i interviewed about 300 people at muslim heritage, 30 muslim majority countries from afghanistan to molly. i did this to learn about their work combating extremism, their own experiences of persecution at the hands of fundamentalists. the people that i met in these three years were incredibly diverse. that is one of the most important things to note about the project so i interviewed religious scholars and bloggers and housewives and sexual rights activists. i interviewed people who excused themselves to pray in the middle of interviews and other people who posted the birthday of the prophet mohammad with a glass of wine. tremendous diversity. i interviewed an imam's daughter who promotes the un women's rights convention which the u.s. hasn't ratified yet, but she does this believing that the women's rights convention is entirely reconcilable with her own muslim faith. i interviewed maria bashir, the only one chief prosecutor in afghanistan who has 23 bodyguards and despite the threat, despite the actual attempt on her life continues to prosecuting cases of violence against women and corr

representing the muslim community are usually extreme or have links to the muslim brotherhood is the missed organizations which we don't want or believe as many muslims in this country that don't want to evolve and we want to bridge the gap now and have a united front against extremism you can't get something i see it but still tuck in the real core issues of what we form we're going to stay true to ourselves. to actually add a little bruise on your nose did it appear there this has anything to do with you leaving the d l. i've always got proof of my. over the last four and a half years every time i got my house to get confrontation i live in a live in luton town. has been named as the heartland the militant islam in britain and in europe actually where the seven seven seven seven suicide bombers left from it's the fertilizer bomb plot the stock market will be rather close in my hometown so yes all you have been attacked since leaving the english tensely i'm here mostly with i get what i can yes i will get people out of the problem we have. if it was hostile or hostile muslim youth t

now this is the ninth month of the muslim calendar, and the muslim calendar, we must know, is a lunar calendar, so this month obviously rotates in different seasons. and this is the fasting throughout the whole of this month from dawn to dusk, which means from dawn time, the person must not eat- from the time of dawn, he must fast from eating and drinking or any kind of bread and the wrong things: back biting, telling a lie, stealing, and all those kinds of things. so this is the whole month of islam must fast. the fourth pillar is called the zakat, which means sharing one's wealth with the poor, with the needy, and this is the best kind of sharing, and it is on one's annual savings- it is not on the income, it is not a tax, rather, it is a really just obligation for sharing the wealth with those who do not have it from those who have it and who have savings. so it has a different rate according to different kinds of wealth- for example, the gold, the silver- so there are different ways upon each thing. but finally, when we put it in currency terms, it is two and a half percent on you

also the big population muslims in the u.s. white to the peace-loving people are not local to deals the atrocities? and often the issue of authenticity arise is when individuals criticize a certain cultural ideas dealing that secular individuals speaking against muslim fundamentalism were dismissed for not being authentic muslims and if so how do they make their voices heard? >> i was warda there ribby great questions. the with the lack of voices there is no lack of voice is those that do not get the microphone that is part of what my work was about those that may be working in languages other than english the work is not making it here. somebody said what can we do to help? get this people's work from arabic or four c or russian translated heard here that is so important. it is hard even if you write in english even at the anniversary of september september 11th living in the area 10 years after retired wrote the piece why i hate al qaeda. it is a denunciation of this terrorism that has claimed the lives both of the 9/11 attac

this store sells clothes designed by a luxury muslim fashion brand. >> muslim fashion is more modern now and it matches the international trends. >> reporter: more and more young women are wearing muslim fashions, a stylish casual wear. these women came to shop for new clothes, too. >> translator: i can wear these with jeans, unlike traditional muslim fashions, indonesia embraces western culture. it's between east and west. >> translator: nice to meet you. >> reporter: jane is a i think indonesian designer showing the muslim fashion trend. in 2006, she started her own muslim fashion brand aimed at young consumers and her designs are getting attention in indonesia and abroad. models wearing her creations are runway regulars at international fashion shows. >> translator: this one combines an indian motif and one from on old indonesian kingdom. this one was influenced chinese designs with a japanese kimono influence. >> reporter: some muslim fashion companies are selling their clothes online to reach international markets. this dot com produces muslim apparel produced by 83 fashion hous

muslims make the pilgrimage to mecca for hajj. the u.s. is just three days away from losing its ability to borrow money. and with the deadline looming, congress and the white house are racing to reach a deal to raise the debt limit and end the government shutdown. house and senate leaders from both parties will hold another meeting with president obama this afternoon. al jazeera libby casey joins us. and what can we expect from white house and members of congress and has there been any progress? >> now we're getting leaders from each of the bodies, the top folks from the house, the senate, on both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat. that needs major leader harry reid, mitch mcconnell, john boehner and nancy pelosi will be there together. these are the four people along with the president that can make a difference in dealing and negotiating. we're seeing a lot of behind closed door meeting. harry reed and mitch mcconnell met about an hour ago. these are leaders in the senate and have a long history together but have not talked up

and muslims to use the word allah. the word allah is widely used not just in malay language bibles but church services. there are wide church implications at the time low a t although it is just the use of f the allah language in the catholic newspaper. >>> the sirens of the lambs when we come back. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko i'm kim bondy, senior executive >> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. these are your headlines. millions of muslims are gathering for the annual pilgrimage known as hajj. four of those seven aid workers kidnapped in syria are now freed 24 hours after their othe ordeal began. they are abducted after delivering medical supplies. >>> battle over the budget. still no end in sight as the government shutdown is now entering it's third week. >>> the statue of liberty is open to visitors. the state will pay th

ahead - the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood continues in egypt.he last senior figure in hiding has been arrested. a bush crash in india - 44 killed. we'll have the latest from new delhi. >> plus... >> in the ecuadorian amma zone, where the government has given the green light to drill for oil. [ ♪ theme ] >> right now in the democratic republic of congo government troops are shelling the last strong hold of m23 rebels, the fighting is close to the border of rwanda. our reporter has been with the soldiers as they prepare for the final assault. >> they've been fighting hard for days, and they are getting ready to fight again. they are congolese troops and have taken a stripping of towns back from the m23 rebels. they hold one town on the edge of the border. >> these congolese tanks are getting ready to move into position for what the army says is a final push against the m23 rebels. the soldiers are anxious. the morale is high. they've had several victories in recent days. no one knows what will happen next. further back from the front line, here ar

he a muslim who was once an evan evangelical christian. >> when a muslim who starts to write about jesus, all of a sudden the knives comes out. >> the life and times of jesus of nazareth. >>> reza aslan. pleasure to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> look at the conversation you started with this book, "zealot", the life and times of jesus of nazareth. the jesus that so many of us came to know through the bible through pastors was also the jesus of your youth. >> that's right. yeah, when i was 15 years old, i heard the gospel story for the first time. it was a transformative story for me. i didn't grow up with much religious teaching. when we came to the united states to iran, we scrubbed our history, the 1980s was not a time to be of iran ian origin. i was deeply spiritual kid. didn't have much instruction. but maybe what it had to could with childhood images of revolutionary iran, the way in which i experienced in a deep and profound way the way that religion has a power to transform a society for good and for bad. i think that really seared itself in my subconscious because i ha

non-muslims are ineligible to be president or prime minister, for example. in the late '70s a militant resistance, today's taliban, grew to the soviet occupation of neighboring afghanistan, with strong u.s. support, coutts adds. >> so the policy was "stop the darn communists, stop them at any cost." and that's the time these, this brand of islam was, the madrasah, which is a centuries-old institution in islam to teach the koran. many madrasahs became sort of centers for a religious kind of brainwashing for jihad. and with american blessing and support and training and money. our economy became strong. the worst military dictator we had, zia-ul-haq, was kept in power. >> reporter: zia supported the jihadists and also imposed a conservative interpretation of muslim sharia law. most frightening for many even today is a blasphemy law. anyone accused is subject to imprisonment without bail and at least on paper faces a death sentence. this law is commonly used against non-muslims, often to settle personal grudges or business disputes, says roland de souza, partne

it's important that they interact more with muslims. and learn about their food culture. >> reporter: the japanese government will step up tourism promotion across southeast asia. co nhk world, tokyo. >>> meteorologist robert speta is back with the rest of world weather. robert? >> we're continuing to watch danas pull off to the northeast. but there's also several other areas in southeast asia that are really bringing active weather here on a tuesday. we have the remnants of feto, which has caused at least five casualties out of eastern china. five people still missing there. that's still pulling off to the northeast. all that moisture is getting wrapped up with a stationary boundary extending to the north. and you're seeing heavy rainfall across portions of the korean peninsula as well. the good news is all that moisture is pushing off to the east. we haven't seen the impacts in eastern china. it will start to dry out as a high pressure starts to work its way in from the northwest. i wish i could say danas is pulling off to the north.

we found posters that advertise the anti-muslim movement. they called for buddhists to avoid doing business with muslims. some shops are selling t-shirts with that message. >> translator: i want to help make these t-shirts to support my religion. i have seen many buddhists wearing them. >> thank you. >> aspect muslim act vivs are taking a high tech approach too and using social media to spread the word. facebook pages are drawing some vitriolic comments. he doesn't like what he sees. he is the founder working to spread media literacy. he has been traveling around the country teaching locals not to believe everything they see or hear. they are concerned about people who don't have access to the internet yet. he is worried they won't be able to distinguish fact from fiction when they eventually do go online. >> the government doesn't have the diversity and doesn't have the cyber load to control that kind of thing. if you want to find out the solution, we have to educate the people. >> messages of consilliation are beginning to break through. s

in kenya, muslims broke the legs of a pastor.nesia, the world's most populous muslim nation, three girls were beheaded on the way to their christian school. make no mistake, there is an element of radical jihad in this. in guinea, christians were killed. in egypt, 82 churches were attacked, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. earlier this year, i forced the senate to vote to defund the muslim brotherhood, and every democrat -- [applause] and every democrat voted to continue sending your money to the muslim brotherhood. i can tell you one thing and though, as long as i am in the senate, i will fight against sending any money to the muslim brotherhood. [applause] in cameroon recently, two christians were murdered. in iran, american pastor is detained indefinitely, facing physical and psychological torture. they asked him to renounce his faith, the same thing they asked the person before he was killed. i have introduced a resolution that says we should do everything within our power and our voice, from the white house, from the state

all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week of course so that as a collective punishment restrictions. muslim brotherhood or anything but supporters of the interim government say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to hang with them it was three in the thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website announced this week they had to move operations to london juta the escalating crackdown. but rather than stifling the movement mr found his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever the tension he pushing egypt that's a bi

in kenya, muslims broke the legs of a pastor.donesia, the world's most populous muslim nation, three girls were beheaded on the way to their christian school. make no mistake, there is an element of radical jihad in this. in guinea, christians were killed. in egypt, 82 churches were attacked, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. earlier this year, i forced the senate to vote to defund the muslim brotherhood, and every democrat -- [applause] every democrat voted to continue sending your money to the muslim brotherhood. i can tell you one thing, though, as long as i am in the senate, i will fight against sending any money to the muslim brotherhood. [applause] in cameroon recently, two christians were murdered. in iran, american pastor is detained indefinitely, facing physical and psychological torture. they asked him to renounce his faith, the same thing they asked the person before he was killed. i have introduced a resolution that says we should do everything within our power and our voice, from the white house, from the state depa

disbanding the muslim brotherhood itself is a very difficult proposition. but the only way for the army to prevent the brotherhood from marching onto that square and that's the calculation they made. >> tahif brahim. thank you for joining us.(k) a fleeft 31-a 350s, a shuj blow to the airlines boeing, the u.s. company has been struggling since its flagship dreamliner was temporarily grounded due to battery problems. >> the a-350 has just completed its tent flight last month and the development is in full progress towards the launch in 2014. no doubt by 2019 it will be in a fully prepared state. >> police in kenya say last month's attack on the westgate shopping center was planned quite bit ahead. september 6th reconnaissance the siege. they're seen entering a bank and collecting cash to purchase a car. september 21st prevented security forces from getting inside. >>> killing of a muslim cleric in mombasa last week. andrew simmons reports. >> uncovered what should be part of the investigation into the murders much four men, one of -- murders of four men. mom-

>>> a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood continues in egypt. these pictures show one of the last senior figures being arrested. [ ♪ theme ] >> this is al jazeera, live from doha. ahead - liberty at last. four men head home to france after being held by al qaeda for three years. reaction from paris. >> soldiers in the democratic republic of congo try to crush rebels in what they say is their final assault. >> and a bus crash in india - 44 people have been killed. we'll have the latest from new delhi. plus - another senior leader of the muslim brotherhood has been arrested in egypt. this picture is said to show esam el-arian when he was taken from a house in a cairo suburb wednesday morning. he'd been in hiding since the coup in july, which ousted former leader mohamed morsi. esam el-arian was a deputy leader of the muslim brotherhood's political party. we speak to dominique kane who joins us from cairo. what do you know of the circumstances of the arrest, and what is the significance? >> what we understand is in the early hours of the morning th

on the other hand, you've got the muslim groups in the united states, muslim public affairs council, care, muslims of america, but their primary brief has been on civil rights. are people being profiled? are they being -- some of the things that maajid just talked about. and while they give lip service -- more than lip service. they've all decried terrorism saying it's wrong but it's not their daily theme so there live this is big gap and it raises the question why is there not an american you? >> i think there are many reasons for that. you've hit the nail on the head. many muslim community based organizations, their brief has been to defend civil liberties. >> and there's nothing wrong with that. and there is a gap. >> and none of you should thank me for saying you should not be killed. that's not the baseline, that's not the end point. that's the starting point of the conversation. sadly the debate within and among muslim communities ends there rather than starts there. they think by condemning terrorism and the killing of innocents that their duty has been done and the rest of it

myself in public as a muslim.ntil then i was agnostic. it was at the age of 16 i came across a recruiter, a medical student in loined -- london, who pedalled an ideology. >> you became a serious leader of the group, you travelled around the world - to pakistan and egypt to recruit people. >> i cofounded the group in pakistan, denmark and, yes, i ended up in egypt and was part of essentially a drive to spread the revolution aborrow. >> and you were arrested in egypt and put in hosni mubarak's gaols which had a reputation for being horrific. you saw a lot of torture. >> they electrocuted everyone in custody in cairo. people died before our eyes from the wounds inflicted upon them from the torture. we were put into sol itry confinement. >> you spent months in sol itry confinement. >> yes, yes. >> how was the treatment to you specifically? >> i was not electrocuted. i had other british prisoners electro cuted in front of me based on the questions asked of me. i was beaten, sleep deprived but luckily not electrocuted.

all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week of course so that as a collective punishment restrictions. muslim brotherhood also will not lead to anything but supporters of the interim government say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to help with the ministry in the thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website announced this week they had to move operations to london due to the escalating crackdown. but rather than stifling the movement's mystify and his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever the tension in push

education. >> it's for the government to support the muslim children.ecause, you know, muslim community living in a christian environment. >> marginalisation is a reality the students accept. many hope that education may help the children rise above the situation. >> australia's most famous landmark the sydney opera house celebrated its 40th birthday. thousands were there to mark the occasion. it was designed by a danish architect and took more than 14 years and $100 million to build. more than 1 million pieces of tile coat the exterior. the aboriginal dances gave performances near a massive birthday cupcake. >>> a violin believed to be played on the "titanic" as it sank was sold at auction for $1.4 million. it was owned by the bandleader, a victim of the disaster. andrew potter reports. >> corroded by the ocean and no longer playable. it's what the violin represents that makes it of huge value. the initials stand for wallace hartley. he was band leader on the ocean liner "titanic," which so famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. wallace hartley an

he is not taking action those involved in anti-muslim attacks.ntly in [ inaudible ] township, during last three days is going on still, you know, there is no action we can see government is take at all, even [ inaudible ] are encouraging to attacks against muslims in [ inaudible ] township. this what is happening. >> why would they intentionally, the government, stoke this kind of violence and not do anything to stop it? >> well, the governme government -- president say they the government have to play a key role in this reform process. unfortunately, the nationalists groups and some hard liners are, you know, playing the key role to [ technical difficulties ] >> not taking action and allowing to happen this. >> but what is proper action for you? what do you want the government to do? >> well the government have to arrest those who involve in the past since 2012 june and october, where many people were killed by [ inaudible ] and secretive forces. they did not take any action. instead the government is supporting who are, you know, supporting thi

hundreds of muslims are still thought to be hiding in the bush. i am too afraid to go home, said this woman. they killed people. i think five or six people. the attacks coincided with a visit i the -- visited by the president in the scene of the worst sectarian violence last year. this was the first time he had a chance to meet some of the tens of thousands of muslims displaced by the attacks. he had the two -- he had little to offer them though, except for repeated pleas for restraint. arethese repeated attacks dropping a an increasing number of muslims and nothing is being done to help them go home. totead, they are confined primitive camps, living in squalor, and now are subject to a de facto segregation policy which leaves them abandoned and without hope. >> the u.s. congress was a scene of dramatic action today amid a must -- a government shutdown which one to book treasury department and the international monetary fund to issue dire warnings of the potential economic dangers ahead. both institutions are concerned that the current standoff wi

in europe, we are all muslim."hat was the beginning of my awakening as a conscious innocence to associate myself in public. up until that point i was agnostic. it was a vulnerable stage, tender age of 16. i came across a recruiter who pedalled an ideology and war. >> you joined ht, you became a leader of the group and you travelled around the world, in pakistan, going to egypt to recruit people. >> i cofounded the group in britain, pakistan, denmark and i ended up in egypt. i was part of a drive to spread the revolution abroad. >> you were arrested in egypt and put in hosni mubarak's gaols which had a horrific. >> yes. they electrocuted everyone in cairo. people died before our eyes from the wounds inflicted from torture. eventually i was convicted to five years in prison. >> you spent months in confinement. >> yes. specifically? >> i wasn't electrocuted. i had other british prisoners electrocuted in front of me, based upon questions they asked me. i was beaten, and put into solidary confinement. luckily i was not

there have been a series of attacks on muslims celebrating the holiday.getting reports of a bomb insides a mosque in a neighborhood. that's south of the capital of damascus. and a bomb blast at a sunni mosque in the northern city has killed 12 people. the bomb exploded a midst a crowd of worshipers as they left a mosque of after morning prayers. >>> in after began stan a pro provincial governor was killed in a bomb attack during the prayers too, it happened in the eastern province. authorities say explosives were planted inside the mosque where the governor was praying at least 20 others were killed. for more this, jane ferguson is in kabul. jane, tell us what happened. >> well, as you said, steven the governor was attending morning prayers here, it's the first day of the muslim holiday in afghanistan when there was an explosion enough mosque an improvised explosive devise it's thought to have been planted he was killed and the casual any rate is 20 injured. no one else killed beyond the governor at this point. several of those people reported as injured

the side of the muslim brotherhood. >> this administration has so many muslim brotherhood members thatinfluence that they just are making wrong decisions for america. >> and this isn't the only fringe theory about the president that's getting picked up across the country. here's more of jonathan's interview. >> he has done so many things in violation of the constitution. >> reporter: you don't think president obama loves this country? >> not at all. not one bit, not one breath that comes out of his body. >> this man thinks the president doesn't love this country or follow the constitution. that is no mystery where he got that idea. >> this man hates this country. he is the president of a country that clearly, i'm beginning to wonder if he even likes. >> the constitution does not confer this kind of power on the president. >> he's in the process of wreaking as much damage to the constitution as he can get away with. >> the right wing talkers' point is venom into the conservative groundwater. people start to believe it, and it is totally waltzed our political debate. joining me now is jo

they were muslim groups pushing for it. but the government in the last five years decided to put a blanket ban on all non-muslim publications on the usage of the word allah, and that is why christians are now fighting back. they have been using the word without problem for centuries, in fact, without issue. they believe this is a political move by the malay muslim dominated government to boost its islamic credentials among the conservative reporters and also show -- to also push for malay super messy. the government denied it, saying in effect the continued use of this word by christians and non- muslim groups could cause chaos, public disorder. we did see some of this in 2010 when the court ruled in favor of the church, and there were churches firebombed as well as muslim prayer halls that were attacked. this case is still ongoing, and it really drives up the tension between the two shot -- size and shattered this illusion that this country is a multi phase country living in harmony. -- multi- faith country. >> they just v

hundreds of muslims are still thought to be hiding in the bush. am too afraid to go home, said this woman. they killed people. i think five or six people. the attacks coincided with a visit i the -- visited by the president in the scene of the worst sectarian violence last year. this was the first time he had a chance to meet some of the tens of thousands of muslims displaced by the attacks. he had the two -- he had little to offer them though, except for repeated pleas for restraint. arethese repeated attacks dropping a an increasing number of muslims and nothing is being done to help them go home. totead, they are confined primitive camps, living in squalor, and now are subject to a de facto segregation policy which leaves them abandoned and without hope. >> the u.s. congress was a scene of dramatic action today amid a must -- a government shutdown which one to book treasury department and the international monetary fund to issue dire warnings of the potential economic dangers ahead. both institutions are concerned that the current standoff will

muslim people in the in the west in europe and across europe we have seen cases where by anti assad fighters have turned up with with passports from across the european union norway itself believes that around forty of its citizens are currently fighting in the area one of the largest groups from europe that's made their way to fight against assad troops have been from right here in germany it's believed that in the north of syria there's a camp that's been labeled the german camp by newsmagazine around two hundred german citizens most of them from the north rhine-westphalia area believed to be there the numbers while the numbers speak for themselves is believe that or over one thousand european fighters currently battling assad forces in syria right now and that's gone up from two hundred fifty from this time last year so if it does seem that if these these organized groups are recruiting that they're certainly getting more and more people to their cause. no assad in the future of syria that's the demand for voiced an opposition meeting with the friends of syria coalition it comes

non-muslims are ineligible to be president or prime minister. in the late '70s, a militant resistance-- today's taliban-- grew to the soviet occupation of neighboring afghanistan, with strong u.s. support, coutts adds. >> so the policy was stop the darn communists, stop them at any cost. and that's the time this brand of islam was the madrasah, which is a centuries-old institution in islam to teach the koran. many madrasahs became sort of centers for a religious kind of brainwashing for jihad, with american blessing and support and training and money. the economy became strong. the worst military dictator we had, zia-ul-haq, was kept in power. >> reporter: zia supported the jihadists, and also imposed a conservative interpretation of muslim sharia law. most frightening for many even today is a blasphemy law. anyone accused must be imprisoned without bail and-- at least on paper-- faces the death sentence. this law is commonly used against non-muslims, often to settle personal grudges or business disputes, says roland de souza, partner in a karac

their muslim, some of them are from afghanistan. but that does not mean that all muslim terrorists. it doesn't mean that all pakistanis are terrorists. it doesn't mean that all pashtu and tataris. it isn't true that muslims are terrorists. we must keep that in mind and when it comes to traditions we don't consider them to be part of our culture. in our culture we must respect movement called. you only know the name of the taliban. you must call them terrorist groups because you only know about one but there are many other groups they are muslims the would have kept in mind that it's the duty of every muslim, man who person or to get an education. i think -- and i want to tell everyone these people are not what we are. they want their own ideas and the demand. i think if the taliban or any other group wants to rule another country than we have a way of democracy. stand for elections. tell us what you want. the common people like it, if the public likes it then they will want you if you deserve it. i think that a decision must be held by people and we must remind the taliban and every

at least four are killed in muslim brotherhood protest in egypt against the military. john kerry stands in for barack obama at the asian leaders summit as the u.s. president stays home to deal with the shutdown. on red bull's sebastian is pole position for the korean grand prix. we begin in egypt where the country is bracing for more protest, a day after at least four people were killed and some of the worst violence in weeks. today islamist supporters of deposed president morsi challenge the military for a call for fresh demonstrations as the country marks the anniversary of the 1973 arab-i israeli war war. egypt's second city, alexandra, the military deployed armored vehicles against the muslim brotherhood. demonstrators were kept on the move. the same strategy in ca iro. thousands of supporters of mohammed morsi demanded he be released from jail and returned to office. many chanted slogans against the country's military leader. soldiers responded with tear gas and warning shots. riots broke out across the egyptian capital, pitting supporters of the military regime a

. >> a government ban has been upheld on the use of the word allah by non-muslims. it was argued that the 2009 government and was unconstitutional so they would appeal to the higher federal court. the decision comes at a time the country's prime minister is trying to consolidate support on the mostly muslim population. >> celebrating a victory supporting the ban of the use of the word allah outside a court on monday. >> as a muslim, it is a religious duty to protect the word allah. that is why we are here, to show our support for the holy word. >> the malaysian government wants to restrict people using the term to muslims only fearing anyone else using it could cause confusion and lead to convergence -- conversions to other religions. in 2008, a local christian newspaper was banned in using the word allah in referring to god. now the jury is in and the staff that "the herald" are back where they started. they say it is not about religion but about linguistics. >> god is an integral part of every religion we have, and allah -- in the middle east and in tunisia, it is