for "nightline," muhammad lila many afghanistan. >> thanks for the brave reporting there for muhammada. thank you for

muhammad grew up on chicago's south side, a member of the first generation of african americans born after the victories of the civil rights movement. he's the author of this award-winning book, "the condemnation of blackness", which brings the past to bear on race, crime and the making of urban america, and connects today's headlines to their deep roots. he was teaching history at indiana university when the new york public library asked him to head the schomburg center for research in black culture. >> i decided right after college that there was nothing more important to me than learning about african-american history and culture, really being able to learn firsthand the experiences and contributions that african-americans have made to this country and to the world. >> the schomburg center is known the world over for documenting the history of all peoples of african descent, with a special emphasis on the story of african-americans. among its ten million items are classic works crystallizing that experience. >> there are many books in this collection that span centuries. i happen

thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> khalil muhammad, thanks for joining us. >>t's en great. >> that's it for this week. at our website, billmoyers.com, you'll find analysis of the supreme court's latest decisions -- including their ruling on president obama's health care law. that's at billmoyers.com. see you there and see you here, next time.

our muhammad lila is with us tonight. here is his exclusive reporting tonight. >> reporter: we set out at sunrise. the mission, help the afghan army reclaim the valley from the taliban. walking through this valley, it's clear this is an afghan led mission. it's their strategy and it's their fight. it didn't take long for the fight to find us. [ gunfire ] we were walking through the valley when suddenly we started hearing gunshots and loud explosions. we believe we may have walked into a bit of an ambush. possibly now, we're caught in the crossfire. we can hear the gunshots coming from up there on that ridge. what you hear on this side -- [ gunshots ] -- that's the afghan army. they are leading this fight. they are the ones returning the fire. >> where's that coming from? >> reporter: with mortars and heavy machine gun fire surrounding us, american soldiers get involved. >> i think they're up there. >> reporter: but they aren't in charge of this fight. the afghans are. the americans are hoping they can handle it on their o

abdul muhammad earned little income in the five years before he turned to farming. he says government officials have not kept their promise to build irrigation facilities and provide the seeds for crops. he has seven children to feed. he says he had little choice but to grow poppies and sell them to the taliban. >> translator: we don't care who buys the poppies. my children would starve to death if i didn't grow the plants. >> reporter: muhammad says public servants and wealthy afghans steal much of the international aid. and people like him are left struggling just to get by. >>> he dropping by our studio to give us insight on the karzai government, here he is in conversation with our gene otani. >> we just saw in your report, some afghans, not getting aid at all, are turning to growing opium poppies. where is all of the money going? it is going to where international donors fear it is going. the corruption in afghanistan says it reaches all the way up. >> i have cases from the government, from the governor of provinces, the most corrupt country, you know, in the w

abc's muhammad lila was imbedded with the troops. >> reporter: we set out at sunrise. the mission, help the afghan army regain this region from the taliban. >> that was a taliban flag in the village. >> reporter: this is an afghan-led mission. it's their strategy and their fight. didn't take long for the fight to find us. we were walking through the valley, when we suddenly heard gunshots and loud explosions. we believe we may have walked into a bit of an ambush. possibly now caught in the cross fire. we can hear the shots coming from behind that ridge. that's the afghan army. they are leading this fight. they are the ones returning the fire. with mortars and heavy machine gunfire surrounding us, american soldiers get involved. >> there has to be somebody up there. >> reporter: they aren't in charge of this fight. the afghans are. the americans hoping they can handle it on their own. with casualties mounting, tempers flare. afghans argue and fight among themselves. in the end, the afghans realize they still need american help. they demand american fighter jets bail the

mu muhammad morrissey is a member of the muslim brotherhood. the brotherhood policy positions include restrictions like banning alcohol and forcing women to cover up in public but the new egyptian president appears to be taking a moderate approach. wendell goler is live at the u.s. state department. given his party does it appear he wants to turn egypt into a religious state? >> the hope is no. and muhammad morrissey intends to run a secular state but the brotherhood wouldn't field candidates in the presidential and parliamentary elections. >>> fox news's kt mcfarland says we pretty much have to give the brotherhood a chance. >> if we cut off relation with egypt, that may be cutting off our nose to spite our face. as egypt goes, the region will go. the most populous and historically significant country. the other countries will look to egypt to see what direction they government in other. >> some analysts think egypt's secular society will outweigh the tendencies of the islam brotherhood if for no other reason to guarded tourism city. >> the br

muhammad is depicted in certain contexts. there were illustrated histories which show the life of muhammad. then in the poetic context, really in mystical poetry, we find depictions of this mirage, the night journey, and he's riding on a human-headed horse up to heaven. these were images that were painted by muslim painters for muslim patrons. so it was completely within a muslim context that they were done. there was nothing untoward at all about them. what i would hope is that people would understand that although the religion infuses all of these lands and these historical periods that regions were individual, and regions had particular styles. and also the commonality with mankind, which is that we all have -- we all eat and have bowls to eat from, we all, you know -- there are so many things that are common to all of us, and to think of things in that way, i think, humanizes the religion and humanizes the objects to people who are not familiar with it. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us

muhammad runs a company in malaysia that produces 120 different kinds of cosmetics and health foods. because liquor is prohibited in islam, all the beauty products are made without the addition of any alcohol. >> if you're a muslim, you want to use things that comply to the requirements of the sharia. and if you use it, you use it without any worries. >> reporter: muhammad set up her business six years ago. now she's hoping to expand globally. even before it goes online, salamworld has begun registering users. mohammed signed up straightaway so she can set up a page for her business. >> very nice. gives us a possibility of interacting within the community that we want to serve. so this is a very good focus. >> reporter: but salamworld's goals extend far beyond the world of business. >> translator: we want to create a site on the internet that is for all muslims, a place that's safe, a place where people can feel at peace. you could say we want to create our own country in cyberspace. >> reporter: in the past two years, internet use among young muslims has spread like wildfire. since

. >>> and what about world that possibly muhammad ali would be showing up as well? earp are i knew his brother was coming. and there's been some talk that he may be involved somehow in the torch in the ceremony behind me. we still donnell know for sure who is going to light the flame, but there has been talk that muhammad ali could somehow be involved. >> jim, thanks. good to see you. >>> olympic athletes are thinking about the food to eat, but one muslim is deciding whether to eat at all. >> reporter: she's the first woman from the united arab emirates to qualify for the olympic games outright. for this 17 years old, competing in london will be the chance of a lifetime, but beating her opponents isn't her only hurdle. she's wrestling with a bigger obstacle. this year the olympics fall during ramadan, the holiest month in islam, which means abstaining from food and water from duan to dusk, and fahad didn't know what to do. >> translator: fasting is a must, but it's our first time in the olympics, and this is our chance. ramadan just happened to be tamed as the compe

we are told the man who was leading egypt, senior general there actually saluted muhammad morsi. it's unclear whether the army will take orders from now president morsi. the egyptian military has close ties to the united states and receives $1.2 billion a year in u.s. military aid and the army controls a lot of parts of the egyptian economy. that's very significant. what it looks like for right now, or what the u.s. is hoping for is morsi continues its control over stuff at home and the other maintains control of foreign policy. when she was sworn in, tens of thousands of people, mostly a hard line islamic crowd but a muslim brotherhood presence. there was a tense moment when muhammad morsi's security detail had to be pushed aside so he could wave out to the crowd. in a large and resounding speech, he would say israel would keep all the agreement. that was a symbol of the accord so significant to the middle east. he said he was going to be the president to all egyptians but especially egyptian christians are very, very nervous. as of now, it looks like the army has won the first

muhammad fidel hami joins me from cairo. is there any movement in getting these folks released? >> i just got off the phone with the head of security. he told me that his phone is off the hook as he is trying to negotiate the release of the hostages with elderly -- with mediators between the authorities and the kidnappers. he is positive that the situation will be resolved shortly. and we are following the story very closely in order to see if there's any progress that we can bring to you. >> have they actually been in touch with the bedouin kidnappers do you know? >> yes, they've been in touch for the past two days since the incident happened on friday. and i got in contact with the kidnapper yesterday. he confirmed that the hostages are safe and unharmed. and he is actually considering them guests of his but vowed to kidnap other tourists if authorities do not release his uncle who he claims is free from drug charges. >> what can you tell me about the area where they are? have you confirmed that they're still in the area where they were abducted? >> yes, the authorities say th

one minute i'm with muhammad ali, next minute i'm in philadelphia playing in the all-stars game.er minute i'm rehearsing for the opening ceremony. then i'm at number 10. >> reporter: number 10, as in downing street, where he'll be meeting with the prime minister. >> it's not every day that you are able to be part of the opening ceremony of the olympics in a part of london where you grew up. >> reporter: beckham's week reaches its pinnacle in two nights as a star and director of danny boyle's show piece opening ceremonies, a role so secret olympic sources say no one could guess. how did you feel when they asked you to be a part of the opening ceremonies and were you surprised when they asked you what role you were doing? >> i was surprised, because i kind of didn't expect it and, you know, i'm very, very honored to be a part of what actually i'm doing -- >> reporter: which you can't say. >> which i can't say. like i said, i'd love to. but you know, it is a surprise. >> reporter: so, will you be nervous when it actually happens? >> very, of course. >> reporter: could you mess it up

. >> reporter: legendary boxing promoter don king offered him millions to fight muhammad ali, stevensond him down saying what is $1 million against # million cuban whose love me. it may be hard to fathom, the same spirit is shared by these young cubans we met working out in the hot havana sun making due with the equipment that they have. we found this young olympic hopeful pounding a punching bag held together with duct tape. what do you make of these training facilities? they're trying to improve them. i can see some of the bags with holes in them. >> reporter: they can't be bad, he says, if they trained all those olympic champions here. >> reporter: do you think it will change your life here in cuba if you go to the olympics if you become an olympic gold medalist. under the watchful eye of his minders, he tells us it will support the glory of my country. that gold medal glory is also the hope of little albert, who trains two hours a day with his father, who is also a boxer. how long before he becomes an olympic champion? >> how long before? >> yeah, how many years? >> how many years?

look at muhammad ali. are you concerned about brain damage? the beginning of my career until now. i'm talking better now than when i first started boxing. if you think about the whole scenario. i speak better now than i did when i first started. >> there you go. >> that aches what's make news

. >> i am the cleaner who thought muhammad ali. >> reporter: he debuted that character on the sitcom all in the family. sherman hemsley played george jefferson. no cause of death has been announced he was 74. >>> ed lee said today that the city has reached its goal of finding summer jobs for 5,000 people. lee made that announcement as holis arrived for a round table talk. >>> san francisco and china today entered a new agreement to boost business and trade between the two regions. ed lee and gavin newsom were in attendance. >>> anne ruben tells us about a new plan to allow library patrons to view pornography in privacy. >> reporter: you may never know what the person next to you is looking up online, they would like to keep it that way. >> you see a lot of people looking at porn and such. >> reporter: adrian dumaje is a new fan of the new screens. >> it seems kind of sick of people doing that in a public environment. people don't get on the bus and read hustler in front of everybody. >> reporter: 18 of these privacy screens have been installed. the library says these screens are an a

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muhammad ali then known as cassius clay won boxing gold. and an australian smashed the world record in the process. but for today's post cut, allen johnson remembers one who showed the world a clean pair of heels at the 1960 olympic games. >> when the modern olympics team here, they play themselves out in an ancient setting and those 1960 games are best remembered for the marathon which finished in this place in the shadow of the coliseum. and among those lining up at the start was a small unknown ethiopian. the only thing remarkable about him at that moment was the fact that he had no shoes on. he was going to run the olympic marathon in bare feet. but this was baby bak irk la and he was about to show the world what he could do, shoe or no shoe. and there was some symbolic edge in what was going to happen. back in the days of the dictator loose lena, italian troops had occupied ethiopia, but here in rome in a new post-war italy, a -- he would steal the olympic show. the race was a runner's night in someplaces, soldiers lit the way with bur

look at muhammad ali. are you concerned about brain damage? the beginning of my career until now. i'm talking better now than when i first started boxing. if you think about the whole scenario. i speak better now than i did when i first started. >> there you go. >> that aches what's make news in america this morning. thanks so much for watching. in america this morning. thanks so much for watching. >> stay tuned for "good m captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

abdul muhammad earned little income in the five years before he turned to farming. he says government officials have not kept their promise to build irrigation facilities and provide seeds for alternative crops. he has seven children to feed. he says he had little choice but to grow poppies and sell them to the taliban. >> translator: we don't care who buys the poppies. my children would starve to death if i didn't grow the plants. >> reporter: mohammed says public servants and wealthy afghans steal much of the international aid. and people like him are left to struggle just to get by. >> earlier, i spoke with hideki yui, nhk's correspondent in cab pumhe was back in tokyo to cover the international donor's conference. they are turning to like growing opium, poppies. where is all the money going? >> well, it's going where international donors fear it's going. those looking into corruption in afghanistan said it reaches all the way up. >> i have two cases from two ministers, very serious cases. i have cases from the government -- from the governor of provinces. the mo

christian monasteries were protected as holy places by the prophet muhammad, dall'oglio says. and this one harkens back to a tradition he calls abrahamic hospitality. >> these people have been in the same villages working with the same people for 14 centuries. we are together in front of god and recognize each other as believers. in the islamic town, these muslim, christian and jewish, they worship god in a kind of choir. >> father paolo encourages visits from the dialogue with muslims, many of whom joined christian visitors in the climb up 347 stairs to the monastery. some like scholar atas gomul, exploring aspects of islam's relationship with judahism and christianity stay for a while to conduct research in the growing library. >> i was surprised to find so many books about islam in a christian monastery. i think it is very good to have a dialogue between the religions, to respect each other and to love one another. politics always seems to take precedence over religious dialogue. >> father paolo has big plans to continue the dialogue. he's expanding guest facilities and bui

enough is one of the most important share shrines as it is believed to hold the relics of prophet muhammad's granddaughter just a year ago it was inundated with bill grams but after several worshippers lost their lives in the suicide bombing that is now closed some believe the attacks against iraqis in syria may also be driven by sectarian division most iraqis a shia most travels a sunni a u.s. based shia group has just published a statement calling on the united nations to intervene according to our sources and see. thousands of shia muslims are in danger of massacred by the free syrian army and groups affiliated with them she writes watch has learned from many shia muslims living in the area that the free syrian army has threatened to massacre all the shia in the area unless they flee yet not everybody is scary the way. a sunni syrian and an m a share iraqi have been neighbors and friends for seven years ever since the killing of animals has been forced here to leave iraq they say we want freedom what freedom do you want in syria mosques you have girls with their heads covered and girls wi

obviously, it had everything, james bond, the queen, the sex pistols, sheep, muhammad ali, music, alsort, four decades worth of british music throughout this show. what a spectacular extravaganza. one of the best moments, olympic rings joined to form the olympic rings and was raised above the stadium, showing sparks over the stage. danny boyle showed his directing chops with a short movie that involved james bond and the queen. it was a little weird because it went from daylight to nighttime, but we can't be too picky, then sir paul mccartney singing "hey jude." a couple performers, some still very energized. >> this is my first olympic games, and i was just so thrilled. it was just like an amazing experience. you just had this chill kind of running through your bones that we're actually here, you know in there was a moment shannon and i were standing in the middle, fireworks were going off, started screaming like little schoolgirls. it was awesome. >> when team usa was chanting together walking in and you walk into this huge stadium and the crowd and the music, that and probably the e