sanctions strangling the country it's the syrian people who are bearing the brunt. it's been nearly ten months syria's uprising began the capital of damascus has remained largely sheltered from the conflict. in the bustling sand so it seems like it's business as usual as one says the winds of change have begun to blow over little stronger the arab league's impose tough economic sanctions the effects of which have been felt even here in a poor area of damascus and her family struggling to make ends meet. has learning difficulties beans for a

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lead beer in recent months this naturists are probably their relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of banjo. i hope he's in tunisia maybe his in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they say hope dies last and leave it still alive even if many people are in. artsy tripoli. it is believed that up to thirty thousand people were killed in the libyan civil war it's a story that's dominated headlines since day one and has become one of the top ten world events that shaped the year here on r t r t's maria in the ocean that covered the situation from inside libya and that looks back on her time there. we arrived in libya in the evening this is how you'd expect this kind of story to start but actually we crossed that unusual border when the sun was too high. our driver told us to be careful we all thought that was a little bit unn

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lee beer in recent months this naturists are probably their relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of banjo. i hope he's in tunisia maybe he's in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they say hope dies last only bit it's still alive even if many people aren't going to wake up artsy tripoli. meantime activists in syria said the country has seen some of its fiercest fighting since on rest began but we're now over two hundred people killed just since monday the biggest number of casualties was reported in the syrian northwestern province over. by government forces allegedly used against the regime fighters that's ahead of the arrival of an arab league advance team which is going to prepare for a monitoring mission in the country and saudi's sara first reports there are hopes the observers can present a clear picture of what's

country's new heroes popular with women and the public at large if not with a rifle by his side mohammad would be like a twenty seven year old in any country cruising around on a saturday night is good. and it's not like he was underprivileged under gadhafi regime he certainly leaves in a three hundred square. their house in the prestigious area of tripoli they see the revolution has brought them along the way to democracy but is yet to translate into concrete benefits we had free education on health care on the gadhafi of course we expected to remain free but it also needs to be improved the new authorities also have to decrease prices and raise salaries so that ordinary people can join all the benefits of the revolution. here exactly how the new government can afford to do so in a country a ruling by war and stripped of much of its budgetary income is every bit as good as the forty two years of get his rule had told libyans to rely on government for just about everything and the level of expectations in the new york authorities is very high. i have big plans for my life in a year or so

some of us are old enough to remember mohammad ali, he would bring up mohammad who the head of the splinter. nobody dared ever questioned or say anything about him. they write negative things, the press is secular and it is because they think his religion is weird. i'll tell you one thing. he has won four in a row. he wins another one, the criticism will diminish very fast. >> the criticism won't diminish immediately because there is such an anti-christian in the media. the majority of this country is christian. a third is evangelical christian which is what tim is. why is he not allowed to express his faith? it's such a strange criticism. >> there are some muslim players and this they bowed to mecca would they pile on them? >> i think so. sports is a national religion in a sense and it's supposed to bring us together. but tebow decided to make the pro-life ad and enormous response of the secular left to that ad made him a polarizing figure and that is unfortunate. >> there were cries to pull the ad off the air on the superbowl even before anybody had seen it. then once it appeared it seems

i want to thank mohammad for making sure that they work closely with the parks and a neighborhood association to do this. i am here to announce this but also to make sure that this is part of the long term commitment to every neighborhood in the city. we will continue this -- doing this and doing it well. >> you talked about the importance of jobs. there will be about 50 local jobs as a result of this construction project. you also talked about the importance of art in the parks. i want to recognize the president of the arts commission. there is a profoundly between art and our parks. that is probably no better exhibited than in this park thanks to demi's great work. i want to call up susan to talk about that. >> this is a very unique opportunity for us here at cayuga park. we were called in to help preserve the unique sculptures. my colleague came out and catalog, photographed and catalog all 375 sculptures. within selected 130 to be taken and stored -- we then selected 130 to be taken and stored and stabilize to be reinstalled on the park is reopened. it is no small feat to stabilize wooden

you'll see a whole lot more of sheik mohammad as you see our full day we spent with him.ding 50 miles from iran tonight. it's a really important relationship for this country, which has two mines about it. they don't want iran to move forward, but it's an important economic partner for the uae, very important in particular for dubai where 15% of the property according to experts i know is owned by iranians. sheikh mohammed said he doesn't think iran would get a nuclear weapon, because he said they would know that israel or united states would bomb them right back. up next, we talk about a terrible story we hear too much of. a 7-year-old kidnapped and found in a dumpster. why do we keep hearing these stories? why do they keep happening? we're going to talk about that and go straight to the story. >>> last week, a woman, a church banned her and her fiancee from coming to the church. why? because she's white and he's black. lk about the personal attention tdd# 1-800-345-2550 you and your money deserve. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, that means taking a close look at

you'll see a whole lot more of sheik mohammad as you see our full day we spent with him.anding 50 miles from iran tonight. it's a really important relationship for this country, which has two mines about it. they don't want iran to move forward, but it's an important economic partner for the uae, very important in particular for dubai where 15% of the property according to experts i know is owned by iranians. sheikh mohammed said he doesn't think iran would get a nuclear weapon, because he said they would know that israel or united states would bomb them right back. we shall see. up next, we talk about a terrible story we hear too much of. a 7-year-old kidnapped and found in a dumpster. why do we keep hearing these stories? why do they keep happening? we're going to talk about that and go straight to the story. >>> last week, a woman, a church banned her and her fiancee from coming to the church. why? because she's white and he's black. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first

the festival marks the martyrdom of the grandson of the prophet mohammad. the attacks will be seen as a the liberal party of the minority shia community -- will be seen as specifically against the minority shia community. >> thank you for your encouraging words, but the, and condolence for the victims of the terrorist action today in kabul and in was our easter recess, which was the first time on such a religious day in afghanistan back terrorism of such horrible nature is taking place. >> the injured are rest of the hospital and the taliban are suspected. but analysts say this level of brutality against afghans could be a sign they are losing support. >> our correspondent in kabul said that exploded in the capital seemed to be part of a series of coordinated attacks. >> it's a place at a shrine not far from where i am standing. there have been ambulances and security forces. at least 30 bodies at the scene. it seems that they have targeted the ashoura festival. there's been an explosion also in the north of the country in mazar-i-sharif in a mosque. >> thi

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lee beer in recent months this naturists are probably the relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man his brother disappeared on the front lines of banter about. i hope he's in tunisia maybe he's in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they see hope dies last and leave but it's still alive even if many people aren't going to wake up artsy tripoli. and it's fear that syria could also face foreign intervention with unpredictable consequences the country's opposition is a split over whether they need military help from outside in their fight against the government the division came as the country's witnesses some of the fiercest battles in his nine month old crisis almost two hundred troops in the ante regime protesters are reporters who are being killed in the latest series of clashes across the country the syrian authorities have agreed to allow an observer's and observers

and for muslims, this weekend is the start of their new year, the time when the prophet mohammad and his followers migrated from mecca to medina in the year 622. that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook, find us on youtube, and watch us anytime, anywhere on smart phones and iphones. there's also much more on our web site. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, bernice johnson reagon performs at last weekend's prayer vigil in washington for the poor and hungry. . >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment, a family foundations dedicated to religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. the estate of william jane carter and the jane henson foundation and corporation for public broadcasting.

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lead beer in recent months this naturists are probably the relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of banjo. i hope he's in tunisia maybe his in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they say hope dies last and leave it still alive even if many people aren't. artsy tripoli. now russia's sixth state duma the lower house of parliament has held its first session after recent elections after heated debates over gay marriage for the ruling united russia party was chosen as the speaker fourteen out of twenty nine committees of the duma are now under opposition control a result of united russia failing to win enough seats to obtain a two thirds constitutional majority and unsanctioned process took place in the duma under around twenty people i rested remain in power for the two weeks ago tens of thousands gathered at moscow's block

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lead beer in recent months this naturists are probably their relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of banter about. i hope he's in tunisia maybe he's in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they say hope dies last only bit it's still alive even if many people aren't. artsy tripoli. volunteer are staying over the years colonel gadhafi with some nato help was ultimately the defining event of the arab world's shifting sands this year parties were for national travelled inside libya throughout the year talking to both gadhafi family members and the rebels here's her first hand account of her time in tripoli. we arrived in the evening this is how you'd expect this kind of story to start but actually we crossed the border when the sun was too high. our driver told us to be careful we all thought that was a little bit unnecessary

the only place in all the beer with families of a logic get out his supporters can turn to for how mohammad form peace and your earlier this year it's investigate the fate of those who disappeared and get off his prisons he's now primarily dealing with people who went missing under libya's new leadership it's usually mothers who come here and at first they're scared to tell me that this son or husband was with the khadafi forces they usually say he was a civilian court in the crossfire and i tell them that i don't care which side he was on all i need is accurate information so that we can start searching for. mohamed and his friends have been taking photos of the name john to find bodies that have been popping up across lee bear in recent months this naturists are probably the relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of bangor la. i hope he's in tunisia maybe he's in hospital or maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they say hope dies last b

mohammad and his friends have been taking photos of unidentified bodies that have been popping up across lee beer in recent months this naturists are probably the relatives most realistic hope of finding closure but even after sifting through them many managed to retain hope like this man whose brother disappeared on the front lines of banter about. i hope he's in tunisia maybe he's in hospital maybe he's lost his memory or has no way of contacting us. they see dies last. it's still alive even if many people aren't. artsy tripoli hospital for the libyan uprising that began in february and ended in october as one of the top ten the vents and the that shaped almost all year broadcasting for us. the civil war saw a nato led coalition intervene with thousands of deadly strikes which frequently cause civilian casualties and his reform covered revolution from inside libya looks back on her experience. we arrived in libya in the evening this is how you'd expect this kind of story to start but actually we crossed that unusual border when the sun was too high. our driver told us to be careful we

and its allies impose more sanctions on tack runs crude oil experts dr saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says it would be foolish for the u.s. to push iran to such measures. but i think any. hostility against iran and that's basically what and or the embargo would be. would force iran to take retaliatory measures and that would indeed create a very difficult situation globally because that would mean the halt of oil exports from the middle east the iranians are quite capable of closing the strait of hormuz and i think that the americans know that quite well iraq's defense capabilities are are very different from what they were ten fifteen twenty years ago and the iranians of course hope that the americans don't. act foolishly but americans do seem to be hating in a very irrational manner and dragging the region towards a very dangerous situation informative critical and analytical r.t. is available for you twenty four hours a day on air and online check out our website at r t dot com waiting there for you right now. aiming high russia is on its way to joining the wor