1-855-sharia. how can i help you? >> there is hot line where muslims and nonmuslims can call and ask questions about sharia or get information about the push for legislation. >> they can feel it is anti-foreign law. but we know it is targeting one community, one faith. >> it is not the sharia doctrine part of the jihadist doctrine? the moment you ask the question and engage in discourse, you become branded as an islam foeb and they attack you and attack you. >> opponents say they intend to keep up the pressure on the local level. >> if the law doesn't pass, it engages enormous debate because the opposition has put the brakes on. but that means it comes up again at the next session. and there is another public debate. >> the group has been sponsoring town hall meetings to make sure the public debate includes islamic law experts. she says open dialogue and education are the only way to resolve the conflict. >> the muslims should not live in fear and nonmuslims should not live in fear. this is a count

that's sharia law for me. >> sharia, according to muslims is god's word on how you're supposed to liveeldman is a professor of international law at harvard. he's written several books on islam and sharia law. >> if you look across the muslim world, you can see a lot of difference in how customs and practices operate among people all whom believe they're following the sharia. as a general matter, the sharia is what you make of it. plenty of muslims interpreter it in an equal way so it's equal towards women and progressive towards women. prominent resident sally wall helped organize the lawsuit and convinced sharia law isn't harmless. >> during our investigation, she showed me a photo stove a woman punished under sharia law. >> she doesn't have any ears either. >> you're worried this could happen here. >> it happened here. >> i understand. >> there are large muslim populations. >> there's no sharia law in new york city. >> it is creeping in, though, i believe. and i think it will creep in as there are more muslims coming here. because that's what they're taught. i think they should try t

she's convinced sharia law isn't harmless.e showed me a photo of a woman punished under taliban rule. and this is the cover of "time" magazine. >> exactly. >> horribly disfigured. >> right. and she didn't have any ears either. >> you're realistically worried that this could happen here? >> i certainly am. it happened to her. >> in afghanistan. >> i understand. >> there are large muslim populations in the united states already. >> i know that. >> i mean, new york city, we have a big muslim population. >> i know that. >> there's no sharia law in new york city. >> it is creeping in, though, i believe. and i think it will creep in, as there are more muslims coming here, because that's what they've taught. i think they should try to come into the 21st century. >> meaning, do what? >> assimilate. if you would quit covering, you would find this a much easier place to live. >> obviously, i'm not oppressed. i'm married to the imam in the mosque. if anyone was going to inflict sharia law or whatever, obviously, it would be my husband. y

he was a member of ansar al sharia, the local franchise of al qaeda. ansar al sharia was started last year to provide al qaeda in the arabian peninsula with foot soldiers and a new image. some experts question the exact relationship between the two groups, but ghaith found that they operated as one and the same. how clearly they referred to themselves as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and for fouad to talk to us, he would have to have permission from the highest authority. >> narrator: fouad said that us drones and the yemeni air force often attacked. >> (translated): they bomb people's homes to prove to washington they are truly fighting terrorism. but they have failed. >> narrator: he agreed to take ghaith on a tour of jaar.

that is the sharia system. as interpreted by many of islam's most influential thinkers and when i'm going to refer to as a classical sharia, that is the version subscribe to the organizations like the muslim brotherhood in academics at the faculty of ancient al-azhar university in cairo. classical sharia rejects basic as symbols of constitutional republicanism. in fact, it rejects first and foremost foundational premise that people are freer to determine their own destiny and was regardless of what sharia holds. it's the goal of all islamists to impose sharia and that's why you suggest there is no such thing as the moderate islamists. if you want to replace the american constitutional system and western civilization but the middle east, you are not a moderate, however grateful we may be venturing out looking to blow up the bridge in order to impose your desired. whether they are violent or nonviolent, whether they were incrementally towards their goal or import speed, the mission of islamists as always and ever

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many spending their sunday praying to mark the end of the holy month of ramadan series leader of a sharia law show on state t.v. praying in a mosque the first public appearance since last month's bomb blast killed his top security officials some residents of aleppo the country's commercial hub went out to sweep the streets littered with debris and shrapnel after weeks of street battles between government troops and rebels are on a boy who visited one southern village to see how people there are trying to build better lives for themselves despite the bloodshed. it's a reach all in syria have become painfully accustomed to neighbors and relatives coming to pay homage to yet another of the fallen their few tears at least in public the dead are considered martyrs now and haven't but the sense of loss is suffocating. as sound was an army captain who was taken down by a sniper in damascus and learn from well i want to say to his killers is that violence is the worst solution it only leads to more violence this is the six victim in the village of dying in southern syria all of them were serving

the rule of sharia law in the heart of europe and nightmare for some an established goal for others many belgians are becoming increasingly alarmed by a reported rise of islam mystic to many in their country but muslim community leaders have warned of the dangers of demonizing the mannie for the actions of a small few steps are still you know reports over here into walks of district in the belgium local media here have reported that there's an organization called it much because of how he's been has been based here for the last three years it's allegedly a salafi story because asia the preachers of radical islam are the website has been blocked and there's no easy way to get in touch with them so we decided to come here and find out what we could. but we couldn't get much of a few residents have also made it clear that we word welcome local media reports say that this organization was founded by two brothers who studied in saudi arabia and preaches a form of hardline islamic that is quote unquote tough on both muslims and non muslims alike citing an anonymous source. from his office i'm

an example is sharia law. they have faith and justify it by saying creator might mean alla and what they were told was they have to act in sharia law. >> but the constitution would not allow that. the constitution would not allow that. >> if the constitution doesn't allow that, then the constitution in theory does not allow christianity in any sense. >> doesn't allow the catholic church to be the church of america, and i don't want that. you don't have to be hostile to people of faith and there's no room for faith because documents are riddled with references to god. if there is no god, then what's with the constitution? >> i mean, it does say, you know, the creator -- >> and supreme judge. >> we know the constitution is up for interpretation, which is why we have the supreme court which is why we have liberals and democrats argue over different parts of the constitutions. >> right. >> in theory, couldn't they interpret it differently -- >> if you don't allow establishment of religion, which first amendment do

law, smuggling drugs, and kidnapping for ransom -- enforcing sharia law. western journalists traveling here need military protection. the risks are high. more than 430,000 people have now fled the north. this family fled in fear for their lives. >> i was afraid. it was not safe to go to the market anymore. there was so much shooting there. some of my neighbors were killed by stray bullets. to make matters worse, i was pregnant. in the end, we knew we could not stay there any longer. >> violence was a constant threat. her brother was robbed at gunpoint. "it was terrible there. we could not go out at night at all. there were checkpoints. i was the driver, and my boss' car was stolen from me by rebels. >> most fleeing the violence stay in camps. >> it has been hard. hard on everybody here. you cannot just leave home and expect to live as you did before in someone else's house. our president here has put big pressure on the family. >> [inaudible] drought is compounding the problems. aid agencies warn that taking on the islamists may soon mean even more misery.

growing islamic movement in the world and that it calls for replacing national legal frameworks with sharia law offered by means of a violent struggle against the state but abdelkader a theologian at the main islamic center and mosque in brussels and himself a salafi explains that the actions of a minority add to the confusion in the way muslims are perceived acidified salafi if we take the definition of salafi it means looking at our predecessors and going back to the very first ways of islam it can be the beard the clothing even smiling can be part of the prophetic tradition so long as he is not a call for war it's not a call for jihad it's not to ask people to be full of hate on the contrary salafi is a religion that's for extremists you find them in every religion for us we are moderate we're in the center but what of those who are not moderate. groups like these that offer speech we. completely opposite of belgian society they don't know where they choose the wrong place it's not in the country will build you that you can offer that kind of speech because it doesn't work but in the end

islam has received much media attention as of late in june in the leader of another radical group sharia for belgium said it would previously given us an interview was arrested for posting an internet video urging quote his brothers and sisters to fight against nonbelievers after a woman was detained for wearing a face veil clashes later erupted between muslim youths and police in retaliation for the woman's detention and days later a french muslim stabbed two policemen in brussels saying he had come to attack policemen and take revenge on the belgian government for banning the burka the german intelligence service said of its most recent annual report that salafism was the fastest growing islamic movement in the world and that it calls for replacing national legal frameworks with sharia law by means of a violent struggle against the state but as a theologian at the main islamic center and mosque in brussels and himself a salafi explains that the actions of a minority add to the confusion in the way muslims are perceived acidify salafi if we take the definition of salafi means looking at

how is it possible to be a good muslim and not be in favor of sharia law? >> there are wide interpretations of islam, and there is a courageous effort underway in the islam count in try reinterpret the aggressive passages and put them in historical context that that was for them, but that is not for now. >> do you see any success with that? >> there is some success. there are places like indonesia is very different than the practice of islam, generally speaking, in saudi arabia. let me tell you something else from my own experience as a prosecutor, and doing terrorism cases. i think the big divide in the islamic community in america is between the rank and file muslims and the leadership of many of the mosques and many community centers. when we needed cooperation from the islamic community in conducting our investigation, we generally got it. now, it came with caveats. most specifically that people did not want it to be known that they cooperated with us, but as long as we assured them that that did not have to be found out, they were pretty cooperative, a

. >> can't theyy the same justification in the sharia law through congress? >> don't believe in establishment of religion and sharia law is the law of society. islam does not separate religious law. you have one authority, both civil and religious. we have never had that. we fought that war out in the 1400s, and for the most part the right side won, and we separate religious and civil. when i say separation of church and state i'm not saying they should be together itch don't think we should have a state church. >> i'm not dig -- >> i believe there's a religious ethic that infuses our society and our philosophy that we should recognize and accept and follow but we're not going to be self governing very long. look the declaration. we hold these truths, truths, to be self-evident. all men are created equal and our rights come from goddism don't accept that, i'll be honest with you if you're athiests, i'd love to talk about this over a beer. if wore founded on the idea of god creating us, how do you reconcile that with lack of faith? i'm not saying can't be a go

they're terrified of the armed men who are roaming northern mali and imposing their version of sharia. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to pulitizer prize winning author richard ford about "canada," his new novel on murder, morality and coming of age. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshou" major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the nation could be pushed into a major recession next year if scheduled spending cuts and tax hikes kick in at the end of the year. the congressional budget office said going over the so-called fiscal cliff could have dire consequences. unless congress acts by the end of the year, americans can expect more than $300 billion in tax increases as bush-era tax cuts expire. and nearly $200 billion in across-the-board spending cuts congress agreed to last year in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. t

he said the koran is our -- koran is our constitution, shirria is our -- sharia is our guide.said of the bush administration, the world's leader. we are giving $1.5 million to the muslim brotherhood that now leads egypt. is that a mistake. >> i would want to qualify your statement about the $1.5 billion. an awful lot goes to the egyptian military. i think eye know the -- [inaudible], i worked with him closely in the gulf war in desert storm. to the extent there has been significant u.s. assistance over the years, a lot of it has been to and through the egyptian military. i would keep that in mind. i think the egyptian military is the one force, politically capable of operating in egypt today and counter-balance, if you will, to the muslim brotherhood. so i would not imagine they would pull the plug on that assistance. >> sean: up next, we take things outdoors, as i join vice-president cheney on a fishing trip with wounded warriors and their healing. definitely >> welcome back to this special edition of hafnlt thousands of men and women are returning home from war with injuries

rose: yeah. >> no. >> rose: but you think... >> governments that the basis of the society must be sharia law cannot be pluralistic. >> rose: right. that would be a contradiction in terms. >> rose: but there are people who... >> i wouldn't say that's bad but that's different from the american perception. now, can we get along with governments that are ideologically aren't our style? as you know, i've always believed that one should take into account the national interest of the countries concerned. so in some cases it is... i see no conflict of national interest between egypt and the united states that makes it impossible to get along, to have some negotiations. >> rose: the big question that overhangs this... >> but we shouldn't declare them democratic just to be able to do it. >> rose: let me refer finally to this question which has always been at the core of what you write, what you say, what you argue. this is what you said. the united states has still not answered these fundamental questions for itself: do we have a vision of what strategic equation in the region-- meaning this... th