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trojan horse, muslim schools.hen you look at the series of stories, it's putting the minority. >> if we look at the wearing of the nikab, when we see the image of muslim women in the newspapers, i would say around 99% are actually wearing it. so what we see is this gross distortion of the reality, the construction of fear that becomes apparent in the media. the idea that the british media is in any way islama phobic, fearful or loathing of muslims is ludicrous. what it is, is an attempt to under a growing dynamic in britain as they exert their numbers, as they now moved in to education and other areas. it is the job of the media to try and help people who are already here to understand them. it's not fear. understand. >> according to "engage," a muslim add voces casey group, they are failing. in 2011, lord justice levanon set up an inquiry of the british press following the news of the fern-hacking scandal. it took the issue of islama februaryiaia and according to his final report, the inquiry heard sufficient evi
trojan horse, muslim schools.hen you look at the series of stories, it's putting the minority. >> if we look at the wearing of the nikab, when we see the image of muslim women in the newspapers, i would say around 99% are actually wearing it. so what we see is this gross distortion of the reality, the construction of fear that becomes apparent in the media. the idea that the british media is in any way islama phobic, fearful or loathing of muslims is ludicrous. what it is, is an attempt...
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but you distance between radical muslims and muslims and islam. >> i'm afraid the more moderate muslims are afraid to speak out and i think the numbers that have been radicalized are far greater numbers than we see, which is why we're watching. we're doing this special because this to me -- you know, when you see people laid out, as we saw this week and slaughtered, cold blood murder, where the people, you know, that we saw, the 48 people in kenya that were slaughtered in cold blood because they didn't give the right answer, that to me is the equivalent of a modern day nazi. >> i think that mr. ghouse lives in his own private islam. he doesn't have a theological leg to stand on. we saw not just in kenya, but we saw in the westgate mall and in iraq that the jihadists were separating who they would slaughter and who they wouldn't. they were separating the muslims from the nonmuslims. longtime readers of my website atlas shrugged are not surprised by this development. this is suspected. obama has been aiding a jihadist agenda the close ties that obama had with libya, muslim brotherhood, wh
but you distance between radical muslims and muslims and islam. >> i'm afraid the more moderate muslims are afraid to speak out and i think the numbers that have been radicalized are far greater numbers than we see, which is why we're watching. we're doing this special because this to me -- you know, when you see people laid out, as we saw this week and slaughtered, cold blood murder, where the people, you know, that we saw, the 48 people in kenya that were slaughtered in cold blood...
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>> if you have a muslim patient? >> yes. >> we do the islamic greeting, which we inform people is a great way to open doors to break the ice to show the patient or the student or whatever it is that you know a little bit about their culture and then we always encourage them to ask. if you're not sure, ask. don't assume if a man was wearing a head scarf, she doesn't want a male bringing the snack. someone put a sign, no men allowed which i never asked them to do and i was missing my snack. so we informed them, just tell them to knock on the door and give the woman a chance to put opposite a head scarf. just little things. we'll >> we'll be right back after this. stay with us. ,,,, >> tell us more about what we need to know about your network, about services, how we can be involved. >> sure. so like i said, we have basically three programs and then we also put a lot of our content online. >> remind us of the three programs. >> the three programs includes the first one, islamic speakers borough with what it means to be
>> if you have a muslim patient? >> yes. >> we do the islamic greeting, which we inform people is a great way to open doors to break the ice to show the patient or the student or whatever it is that you know a little bit about their culture and then we always encourage them to ask. if you're not sure, ask. don't assume if a man was wearing a head scarf, she doesn't want a male bringing the snack. someone put a sign, no men allowed which i never asked them to do and i was...
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watch. >>> we portray islam and all muslims as bad but there's 1.8 million followers of muslim.us muslims in this country and i don't see them represented here. >> yes, representation is the issue. whether the news is red or blue. speaking of blue, here's msnbc's chris hayes said about this a day later. >> the fact of the matter is we don't cover peaceful muslims hanging outgoing about their day performing surgery being accountants. we cover isis marching through with black flags looking super terrified. >> we have the red, we have the blue. now i want to pursue what's actually true with one of chris hey's guests. we saw her there. linda sarsour. she's with the national network of arab communities. here in d.c., one of shawn hannity's guests. she's the founder of act for america. >> let me ask you about this. the radicals are estimated to be between 15 and 25% according to all intelligence services around the world. that leaves 75% of them peaceful people. where does that statistic come from? >> that comes from the combined intelligence of the australians, gore danians, the unit
watch. >>> we portray islam and all muslims as bad but there's 1.8 million followers of muslim.us muslims in this country and i don't see them represented here. >> yes, representation is the issue. whether the news is red or blue. speaking of blue, here's msnbc's chris hayes said about this a day later. >> the fact of the matter is we don't cover peaceful muslims hanging outgoing about their day performing surgery being accountants. we cover isis marching through with black...
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that that robert bergdahl looks like a muslim is that he looks like a muslim. [cheering and applause] >> jon: he's a muslim because he looks like a muslim. okay. i can't really argue with that logic because it's impenetrable. but you do know obviously not all muslims have beards, and not all people with beards are muslim. that's the reason we call this the abraham lincoln memorial and not the holy shrine of the blessed imam ibraham lincoln. because, really, if you're looking for bearded guys who killed a lot of americans... [audience reacts] by the way, bergdahl's father is worse than being muslim-looking, he's muslim-looking and an enabler. >> i'm curious. at one point his father told him before he went missing, "obey your conscience," which kind of stowdz some, yeah, whatever you want to do, go ahead. >> jon: yeah, sure, no, no, no. it sounds that way to some, you know, specifically people who don't know what a conscience is. [laughter] because if someone says listen to your conscience, they're not saying do whatever you want. your conscience is the opposite
that that robert bergdahl looks like a muslim is that he looks like a muslim. [cheering and applause] >> jon: he's a muslim because he looks like a muslim. okay. i can't really argue with that logic because it's impenetrable. but you do know obviously not all muslims have beards, and not all people with beards are muslim. that's the reason we call this the abraham lincoln memorial and not the holy shrine of the blessed imam ibraham lincoln. because, really, if you're looking for bearded...
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>>> robert berg dalg looked like a muslim, he looks like a muslim. i said that robert bergdahl looked like a muslim when he appeared at the white house with president obama. he absolutely looked like a muslim, he talked in poshdom, the language of the taliban, and he thanked allah. i thought his appearance was inappropriate, i stand by it. >> what is your reaction to the video we played? >> i think it's the snapchat of the islamphobia in this country. it was disgusting to watch the. it was exactly what dana said, it was lob sided and ugly, and to treat any woman, regardless of what her faith was like that was disrespectful. it goes back to how dare a muslim woman stand up for herself. how dare she assert herself and ask a question. i think that's the kind of confusion the islam phobes have. it's like who do you want us to be exactly. >> do you think this kind of weird self-contained world, is that representative of something broader or is it it's own weird sub culture? >> it's part of obama's a muslim, looking at -- you know, they're listening to wha
>>> robert berg dalg looked like a muslim, he looks like a muslim. i said that robert bergdahl looked like a muslim when he appeared at the white house with president obama. he absolutely looked like a muslim, he talked in poshdom, the language of the taliban, and he thanked allah. i thought his appearance was inappropriate, i stand by it. >> what is your reaction to the video we played? >> i think it's the snapchat of the islamphobia in this country. it was...
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while in september, the interim government banned the muslim brotherhood, and in december, the muslim brotherhood is declared a terrorist group, and any links, including reporting on them became illegal. now, in the same month three al jazeera english journalists are arrested, and their trial conditions. >> in march, the man who let the coup, abdul fatah al-sisi, quits as army chief to run for president. then in may, he wins the election with 97% of the vote. joining us live from london is carol kirsten, a senior lecturer in the study of muslim in kings college. thank you for being with us. it's one thing to lead an army and another to lead a country. egypt had several army generals who became leaders as well. how different do you see abdul fatah al-sisi's presidency being? >> it is, indeed, going to be a different challenge which the former field marshal is going to face. today it closes a chapter of a turbulent year of transmissions. it's difficult to compare abdul fatah al-sisi to a figure like nasser, in spite of popularity of abdul fatah al-sisi, for the fact that he's mature and
while in september, the interim government banned the muslim brotherhood, and in december, the muslim brotherhood is declared a terrorist group, and any links, including reporting on them became illegal. now, in the same month three al jazeera english journalists are arrested, and their trial conditions. >> in march, the man who let the coup, abdul fatah al-sisi, quits as army chief to run for president. then in may, he wins the election with 97% of the vote. joining us live from london...
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egypt's new bosses seem to want the muslim brotherhood, the power of egypt after mohamed morsi. our colleagues are still part of the story. covering is what reporters do, but the egyptian government made reporting a crime. >> in december right after the muslim brotherhood was deemed a banned terrorist organization in egypt, i spoke to peter greste on our program. >> does the designation by the egyptian government by the brotherhood as a terrorist organization represent or marginalize politics. >> it carries very heavy consequences, and we're seeing interior ministry saying anyone who is protesting, advocating in favor of muslim brotherhood ideology, anyone who is passing out pamphlets belonging to the brotherhood will be imprisoned for five years. they've gone on to say that the muslim brotherhood leaders anybody who finances the brotherhood, anyone who provides information to the brotherhood could spend life behind bars. so it is a very, very serious shift in the government's policies. we've already seen 23 people arrested because they were handing out pamphlets on behalf of th
egypt's new bosses seem to want the muslim brotherhood, the power of egypt after mohamed morsi. our colleagues are still part of the story. covering is what reporters do, but the egyptian government made reporting a crime. >> in december right after the muslim brotherhood was deemed a banned terrorist organization in egypt, i spoke to peter greste on our program. >> does the designation by the egyptian government by the brotherhood as a terrorist organization represent or...
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we visit churches, we visit gurd gurdwaras. >> just because we follow muslim religion doesn't mean we hate other religions. >> has the school told you to come out and say these things to the journalists? >> no, just because we want to be famous. [ laughter ] >> academically outstanding, a failure in government eyes in cultural, secular behavior. this woman who speaks for parents did teacher training at the school. this isn't a description she recognizes. >> what evidence has been afforded? you had the latest article in the paper about -- we're telling children about hell fire and prostitutes? whether is it going to stop? how much dirt are they going to throw on us before we retaliate and say it's because we're muz muslims? >> the crucial part is that they now see it as most important that some antiterrorism work is conducted between the department for education. many head teachers think that's the wrong response. several came together to say most parents did want to balance education, but believe a few socially conservative muslims have been trying to get a bigger voice which can unde
we visit churches, we visit gurd gurdwaras. >> just because we follow muslim religion doesn't mean we hate other religions. >> has the school told you to come out and say these things to the journalists? >> no, just because we want to be famous. [ laughter ] >> academically outstanding, a failure in government eyes in cultural, secular behavior. this woman who speaks for parents did teacher training at the school. this isn't a description she recognizes. >> what...
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muslims. were you surprised? >> no, because i have always known and understood bigotry is not unidimensional. people who hate juice hate others. sometimes muslims, hispanics, african americans. if you are a bigot, you are a bigot. today, it's you. tomorrow, maybe me. so we've always known that the level of bigotry is out there is not only directed at us. it's directed at the other. whoever the other is in that society and whoever they feel would be politically expedient to 6 out. >> given those various strong passionate views that you have, it struck a lot of people as surprising when 51 park place, the muslim center was set to open two and a half blocks from ground zero. it was supposed to be a mosque at a community center and you opposed it. how come? >> i didn't oppose it. people didn't bother to read what we said. >> what did you say? >> our statement basically said they have a right. they have a legal right. they have a constitutional right. they have exhausted all of the vehicles to establish their right. b
muslims. were you surprised? >> no, because i have always known and understood bigotry is not unidimensional. people who hate juice hate others. sometimes muslims, hispanics, african americans. if you are a bigot, you are a bigot. today, it's you. tomorrow, maybe me. so we've always known that the level of bigotry is out there is not only directed at us. it's directed at the other. whoever the other is in that society and whoever they feel would be politically expedient to 6 out. >>...
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that means there'll be a traditionalist muslim, which is the general outlook of muslim egyptians. it's able to make a deal when it comes to concrete policy making. that will be an important question to watch. >> we are talking about the political divide. let's move on to freedom of expression in egypt. ever since the overthrow of mohamed mursi, anyone opposed to the coup or even to mohamed mursi has been arrested, gaoled and some colleagues are facing detention in cairo. do you see the crackdown continuing under president abdul fatah al-sisi? >> i think it depends very much how secure abdul fatah al-sisi feels in his position. obviously aside from the muslim brotherhood, the other important victim of last year's event is, indeed, the freedom of expression and by extension the freedom of thought. this was constantly vindicated on the basis that there was greater national security interests at stake and freedom of expression, and other elements of the democratic process would have to take a back seat in view of the acute dangers that egypt allegedly was facing. but that is, indeed,
that means there'll be a traditionalist muslim, which is the general outlook of muslim egyptians. it's able to make a deal when it comes to concrete policy making. that will be an important question to watch. >> we are talking about the political divide. let's move on to freedom of expression in egypt. ever since the overthrow of mohamed mursi, anyone opposed to the coup or even to mohamed mursi has been arrested, gaoled and some colleagues are facing detention in cairo. do you see the...
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taking over schools in burma this is being a witch hunt which is damage the standing of the muslims but more importantly it's damaged the confidence children have in the education system this week here in the u.k. g.c.s.e. students are having their exams i mean now some of those schools those peoples have to come through the media scrum to go and take their exams and this is very damaging for the education standards of our schools and that responsibility rests with michael gove the education secretary and his cronies and supporters who are engaged in this witch hunt against muslims. moving the conspiracy theories to warm side in essence british values and british merely does not sound fair enough. well neil there they are not conspiracy theories they are reality michael gove sits on a near conservative charity along with douglas murray and other people from the end rejects in society he's a well known open neo conservative and he's pushing a new conservative line within government i don't think that's a conspiracy that's a reality but there is there are concerns about the involvemen
taking over schools in burma this is being a witch hunt which is damage the standing of the muslims but more importantly it's damaged the confidence children have in the education system this week here in the u.k. g.c.s.e. students are having their exams i mean now some of those schools those peoples have to come through the media scrum to go and take their exams and this is very damaging for the education standards of our schools and that responsibility rests with michael gove the education...
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is he looks like a muslim, a, absolutely looked like a muslim. the language of the taliban and c, he thanked allah. i thought the appearance was totally inaprotoyit. i said it. i'll stand by it. >> bill, one of the occasions in which he judged the father of a freed american prisoner of war bowe bergdahl based on his experience. joining me is the director of the arab director of new york. all right. what is your reaction to the video that we played? >> i think it's just a snap chat of the islam phobia industry that is well and alive in this country and goes beyond that heritage foundation event. it was disgusting to watch the -- it was exactly what dana said, it was lopsided, ugly to treat any woman regardless of her faith is absolutely disrespectful and i think again, it goes back to how dare a muslim woman stand up for herself, how dare she assert herself and ask a question. that's the kind of confusion that the islam phones have. it's a moment when we assert ourselves and become empowered to ask a question. who do you want us to be exactly? >>
is he looks like a muslim, a, absolutely looked like a muslim. the language of the taliban and c, he thanked allah. i thought the appearance was totally inaprotoyit. i said it. i'll stand by it. >> bill, one of the occasions in which he judged the father of a freed american prisoner of war bowe bergdahl based on his experience. joining me is the director of the arab director of new york. all right. what is your reaction to the video that we played? >> i think it's just a snap chat...
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in isn't the interim deposit banned the muslim brotherhood. then in december the brotherhood was declared a terror group and reporting on them became illegal. in that same month three al jazeera journalists were arrested for reporting on the muslim brotherhood. their trial continues. in march the map band the coup abdul fatah al-sisi quit as army chief to run for president. that was an election he won in mail, with 97% of the vote. joining me in the studio is kirsten. he is a senior lecturer in the study of muslim and the arab world. thank you for being with us here, a momentous day in the life of egyptians. they are used to upheaval, was it four presidents in the last three years they have experienced. he is ipp her itting a country used to upheelal and weary -- upheaval and weary of instability. >> that is the sentiment in egypt, with all the changes and upheaval egypt has not fared well. the people are fed up and this day couldn't have come sooner. symbolically it offers an opportunity to close the chapter of a difficult, painful and embarr
in isn't the interim deposit banned the muslim brotherhood. then in december the brotherhood was declared a terror group and reporting on them became illegal. in that same month three al jazeera journalists were arrested for reporting on the muslim brotherhood. their trial continues. in march the map band the coup abdul fatah al-sisi quit as army chief to run for president. that was an election he won in mail, with 97% of the vote. joining me in the studio is kirsten. he is a senior lecturer in...
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but there is 1.8 billion muslim followers of islam. have 8 million plus muslim-americans in this country. i don't see them represented here. my question is how can we fight an ideological war with weapons? >> seems like a reasonable question. just listen to part of one panelist's response. >> when you look throughout history, when you look at all the lessons of history, most germans were peaceful. yet the nazis drove the agenda. as a result are, 60 million people died. almost 14 million in concentration camps. 6 million were jews. the peaceful majority were irrelevant. on september 11 in the united states, we had 2.3 million arab-muslims living in the united states. it took 19 hijackers, 19 radicals to bring america to its knees, destroy the world trade center, attack the pentagon and kill almost 3,000 americans that day. the peaceful majority were irrelevant. so for all our powers of reasons and us talking about moderate and peaceful muslims, i'm glad you're here. but where are the others speaking out? since you are the only muslim re
but there is 1.8 billion muslim followers of islam. have 8 million plus muslim-americans in this country. i don't see them represented here. my question is how can we fight an ideological war with weapons? >> seems like a reasonable question. just listen to part of one panelist's response. >> when you look throughout history, when you look at all the lessons of history, most germans were peaceful. yet the nazis drove the agenda. as a result are, 60 million people died. almost 14...
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ironically his boyfriend is muslimism. >> i fought that, that someone i muslim. >> reporter: he hopes day the two worlds can mesh. >> i respect a lot of the faith. it's community. for me to divorce mooz from that is very -- myself from that is hard. i care about the people. >> while omar is thinking about coming out to his family, his camera. for many being gay and muslim in america means a life in the shadows. >>> ahead in our final thoughts. the mother road and journey to redemption. 75 years after the groups of wrath, has the landscape changed >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the
ironically his boyfriend is muslimism. >> i fought that, that someone i muslim. >> reporter: he hopes day the two worlds can mesh. >> i respect a lot of the faith. it's community. for me to divorce mooz from that is very -- myself from that is hard. i care about the people. >> while omar is thinking about coming out to his family, his camera. for many being gay and muslim in america means a life in the shadows. >>> ahead in our final thoughts. the mother road...
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then you have a lot of muslims in abujaba, it's like living with someone you don't trust. i remember in 2012, sent me on a meeting, former prime minister of britain, tony blair. >> cardinal john sent you for a meeting. >> and somehow we had a little islam and other religions and everybody was thinking about peace, peace, and i got up and told them that it is a problem that as a catholic i am fundamental about my faith, and i don't trust muslim, no matter boko haram is islam. i do not trust them enough. there's no trust, no point of living together. >> that's the whole issue, the atmosphere of distrust. >> yeah. >> and such a huge challenge for anyone to think about trying to reach out. now, as a christian, our role is to follow jesus, who spoke no words, but how do you build trust in a situation like that? >> over the years we ask christian leaders have been trying to bring in the gospel text that -- if you're struck on the left cheek, you should turn the right one, be able to pacify, not to go into reappraisal. >> turn the other cheek. >> accept us willingly. we are askin
then you have a lot of muslims in abujaba, it's like living with someone you don't trust. i remember in 2012, sent me on a meeting, former prime minister of britain, tony blair. >> cardinal john sent you for a meeting. >> and somehow we had a little islam and other religions and everybody was thinking about peace, peace, and i got up and told them that it is a problem that as a catholic i am fundamental about my faith, and i don't trust muslim, no matter boko haram is islam. i do...
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american muslim leaders recognise that times are changing.nderstanding how to adapt with them is not easy. the imjm at new york's largest mosque says the doors are always open. >> they are a part of the community. they are the people. they cap come to the mosque. >> even as he welcomes the individual, he relateshomo sexuality. >> homosexuality is considered to be contradicting the system. >> reporter: the system of the family. >> the system of islam. it is difficult for me to say that someone was born gay. >> with such mixed messaging, gay muslims are negotiating a difficult line between secrecy and openness. >> being muslim, it's not safe to be gay. so if you're not there yet with your surroundings to be open and feel like your life is safe, i would not tell a 16-year-old to just come out of the closet just like that. >> i would like to see a muslim community galvanise along a radical politics to do more grassroots movement building, to say "we want our spaces to be safer." . >> reporter: she dreams of telling her mother who she is, but it's
american muslim leaders recognise that times are changing.nderstanding how to adapt with them is not easy. the imjm at new york's largest mosque says the doors are always open. >> they are a part of the community. they are the people. they cap come to the mosque. >> even as he welcomes the individual, he relateshomo sexuality. >> homosexuality is considered to be contradicting the system. >> reporter: the system of the family. >> the system of islam. it is...
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and we have young liberal muslims who gravitate towards it.but if you are a progressive, where you go to what fills the vacuum tends to be african-american freedom movement and so i argue that there is this cultural term towards the movement met the same time this is the only political aspect to it, but you're saying not just this but with u.s. and canada and france and belgium and england and someone to a certain extent time to push for legal minority status. so you have that in britain and you have them pushing this as well and they successfully got this kick off box them in combat in the u.s. as well. and so i see this as a sign of his desire to be a part of this. you're still subject to surveillance and profiling. and so we get activists are talking about this just to reform this so we can grant the minority status like any other federal community agency. >> do you see this kind of global youth movement as leading to something similar to a civil rights movement or a larger movement and a global engagement that will actually lead to varying
and we have young liberal muslims who gravitate towards it.but if you are a progressive, where you go to what fills the vacuum tends to be african-american freedom movement and so i argue that there is this cultural term towards the movement met the same time this is the only political aspect to it, but you're saying not just this but with u.s. and canada and france and belgium and england and someone to a certain extent time to push for legal minority status. so you have that in britain and...
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less than 15% of the world's muslims are shia muslims. but in the history and the theology and the religious observance and overall culture of the shias, that is where you see the role of martyrdom play a really prominent role. if you talk to people who've been able to visit tehran, if you look at street-level imagery from day-to-day life in tehran, you come back again and again to the fact it is basically visually suffused with martyrs. in the most shia-dominated country on earth, in 90% shia muslim iran, the war dead, the martyrs are everywhere. they're on bus stops, they're on banners, they're on murals, they're on billboards. the streets are named for them. it's not just a handful of celebrated or famous or religiously significant martyrs, it's everyday iranian men who were killed in war or who otherwise died somehow defending the regime or serving the regime. well today in iran, it's being reported that a number of hardline anti-western blogs and websites are claiming that iran now has its newest martyr. he's reportedly a member of i
less than 15% of the world's muslims are shia muslims. but in the history and the theology and the religious observance and overall culture of the shias, that is where you see the role of martyrdom play a really prominent role. if you talk to people who've been able to visit tehran, if you look at street-level imagery from day-to-day life in tehran, you come back again and again to the fact it is basically visually suffused with martyrs. in the most shia-dominated country on earth, in 90% shia...
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at the same time the muslims and others and not interested. there is not a difference to accounts for the changing pattern think of the revolutionaries like al qaeda they think of themselves as 1.5 billion constituents. that is a lot of potential. but most have no interest whatsoever and with the means they propose to get there. in did the then 1% of 1% were open to the message. it is on the internet the recipe and tools for in caging fees are out there. even a tiny fraction we would see violence every day every where. we see a hair and they're. but overall the scope is appalling with mass murderers but fortunately most people do not buy that message. counterterrorism probably had an impact but the main heros are those whose say no. muslims, and neighbors, they deserve some credit think goodness we are not all violence maniacs. >> host: how much of the purpose of terrorist is the u.s. today and our support of israel still a big factor? >> we you're the most powerful head german we have an opinion and often on military or diplomatic say in ever
at the same time the muslims and others and not interested. there is not a difference to accounts for the changing pattern think of the revolutionaries like al qaeda they think of themselves as 1.5 billion constituents. that is a lot of potential. but most have no interest whatsoever and with the means they propose to get there. in did the then 1% of 1% were open to the message. it is on the internet the recipe and tools for in caging fees are out there. even a tiny fraction we would see...
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ironically his boyfriend is muslimism. >> i fought that, that someone i muslim. >> reporter: he hopesday the two worlds can mesh. >> i respect a lot of the faith. it's community. for me to divorce mooz from that is very -- myself from that is hard. i care about the people. >> while omar is thinking about coming out to his family, his camera. for many being gay and muslim in america means a life in the shadows. >>> ahead in our final thoughts. the mother road and journey to redemption. 75 years after the groups of wrath, has the landscape changed >> khaled hosseini author of the best selling novel "the kite runner" talks about his hopes for his homeland. >> no change will come to afghanistan unless it's initiated by the afghan's themselves... >> and the inspiration for his latest novel. >> the idea for the book came from painful acts of sacrifice. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to expert
ironically his boyfriend is muslimism. >> i fought that, that someone i muslim. >> reporter: he hopesday the two worlds can mesh. >> i respect a lot of the faith. it's community. for me to divorce mooz from that is very -- myself from that is hard. i care about the people. >> while omar is thinking about coming out to his family, his camera. for many being gay and muslim in america means a life in the shadows. >>> ahead in our final thoughts. the mother road and...
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and looks like a muslim. he is also some what sim pa talc to muslim.n i said robert bergdahl looked like a muslim is that he looks like a muslim. i said robert bergdahl looked like a muslim when he appeared at the oval -- at the white house with president obama. a, he absolutely looked like a muslim. >> that is the definition of profiling. mr. o'reilly, i said the definition of profiling because it is the definition of profiling. bill o'reilly here is taking something that doesn't require defending holding a religious belief whatever it may beand making it sound incriminating. the sound line of innuendo that dogged president barack's first campaign. and these attacks rest on ape veape -- rest on ape ve very unameri precedent. there were kncomments about threats to the bergdahl family. >> since last week, some have attacked the community members, as they supported the bergdahl family in their attempt to get their son back from captivity. very sadly it has come done to the bergdahl family receiving personal threats and several other members of our commun
and looks like a muslim. he is also some what sim pa talc to muslim.n i said robert bergdahl looked like a muslim is that he looks like a muslim. i said robert bergdahl looked like a muslim when he appeared at the oval -- at the white house with president obama. a, he absolutely looked like a muslim. >> that is the definition of profiling. mr. o'reilly, i said the definition of profiling because it is the definition of profiling. bill o'reilly here is taking something that doesn't require...
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if you look at over the billion muslims in the world, the shia represent 20% of the total muslim population. even in places where they are a majority, and that is not that is very light. into -- enronand did not become a shia state over 15 centuries, it was like the rest of the muslim world. , where we now have the shia majority, over 60% of the population, that's shia majority also did not expand until much he 18th,ntil bt 19th, and 20th centuries. many of them were political and economic reasons. that isthis fissure deeply divided throughout the centuries. every step of the way we had bloodshed a confrontation -- and confrontation. togetheristed and live for a well at different stages. they just consider themselves muslims. there are times when the conflict was bloody, and you see especially when they are trying to establish the central authority. everyone has multiple identity, and the question is which one do you embrace? interestingly, you suggested that we would talk about the shia and the kurds. mostly sunni muslim, and yet we talk about them as a separate group because they are a se
if you look at over the billion muslims in the world, the shia represent 20% of the total muslim population. even in places where they are a majority, and that is not that is very light. into -- enronand did not become a shia state over 15 centuries, it was like the rest of the muslim world. , where we now have the shia majority, over 60% of the population, that's shia majority also did not expand until much he 18th,ntil bt 19th, and 20th centuries. many of them were political and economic...
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they face charges of supporting the out-lou lawed muslim brotherhood -- outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. we have this report. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: almost six months behind bars waiting for others to decide their fate. journalist peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are on trial, falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum gaol terms, 7 years for peter greste, and 15 years for baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy. they are not alone. al jazeera arabic journalist abdullah al-shami is also in prison. but without charge. he has been on a hunger strike for five months and his health is declining. their families are getting increasingly frustrated. >> the prosecution did conclude its case with what i think if all fairness were wild and sweeping allegations against a whole of the group. >> other journalists found themselves called enemies of the state. activists too. a court sentenced fatah to sa years gaol. he was a key figure in the 2011 uprisin
they face charges of supporting the out-lou lawed muslim brotherhood -- outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. we have this report. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: almost six months behind bars waiting for others to decide their fate. journalist peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are on trial, falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum gaol terms, 7 years for...
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they were accused of aiding the awed lawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera strongly denies the allegations. >>> ukraine's president is trying to keep his peace plan on track. petro porashenko spoke with russian president vladimir putin and the leaders of france and germany. also - three ukrainian soldiers were killed fighting with separatists in the east. residents themselves are caught in the middle of a battle. >> there are pockets of eastern ukraine where the extension to the ceasefires meant nothing. latest official army footage shows an exchange of fire north of slovyansk. the army patrol sped past an army checkpoint. the new commander here says he takes his orders from the russian known as igor, the military chief in slovyansk. deals proposed elsewhere do not concern him. >> translation: we have one boss, his command will be carried out. recording that, i'm a military man, i don't get into politics. >> in this part of the world the separatist command structure is a patchwork of different authorities. cease fires proposed are rejected and ign
they were accused of aiding the awed lawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera strongly denies the allegations. >>> ukraine's president is trying to keep his peace plan on track. petro porashenko spoke with russian president vladimir putin and the leaders of france and germany. also - three ukrainian soldiers were killed fighting with separatists in the east. residents themselves are caught in the middle of a battle. >> there are pockets of eastern ukraine where the extension to the...
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muslims and others are interested. there are just not that many arrests, not much of a difference in the legal treatment to account for the change in patterns. if you think of that islamic terrorists or revolutionaries to have a global stamps like al qaeda and its affiliates now, they think of themselves as having one-and-a-half billion constituents. that is a lot of potential terrorist, but most of those folks have no interest in what these groups are selling or the means that they're proposing to get the golden. indiscretion and violence. there are just not interested. if even 1 percent of 1 percent of muslims were open to the message, it's out there on the internet. recipes and tools for engaging in acts of violence are out there. if even a tiny fraction of low world's more than a billion moslems were interests we would see violence every day everywhere, but we do not. we see it here, there. horrible events as you live there. a terrible thing that they. the scope is appalling. the murderers, mass murderers. fortunat
muslims and others are interested. there are just not that many arrests, not much of a difference in the legal treatment to account for the change in patterns. if you think of that islamic terrorists or revolutionaries to have a global stamps like al qaeda and its affiliates now, they think of themselves as having one-and-a-half billion constituents. that is a lot of potential terrorist, but most of those folks have no interest in what these groups are selling or the means that they're...
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meantime many journalists face risks in the muslim world. joining us from madrid spain is ahmed ra rasheed. are he is a board member of the journalists. it is really a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you for joining us. you have been forced to flee pakistan three times because of death threats from both the taliban and government security forces. what did you publish that made you a target and how have you felt comfortable to be able to return? >> well, it's been be either criticism of the taliban or criticism of the military in pakistan for intervening in afghanistan and for their policies in afghanistan. which the military obviously didn't like. and it's -- each instance of my departure and return has been very complex negotiations and talks and the engagement of diplomats and officials and the media. and senior journalists in pakistan as well. so it's been complicated. the situation in pakistan is very grim. and what i fear from what this judgment today is that i think what the egyptian president has done is going to encourage a l
meantime many journalists face risks in the muslim world. joining us from madrid spain is ahmed ra rasheed. are he is a board member of the journalists. it is really a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you for joining us. you have been forced to flee pakistan three times because of death threats from both the taliban and government security forces. what did you publish that made you a target and how have you felt comfortable to be able to return? >> well, it's been be either...
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it's the multi faith service for jews, muslims, and christians. we just heard the israeli president shimon peres giving his prayer of the pope. and the pope was urging courage for peace, this hugely symbolic event, an encouragement atmosphere to restart peace in the middle east between the two sides. let's bring in our correspondent nick spicer. he's not at the service, but he is in the vatican. nick, i would imagine there is quite an atmosphere there. one of participation. if not excitement. give us an idea of what you're feelin feel--of what you're seeing. >> well, the pope is really talking about the situation in the middle east, and even though the event here is about bringing together the president of israel, and inter faith dialogue. it's about sending a message of hope to the people of the holy land. that's why the pope called on israel and palestinian leadership to engage in what he called an undaunted dialogue for peoples who were yearning for peace. earlier when there were more people in st. peter's square speaking at the
it's the multi faith service for jews, muslims, and christians. we just heard the israeli president shimon peres giving his prayer of the pope. and the pope was urging courage for peace, this hugely symbolic event, an encouragement atmosphere to restart peace in the middle east between the two sides. let's bring in our correspondent nick spicer. he's not at the service, but he is in the vatican. nick, i would imagine there is quite an atmosphere there. one of participation. if not excitement....
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generations of our family have lived here and he will try to do what he can. >> reporter: for muslimst the path to citizenship is easier because it's a group the government recognizes but here they will deny their background for a chance to be a citizen, manmar. ♪ and brazil two more teams made it to the quarter finals of the world cut and neither lands here and dutch and mexico are out and costa-rica has a spot in quarter finals and went to shoot out and greece on the 7th kid and costa-rica got the kick and sent them through. the national football team has a bitter sweet home coming monday and more bitter than sweet and eliminated from the football's world cup in the first round and they through taffy as they arrived at the airport, in south korea eat taffy is sometimes used as an insult. brazil is one of the most diverse countries in the world and supporting a team in the world cup many people have divided loyalty and from south palo we report. >> reporter: nigerian preparing for kickoff of the eagles, the nickname of their football team and it's south palo where it's tense at time
generations of our family have lived here and he will try to do what he can. >> reporter: for muslimst the path to citizenship is easier because it's a group the government recognizes but here they will deny their background for a chance to be a citizen, manmar. ♪ and brazil two more teams made it to the quarter finals of the world cut and neither lands here and dutch and mexico are out and costa-rica has a spot in quarter finals and went to shoot out and greece on the 7th kid and...
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which shouldn't which is damage the standing of muslims we can but more importantly it's damaged the confidence children have in the education system do you think this new system of british values will actually help muslims to assimilate better into british society no government minister has been able to tell is the values that they've set out to talk about democracy you talk about tolerance and respect the rule of law gender equality these are values that we signed up to these are values that people across the world would look to they're not just british values they're human values we as muslims are integrated in this country and the idea that somehow that we're not is deeply patronized it just once again defines communities in a time when we should be looking to bring people together what use are coming your way after the break including huge gas debts of ukraine and the ways to solve the problem. ray of hope or merely a low in what is rapidly turning into the ukrainian civil war claims it has an understanding with moscow designed to deescalate tensions and violence there are a few
which shouldn't which is damage the standing of muslims we can but more importantly it's damaged the confidence children have in the education system do you think this new system of british values will actually help muslims to assimilate better into british society no government minister has been able to tell is the values that they've set out to talk about democracy you talk about tolerance and respect the rule of law gender equality these are values that we signed up to these are values that...
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built because during the muslim brotherhood, there was no democracy. believe me. there was no democracy. so give sisi a chance, and about the social media, in egypt, here, or outside, they will watch what is happening. if there is any transgression against all of this high-valued principals, you will see the result. >> as for not infringing on civil liabilities, that's kind of a joke, even in societies like the united states. the snooping by security services has been a gratin fringement on civil liberties. so in egypt, big brother can really hurt activists and hurt journalists. i don't buy the justification that snooping is motivated solely by security concerns. if i am a terrorist and i want to plan an attack, they are not going to be advertising on facebook. so the real purpose is not foexecute but the inexecute of the state. >> our global village voices now on the election, the coverage, and the prospects for egyptian journalism. >> freedom of expression has suffered greatly over the course of modern egyptian history. i would say this period lies f
built because during the muslim brotherhood, there was no democracy. believe me. there was no democracy. so give sisi a chance, and about the social media, in egypt, here, or outside, they will watch what is happening. if there is any transgression against all of this high-valued principals, you will see the result. >> as for not infringing on civil liabilities, that's kind of a joke, even in societies like the united states. the snooping by security services has been a gratin fringement...
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there are 1 billion muslims, peace-loving muslims, living around this world. we cannot hate all of them. you know, there are a billion christians around this world, not all peaceful and kind. so i think that we've got to take a step back and look at how we sort of allow these vicious and cruel stereotypes against this family, but for peace loving muslims around this world. >> they have such a disdain for the decision that the commander and chief made. they have taken it so far to tarnish the family, make then the target, draw conclusions, say they look like a muslim. connie schultz, how low does it get for the republicans? >> i dare not too predict, but i do think this that most americans will not stand for this. i run a public facebook page which i mentioned before, we have almost 130,000 people following, we were having this discussion for last two days. regardless of the politics, it's not just liberals saying this goes too far. we don't know the circumstances yet. we do not understand all that happened. and we also know what's fair and what's unfair. i do
there are 1 billion muslims, peace-loving muslims, living around this world. we cannot hate all of them. you know, there are a billion christians around this world, not all peaceful and kind. so i think that we've got to take a step back and look at how we sort of allow these vicious and cruel stereotypes against this family, but for peace loving muslims around this world. >> they have such a disdain for the decision that the commander and chief made. they have taken it so far to tarnish...