sometimes by muslims. we have to be consistent in condemning hateful rhetoric in violence against everyone, and that includes against muslims here in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> none of us can be silent. we can't be bystanders to bigotry. together we've got to show that america truly protects all fait faiths, which brings me to my next point. as we protect our country from terrorism, we should not reinforce the whered and the rhetoric of the terrorists themselves. i often hear it said that we need more clarity. the suggestion is somehow that if i would simply say these are all islamic terrorists, then we would actually assault thave so problem by now apparently. i agree we do need moral clarity. let's have some moral clarity. groups like -- groups like isil are desperate for legitimacy. they try to portrait themselves as religious leaders and holy warriors who speak for islam. i refuse to give them legitimacy. we must never give them that legitimacy. [ applause ] they're not -- they're no

sometimes by muslims. we have to be consistent in condemning hateful rhetoric and violence against everyone, and that includes against muslims here in the united states of america. [applause] so, none of us can be silent. we can't be bystanders to bigotry. and together we've got to show that america truly protects all faiths. which brings me to my next point. as we protect our country from terrorism, we should not reinforce the ideas and rhetoric of the terrorists themselves. i often hear it said that we need more clarity in this fight. the suggestion is some how that if i would simply say these are all islamic terrorists, thin we would actually have solved the problem by now, apparently. well, i agree with actually do need moral clarity. let's have moral clarity. groups like isil are desperate for legitimacy. they try to portray themselves as religious leaders and holy warriors who speak for islam. i refuse to give them legitimacy. [applause] we must never give them that legitimacy. [applause] we're not--

these mainstream muslim organizations that increase the profile of anti-muslim organizations. what muslim groups were saying in their messages. you may not be able to read this. on the top, this is the number of press releases per day from 2001 to 2003. you can see it was very common for organizations to dispatch press releases that condemned anti-muslim sentiment. these were things like the crimes against muslims, controversies about whether obama should be able to pray an airport, so on and so forth. many organizations were critical about these types of issues. of thewer line shows all press releases that were picked that condemned anti-muslim sentiment. you can see the majority of their voice in the media was condemning anti-muslim sentiment. this tag here describes the number of press releases that condemned terrorism. theps of al qaeda, then first and foremost organization. sliver, describes the number of press releases by mainstream muslim organizations that received any media coverage. you can imagine for a moment that you are an american with very little information ab

and non-muslim alike. troubleles there is a large number of people who do think this is god's will to make everyone conform to sharia and use whatever techniques, violent kind expressed by groups or other types, something called hidrum conization or stelfi that the muslim brotherhood calls civilization jihad deaf it is an arrangement that will govern the entire planet. we are in the way. >> armstrong: they want all these things, all the things that frank mentioned. are we allowing this to happen through our laws? through how we monitor this? financial institutions? government? leadership? how are we making this possible lifetime but many lifetimes to come. >> we are facilitating this, u.s. government is helping this to spread because of perversion of how we do intelligence and analyze the enemy. everybody knows if you want to win the war, you have to know why you are fighting and who the enemy is. for many years now, this isn't just t t obama administration. this started unfortunately under the bush admini

you don't need a muslim culprit to usher in legislation that focuses just on muslims. that attack was committed by a handful of white males who conspired. so they introduced legislation that focused specifically on muslim americans. even though the culprit was a white christian >>> talking about something that has happened in this neighborhood, the surveillance activities that were carried out by former police commissioner, not only new york but elsewhere, can you tell me about the personal impact that that program which i understand has been discontinued but when it was in progress, did the do any good and how much harm did the do? >> tremendous harm to the psyche of the new york metro area muslim, community family. there were actually secret surveillance and msas, muslim student associations, so organizations in the city, the city of new york system. 18 year old kids. how would you like it if your kid belonged to a muslim organization in school, just like you can be part of a christian or jewish jewish, but how would you like spies spying on your kid without represen

and i think probably more reasonable to say they didn't knowingly meet a muslim because muslims have been in the united states since the beginning of our history as many of you probably know. but nevertheless, an event of the scale of 9/11 surely would provoke some type of back lash. interestingly what we see is actually an uptick in positive sentiment toward muslims and specifically muslim americans after the 9/11 attacks. we don't see a steady growth, kind of wave like growth of antimuslim sentiment from 9/11 on. in fact, if we go back to the immediate aftermath of 9/11, prominent republicans such as george w. bush were, in fact, outwardly going out of their way to say islam is a religion of peace, were criticizing various evangelical leaders who had said a variety of disparaging things about muslims, and this image here is bush meeting with numerous leaders of muslim american organizations among them the current leader on the council of american islamic relations, an organization which now faces pervasive allegations it tacitly condones terrorism. i'll say more about that in a lit

muslim american -- a muslim american designed the skyscrapers of chicago. in 1957 when dedicating the islamic center in washington, d.c., president eisenhower said i should like to assure you my islamic friends that under the american constitution and in american hearts this place of worship is just as welcome as any other religion. [ applause ] and perhaps the most pertinent fact muslim americans enrich our lives today in every way. there are neighbors, the teachers who inspire our children, the doctors who trust us with our health, future doctors like saba, scientist who is win nobel prizes. young entrepreneurs creating new technologies that we use all the time. they're the sports heroes we cheer for like mohammad ali and kareem abdul-jabbar. hakeem. when team usa marches into the next olympics, one of the americans waving the red, white and blue will be a fencing champion wearing her hijab. she is here today. stand up. come on. [ cheers and applause ] i told her to bring home the gold. [ laughter ] not to put any pressure on you. muslim americans keep us

new found pressures on muslim americans. we take a deeper look at the struggles to protect their rapidly changing image nationwide and in the media. we begin breaking news out of north korea which says they have successfully launched a long rage rocket. media made a statement about the launch just a few minutes ago. >> translation: our astronaut has ejected a satellite into the orbit. it happened at 9.09 on 7 february. the earth observation satellite was precisely injected into the global orbit >>> analysts suspect north korea was actually testing a ballistic missile something banned. last month they claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. our correspondent gives us more >> reporter: we have the announcement claiming success, a turning point in the national security was the phrase that stood out to me is there is some linkage there, which they call a peaceful satellite launch but they're linking it to national security. north korea keen to point out that its nuclear program and missile program are designed to defend itself a

he is calling on only on american muslims to get involved, but muslims around the world with respecto isis. --ernments foundations governments, foundations, everybody else. shadi: that gets me nervous. he said this in previous speeches. there's an implication that we, as muslims, by virtue of the muslim,- of being means we have a special responsibility to condemn. nobody should have to condense something just because they happen to be born muslim. charlie: but if you also believe they are hijacking your religion , you clearly want to speak out and say this is not islam, don't you? that, and ifort muslims want to take the initiative as they do throughout the world, that is something that is to be encouraged. but the idea of communal responsibility, just because you are a member of a particular group, you have to say certain things? that's problematic. that contributes to the sense that there is something wrong with us as a muslim community. that we have pockets of extremism in the u.s. committee. -- community. that is not the case. there is no community where there's a bunch of people

we had seen as a rise in tide of anti-muslim bigotry and anti-muslim hate crimes and discrimination, in the last two months alone since the horrific attacks in paris, we've seen nearly 70 hate crimes targeting americans simply based on their faith and anti-muslim bias. so we believe the president's leadership encouraging our fellow americans to embrace our religious freedom and reminding them that muslims have been a part of america since our nation's founding was absolutely crucial. >> rose: do yo shadi, tuning ths will change anything? >> the symbolism of obama being in a mosque and speaking directly to muslim americans and saying quite powerfully you belong here, you are muslim and american and we need to embrace that as a country. so i think that message was important. he clearly knew his audience. he made an interesting comment about muslim characters on tv only being -- only having roles relating to national security. you know, as someone who likes watching shows like homeland, you know, you can't help but notice that we as muslims are either fighting terrorism or the terrorist

a bad muslim woman. and not just here, in the u.s., but across the world. >> hinojosa: you know what? i'm not sure if you've been called a bad muslim woman... >> many times. >> hinojosa: you have, but the fact is that you... in a lot of ways, what you want us to do is you want us to get a broader sense of what's really going on, the conversation of this community. and so you do reveal things that are not talked about a lot, and you do take a position that is not talked about a lot, and you take a lot of criticism because of that. one of the things that has been fascinating for me to watch as you talk about it is this statistic that i learned, which is that 86% of egyptian women say that they have been groped or somehow sexually assaulted just by being out. >> see, that statistic that you mention speaks to the hypocrisy of tying religion to the way a person looks, because it has nothing to do with the way a woman dresses. the fact that every two minutes in the u.s., a rape is reported... and that has noth

of these, ten are muslim. the largest of these are hui. ( man delivering sermon ) narrator: although the hui have their own autonomous region in ningxia, other autonomous regions like xizang, or tibet, speak distinct languages. many in xinjiang, like the uighurs, speak turkic languages. many of these muslims feel oppressed by china for cultural and economic reasons. some seek a breakaway state of east turkistan. some have used violence, and the chinese government tries to crush their movement. hui are loyal chinese and are found throughout china. they speak the dominant languages of the places where they live. now we get into the issue of race and ethnicity. many people, uh, believe that, uh, these are... this is a group of people that is really of han chinese race but islamic religion. the hui themselves don't see it that way. they see themselves as the descendants of the earliest muslims in china, who were arabs, persians, turks, some mongolian muslims and others. narrator: geographer chai yangwei grew up ne

it's really quite risky, quite scary for people, especially muslim activists and lawyers, to provide aid to people accused by the government of materially supporting terrorism, to provide legal networks, financing for them, a support network and infrastructure so the u.s. government's goal of disappearing them, having us forget they even exist. the two organizations who have sponsored this event tonight our organizations i have really come to know very well over the past year. they're doing brave and important work. without them, many of the people targeted by the u.s. government would have no defenses. one of the things i think about quite a bit and i debate with myself quite a bit about and go back and forth on is when i think about these issues of civil liberties, abuses, the like. whether or not there is really anything unique about the way in which primarily muslim americans and others in the united states have been targeted with this kind of persecution. as alluded to earlier tonight, the history of the united states is one that has a continuous stream of minority groups who ha

anti-muslim bias. we believe that the president's and encouraging our fellow americans to embrace religious freedom. it was absolutely crucial. >> there wasn't anything particularly new or interesting there. but there was something important about the symbolism of it. obama in a mosque speaking directly to muslim americans. point powerfully. you belong here, you are muslim and american. we need to embrace that as a country. he clearly knew his audience. commentsn interesting about muslim characters on tv only having roles relating to national security. as someone who likes watching shows like homeland, you can't help but notice that we as muslims are either fighting terrorism or we are the terrorists. the symbolism of statements like that really connects to an american muslim audience that would have an effect on the broader american public. we are at a point in this country where we are so polarized that if you are ready have negative feelings about muslims nothing obama says is going to change her mi

you're not muslim or american, you're muslim and american. >> reporter: part what have brought mr.bama to baltimore, heightened islam phobia from paris and san bernardino. >> as muslim americans, you have another concern, that's your entire community so often is targeted or blamed for the violent acts of the very few. >> reporter: mr. obama slammed anti-muslim rhetoric from leading republican presidential candidates, a major issue for many of the muslims in the audience, including mohamed. who is work with young children leaves him concerned. >> they don't understand. >> reporter: though the president has been to mosques while overseas this is the first time in his seven-rear presidency that he visited an american mosque. that's too long. >> i think that the speech is complicated. a lot of it was for political reasons, and i think that all of america could have benefited from hearing it a lot sooner >> reporter: though it was a long time coming, most were overjoyed, especially recounting mr. obama's role in history, brought from africa as slaves, and continuing through the early da

and what's really amazing about the persecution of muslims and the attack on civil liberties and the united states is the magnitude of it is so great that it really is a case in almost every single city i have been to there are people there to meet who have been directly harmed by these kinds of travesties. a lot of times when i get to the city, i am not even aware there are people in those places come it's just that they are so common that it ends up in a most every place i go these experiences happen. lastto give an example, week i spoke to the university of missouri law school, in columbia, missouri, a pretty small typical american college town. unbeknownst to me prior to my arrival, that happens to be the moo livese dr. i waableo meet h son and n-in-lawnd hear out his truly amazi and gennely disturng expernce. was a student who decided to come to the united states to pursue a phd in nuclear engineering. he arrived at the university of missouri to study and obtained his phd and decided along with his wife he wanted to stay in the united states and work in the united states rather

. -- by anti-muslim organizations. the debate has not gone in britain for much longer. youyou fix that and how rebuff that kind of xenophobia -- not aware of any kind of magic solution. but again, from european colleagues i have heard it similar processes are in play in europe. perhaps the solution could be similar in europe. which is to say that french muslims and british muslims need to more forcefully condemn terrorism in an emotional manner. they can benefit from the shared solidarity. >> i hope it's not too long. read,ouple books i've most of them women. sherrie, i can think of her name. she works for american enterprise. these books, at least the two authors on thinking of, very vividly describe what it is like for women. mutilation, all that. it is really tough to read. i think an underground group of women that are tuning into this and then extrapolating to islam broadly. i think that has not been, at least i'm not aware of it being countered, or even how it could be countered. i'm wondering if you have a comme

he' s kind of had to maneuver allegations of being a muslim while standing up for muslims. fernando: that' s kind of a funny phrase in itself. no one says allegations, like no one says allegations of being a catholic or anything like that. so, when you look forward, how will this rhetoric impact america? how do you think this rhetoric gets dialed back? anushay: so i think the and i are talking about it. the fact that mainstream media is asking, how do muslims feel? is this true? yes, there is some uncomfortable questions and stereotypes that are being raised in the midst of all of this, but i think there is a silver lining, which muslim americans are coming forth. we' re saying, "no, this is not we' ever, and we' re kind of you can' t be dismissive of the fact that the president of the united states spent over 40 minutes at a mosque preaching love, respect. it' s important. fernando: so, this is kind of almost a technical question, i guess, but where he spoke, women are not allowed to speak. so, how should we interpret that as americans? the president of the united states g

. >> you're not muslim and american, you're muslim american. >>> another round of storm damage from the deep south to upstate new york, freezing rain stretching across a big part of the u.s. and. >> i want everybody who is responsible for this fiasco to be held accountable. i'm not protecting anybody. >> looking for answers, members of congress express their anger about flint, michigan's water crisis. we begin tonight in new hampshire where the democratic presidential candidates have faced tough questions from voters. hillary clinton and bernie sanders were at a town hall just six days before the primary. sanders said clinton was only a progressive on some days. how was that addressed flit ton? >> reporter: that was certainly addressed tonight. these two democrats, bernie sanders an independent here they have known each other for 20 years. they are friends. so certainly this is not something particularly contentious. they definitely disagree on things but it's nothing like you see on the other side of the aisle, right? but this sticking point about progressiveness is something that came

>> i'm no shot sure what happened muslims that believe in that shy a in the largest organized muslimzation in the country we believe response to this campaign at true islam.com where we have 11 points that the extremists use to do radicalized muslims. >> you are tryingrm young muslims how they start to get you? >> absolutely. what we're asking americans to do and we sent a letter to 2100 imams across country and inviting them to endorse these. i invite this imam and all across the country. >> you sheriff's department light to young muslims how it starts. they don't realize when people are starting to radicalized them. you were there, you said on this program we go to the mosque to pray, megyn. we go to the mosque to pray. do you think maybe there was more harm than good done here by the choice of this particular mosque. given the former imam there? >> well, megyn, president obama came to this mosque to cultivate muslim american voters for the upcoming presidential election. he gaining further from the 90's. there may have been problems with the mosque. the point is this is election y

you are eye good muslim who sends out christmas cards?s, why not. >> in her holiday greetings, she reminds her friends of the close connection between islam and christianity. >> his name will be christ, jesus, the son of mary held in honor in this world and thereafter. >> from the koran. >> from the koran, the chapter 3.45. >> here in cedar rapids, the faithful have long lived and even died in harmony. divisions were few, the cemeteries were generation after generation of muslims, chews, czechs and bohemian honored their bed all lying next to each other. along with the calm has been the sound of success . this company cedar graphics, started as a print shop tucked in the back of his grandfather's grocery. it's hard to believe that from those kinds of roots you end up with something like this. >> well mark i gran grandfathers an entrepreneur. >> today the business employs 100 in suburban cedar rapids and just bought out another iowa company. >> i can credit my grand father for a lot of that because he had the entrepreneurial spirit. >> so

muslims. it was and given recent incidents and the tenor of current political debate it was appreciated, though there was a wish that it had come sooner. 00-:25 :25-:32 :32-1:42 the president met with muslim-american leaders from around the country at the islamic society of baltimore, then following the meeting he spoke at the society's mos que telling them an attack on one faith is an attack on all. mr. obama has appeared at mosques elsewhere and has made similar remarks on other occasions, but yhis was his first visit to an american mosque, a elfass: "as a muslim i felt honored and humbled that the president of the united states actually went to a mosque." the president's remarks come at a time when the presidential campaign and the shooting incident in southern california have raised fears of a backlash against american muslims. obama: "recently we've heard inexcuseable political rhetoric against muslim americans that has no place in our country." elfass: "as an american i'm proud of our pr

next at noon: misunderstanding muslims. in my special report, i'm taking a look at what many see as unfair sterotypes for a growing part of the muslims pkg but muslims make up a growing part of the roanoke community. in my report, i found out that education could be the key to uniting all faiths, and stereotypes. roanoke is hundreds of miles away from the united nations. yet, it offers its own welcoming commitee for people from all nationalities and religious backgrounds, including muslims. local colors executive director beth lutjen says they've long been a part of our community. beth lutjen/local colors executive director: it's not that in the last few years, muslims have first come to america. muslims have been here for many, many, many years. they are a part of the american story." that story includes roanoke's masjid- an- nur mosque, whose founding members were u- s army veterans. that's a little known fact its assistant imam, arthur mcdonald brought to our attention when we sat down with him. mcdonald's married, with

you're not muslim or american, you're muslim and american. >> part of what brought mr. obama to the mosque, heightened islamophobia and attacks in paris and san bernardino. >> you're worried about the threat of terrorism but on top of that as muslim americans you also have another concern, that is your entire community so often is targeted or blamed for the violent acts of the very few. >> mr. obama slammed antimuslim rhetoric from leading republican presidential candidates, a major issue for many muslims in the audience, including naeen mohammed, whose work with young children leaves him concerned. >> they don't know how to separate what a politician might say. from getting elected. >> his first time in search years mr. obama visited a u.s. mosque. at a this is too long. for warda khalid. >> all of america could have benefited from hearing it a lot sooner. >> though i.t. was a long time coming, once it happened, those who heard it were overjoyed. especially welcome mr. obama's account of islam's part of u.s. history, brought over as slaves and continuing to the early d

so are attacks against muslims, the president hoping that his speech sends the message that muslims are truly welcome here >>> still to come, passport to the european union, why serbia is seeing the refugee crisis is an opportunity. plus. why health officials in south korea are raising the alarm over binge drinking. >>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.n. has halted talks in geneva aimed at ending the war in syria. syr syria's government and opposition are blaming each other of the collapse after two days. wikileaks founder will hand himself over to authorities on friday if experts decide his detention is lawful. the president obama has used his first visit to a mosque in the u.s. to take a stand against bigotry. a growing crisis in fallujah. the city is controlled by i.s.i.l. they have cut off a supply by cutting a key bridge. the siege is making it difficult for civilians to get food and medicine. imran khan has this report. >> reporter: although it is not a humanitarian disaster yet there is real concern that the situation could escalate. it is very desperate.

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sehl americans and perceived to be muslims have been targeted as well. i had a chance to meet with some extraordinary muslim americans from across the country that are doing all sorts of work. some of them are doctors, some of them are community leaders, religious leaders, all of them were doing extraordinary work not just in the muslim community, but in the american community and they are proud of their work and business and education and on behalf of social justice and environment and education. i should point out they were all much younger than me which is happening more frequently these days. and you couldn't help but be inspired about the extraordinary work they are doing and you could not help but be heart broken to hear their worries and anxieties, some of them are parents and they talked about how their children were asking are we going to be forced out of the country? are we going to be rounded up? why do people treat us like that? conversations that you shouldn't have to have with children, not in this country and not at this moment. and that's

encourage muslims, talk to muslim leaders. he has a round table here from muslim leaders. he will deliver about a 40 minute address to 200 attendees at this facility behind me. >> ok, mike viqueiraing baltimore, thanks, mike, al jazeera will bring you president obama's remarks at that mosque live around 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> one mosque in wyoming i guess causing controversy with neighbors. a handful of muslims opened the center last year and face intimidation and lack of acceptance. we have the story. >> we had a new mosque open in town, there had never been one in the history of gillette and people contact me through the militia group i belong to. >> when the all white predominantly christian hometown in wyoming had its first mosque open in late 2015, he started a facebook page called stop islam in gillette. it soon attracted 400 members who shared his views that the mosque would foster islamic radicalism and incite terrorism. >> the issue with the mosque is we didn't know who was behind it, who was in it, where it came from.

over 75% of them muslim men. imagine what over 60,000 muslim men in this country would do?ally change the demographics. i ask the question, after every point on this couch was spot on, where are the women's groups? where are the women's magazines pressuring president? we know their own government said they can't vet them. takes two years. at the same time, sandra, we are hearing refugees quote, share our values. booty grabbing as harris said and molesting and assaulting is not sharing our values. harris: that is technical term. andrea: it's a direct threat against the safety of women. look at report catherine herridge did yesterday how isis has over 6,000 u.s. passports? the the technology in china for the holograms, they're getting so good, they're able to produce them and a lot of those isis members will use very good u.s. passports to infiltrate our company, our country, kill americans, assault our women, rape our women and then what? then what do we do? harris: couple points to push here. andrea talked about this. 60,000 in country of 300 million i don't think you can c

or american.uslim you are muslim and american.bara: urging them to have faith in their future as americans, at a time when the future of the country is in flux. barbara plett usher, baltimore. laura: in other news, the iraqi government has begun building a security wall that will surround baghdad. one report said it included the digging of a two meter trench to make it harder for islamic state militants to penetrate the city and carry out car bombings and other attacks. luxembourg has announced measures to mine on asteroids. toy hope to have an access rare resources in space. they will invest in resource projects and set out a legal framework for private operators. today, the world health organization said a reported case of the zika virus was contracted through sexual contact in the u.s. and is raising concern. how countries are responding is one of the topics that the president of columbia, juan presidenttos, and obama will talk about. hasomes at a time that farc ended five decades of conflict. i spoke with president santos. tha

fernando: living with fear and bigotry is a reality for most american muslims. according to a poll released by pew research, almost half of american' s believe that u.s. muslims are anti-american. anushay hossain is a journalist who has dealt with the prejudice. as you know, a tremendous amount of rhetoric, anti-muslim rhetoric, in the campaign right now and lot of people are responding to it negatively and some, unfortunately, positively. how does that impact you, m interested in sort of the human dimension of this, not the abstraction.

muslim-americans. mark albert for cbs news, baltimore. stacey: after his speech, president obama met with some of the schoolchildren on the mosque grounds. steve: a congressional hearing on the water crisis in flint, michigan results in a flood of finger-pointing. the epa says michigan officials ignored federal advice to treat flint's water, resulting in lead contamination. needed to treat flint's drinking water properly, and in informing the public of on-going health risks, have had serious consequences. steve: but a michigan official , says the epa did not display enough urgency, and allowed the problem to fester for months. one of the anti-abortion activists indicted after making undercover videos about planned parenthood has now turned herself in to texas authorities. sandra merritt appeared in a houston courtroom and posted a $2000 bond. the other activist is scheduled to turn himself in tomorrow. both are charged with tampering with a governmental record. stacey: right now at 5:00, the governor o

will tackle it's anti-muslim head on. >>> and tiny luxembourg announces big plans. hello, after three days of talks about talks, syrian government and opposition representatives are heading home from geneva. he said more work needs to be done before the syrian people will see results from the political negotiations. talks will now be on februar february 25th. >> there will be a temporary pause. it did not end, and it is not a failure of the talks. why? they came and they stayed. not only, but both sides insisted on the fact that they are interested. >> james bays is live for us once again in geneva. what are they hoping the two sides are going to achieve during this three-week break? >> felicity, i don't know its anything to do in some ways with what the two sides could do here. it's about what is going on in syria. let me take you back to how the opposition came here. they were told that some of their concerns about the humanitarian situations about detainees were going to be made. they were given assurances that you come here to geneva and something will happen. t