old people want the islamic sharia to be their defense. and upon our first celebration of celebrations after the revolution, people demanded that sharia be adopted as the main source of legislation. once again, i would like to stress that the intent of the sharia was important. >> i hear a common element. that is what i would say is the supreme self-confidence. in two ways. you're all confidence that you represent the islamic and the cultural values in some ways the conservative values, perhaps, although you didn't make reference of that, of your societies. so you go through the democratic process, and the people will voice support for your program. but writing a constitution is not simply about giving voice to the majority, it's also about protecting the individual. i hear confidence there as well. essentially that if you draw on the islamic tradition, you will find material in there in order to regulate relations between the state and the individuals. so that confidence is natural. if you didn't have it, you wouldn't be islamists, and we

what is the definition of jihad under sharia? if you open islamic books this is the definition of jihad from the most well-known book it is to the muslims derived from the word signifying warfare to establish the religion. it's for the purpose of making islam when the war. expansions. it is the war. in the university there is another definition. quote, the war institution against jewish christians and pagans, the war institution. when the war is mentioned. only 3% does not refer to the war and violence. this gets really complicated when they are not just in post on muslim individuals but when it becomes the job of the state, the job of the state is already defined under sharia. the fight all people until they become muslim. it is a commandment. this is the job. you have to fight a muslim country. when the muslims are in there is another law that says when the muslims are in their own country in which case jihadists a communal obligation among the muslims each year you have to go to jihad and will provide the equipment the soldier

century who wrote the sharia. it is already interpreted. >> thank you so much. >> my name is david bell from the leadership institute. thank you for coming today. it was very lightning. i enjoyed what you had to say. however my question is basically about you stating the middle east and north african region the islamic state -- middle east and north african region prima to imploding or predicted to implode and you stated that the u.s. would be a casualty in. >> if we are not careful. >> i wonder if you could give an explanation how the u.s. would be the casualty and in combination with that could you identify how some future officials should approach this situation? >> very good question. in my last chapter which is called house of cards:how islam is imploding it is always by expanding. islam is expanding in europe now. bringing the most radical elements in europe, in america. we have a growing population, many of their leadership calling for sharia. we have to look at all of this from history. islam when it went t

how do you conceive of the relationship not between the sharia and the constitution, but the sharia and ordinary legislation when you get down to the business of making ordinary laws? >> translator: we have effective participation, very strong participation for all segments of the tunisian population. this is the role of the civil societies. and the movement is trying to build all the decisions on the basis of what they believe are in the best interests of the tunisian people. anything that the tunisian society deems to be the way that represents the biggest islamic nature of the tunisian people, and that would not allow anybody in tunisia to subject to any questioning or any test. but the first open session for the assembly, every current of the parts represented, they will express their vision on this constitution, and the legislation in general. as you mentioned, the constitutional assembly has the authority also. so all the activities move towards dealing toward improving to open the road for investments. all those who express this statement, express the arab-islamic nature. so i do

so the legal reference for the constitution would be the islamic sharia. there is another project that talks about talks about a free country, islam and arabic, it's the language, the movement, of course thashs tht s a political, the political divisions and there is no need to -- so there was a great discussion in that region, and there were -- the basis of the discussions are demands to include sharia in the constitution, but there are other movements that consider that this will divide and split the society and the sharia law is kind of confusing and not understood and so we oppose justice and freedom and the main ideas of religion is to maintain the religion and to have all the main points of religion. there are lots of scholars who talked about this freedom and justice as fundamental pillars of islam. so this is one scholar who wrote about sharia, and he said, had stated that sharia democracy -- and we have confusing points about-- that it is it calls for polygamy and but there -- and it's looked upon as unjust and -- so and although that we decided to

the sharia is regulated. re are blasphemy laws, which execute people if they touch the word of islam. so in this comes a catastrophe. religion becomes the state. islam has the role of the state. and has brought in a legal system to rule by and to judge by. and they have a military institution called sharia's. but they should open themselves to [inaudible]. but no, you cannot decide because it is an islamic state. they are after me wherever i go. they are highly organized, and i am just one person. here i am being sought because i am exposing all these laws, and all these laws come if you really investigate, are to blame for a lot of the behavior and conditions that are making it what it is today. here we are. we cannot speak about islamic state, we cannot speak about -- some muslim countries are asking some united nations -- under the pretenses of religion. i'm not talking about religion. i could care less about any religion. but, if religion extends itself so much that it becomes the state and a legal system

we look at what we call the macasit of the sharia, the objectives of the sharia. what do they lead to? the implication of the sharia rather than the speck dictate, and that means democracy. that means freedom. that means the rule of law. that means the basic universal principle that humanity is yielding for everywhere in the corner of -- how much more time? >> one minute. >> great. thank you. it is good that i can ask bp i still have one minute. our very challenges, there are many challenges. the military council is a challenge. everywhere in the world, almost everywhere in the world the military is getting away from politics. we would like to avoid the military industrial complex phenomena. we would like the civilians to be able to control their lives the way they want. having a military is like having a theocracy but in a secular forward and gain both democracy as well as military ruling of the egyptian lives. then once we're settled with the parliament, the accounts and the presidency, the government on writing the constitution, we have a huge test. the problem

the sharia is regulated. re are blasphemy laws, which execute people if they touch the word of islam. so in this comes a catastrophe. religion becomes the state. islam has the role of the state. and has brought in a legal system to rule by and to judge by. and they have a military institution called sharia's. but they should open themselves to [inaudible]. but no, you cannot decide because it is an islamic state. they are after me wherever i go. they are highly organized, and i am just one person. here i am being sought because i am exposing all these laws, and all these laws come if you really investigate, are to blame for a lot of the behavior and conditions that are making it what it is today. here we are. we cannot speak about islamic state, we cannot speak about -- some muslim countries are asking some united nations -- under the pretenses of religion. i'm not talking about religion. i could care less about any religion. but, if religion extends itself so much that it becomes the state and a legal system

the philippines. it's already happening in europe. in england, they give them sharia law. they are doing their legal system, and pretty soon there's some neighborhoods in france and england where the police are too scared to walk him. that's what i'm talking about. we are splitting ourselves apart by giving a bloodline to a political system and an ideology that is so camouflaging as religion. >> thank you very much. >> hi. i am a student at the master college in california, an intern at aei this semester. i've recently took a feminist class through secular college, and while they talked about all sorts of interesting issues, i noticed that there was an absence of addressing anything from any of the issues that you talk about with sharia and the women's issues with the islamic ideology. so i was just wondering if there's a way that we can make him if there's a way that you suggest we can make people more aware of that, and also fight back against some of the inconsistencies that i noticed even in the modern feminist american movement? >> thank you. that's a great question bu

what does islamic sharia law offer us mean? the objective of the sharia, what do the lead to? the implication of the sharia rather than the specific him and that means democracy, that means the freedom, that means the rule of law. that means the basic universal principles that humanity is giving for everywhere in the corner of the earth. >> great, thank you. >> i still have one minute. there are many challenges. the military council in the children everywhere in the world, the military is getting away from policy. we would like to avoid the military and thus the conflicts in harmony. we would like the civilians to be able to control their lives the way they want. having a ministry as like having a bureaucracy, but it is equally form. and both democracy and military ruling of the egyptian life. then once we are sitting with the council, writing the constitution, we have a huge task. the problem has not party just because we need to be able to change the culture from the culture of cooperation, to culture of freedom were all of us can make a great pashtun agree and disagree. we

all people wanted the sharia to be the reference, and upon our first celebration after the revolution, people demanded that sharia be adopted as the main source of legislation. once again, i would like to stress that the intent is not important -- >> i see a common element, and that i would see would be the supreme self-confidence in two ways. you're all confident that you really represent the islamic and the cultural values and in some ways the socially conservative values perhaps, although you didn't make reference to that, of your society. so you go to the space process, and the people will voice support for your program. but, writing the constitution isn't simply about giving voice to the majority. it's also about protecting the individual. on your confidence there as well, that essentially if you draw on the islamic tradition and the profit of sharia you'll find material to regulate or the relations between the state and the individual. so that confidence is natural. if you didn't have it, you wouldn't be islamist and we wouldn't have invited you here. [laughter] but my question

the implementation of sharia is not fully mentioned is the goal of jihad. all of this is regularly accessible, among other places in reliance of the traveler, which is actually endorsed by its accuracy. a seat of learning founded in 975 ad that gave us the cleric tried before me who's the spiritual authority behind the sadat and gahanna assassinations and the 9/11 attack. sharia itself has the -- jihad the obligatory on every movement and it is not simply a personal struggle for self-improvement, it is the obligatory struggle to -- truces and treaties as simply temporary -- it her mitts indeed surges the assembly for the sake of islam, the times square bomber was challenged at his sentencing by the judge when he professed hatred for in up sigsz to the united states. he asked didn't you take an oath when you became a citizen of this country? his answer was yes, but i didn't mean it. are there no muslims who are willing to live in peace with their neighbors? of course there are, and many of them resides in the united states as loyal americans. and millions mo

what does islamic sharia offer is? the objective of the sharia. the implication of the sharia rather than the specific [inaudible]. that means democracy, that means freedom, that means the rule of law. [inaudible] how much wartime? >> one minute. >> you have one minute. >> other challenge is? there are many challenges. the military council is a challenge. almost everyone in the world is now -- the military is now giving away from politics. we would like to address the complex. we would like for civilians to be able to control the lives the way they want to [inaudible]. -- as military ruling of the egyptian lives. the presidency, the government, the constitution -- we need to be able to a culture of oppression into a culture of freedom. we need to be able to honor our human dignity, respect our differences -- because we believe that these two principles honor our dignity and respect our differences -- these are indispensable convictions for egyptians, national peace, and world peace. >> thank you. >> thank you very much [applause] >> we moved to the

the two important matters you raised are sharia and jihad. i strongly encourage a dialogue around this because very important. i would like to encourage the muslims among you is to engage in a dialogue with nonmuslim friends within the american society that we can come to understand the sharia. sharia is the word that is not even in english because once it is translated into english it's am buying ya. sharia means legal law. we're ruled by law. we have to have a law. you call it islamic, you call it secular, you call it this, you call it that. it is a different law. i emphasize that it is different. and it has been there for 1400 years ago. it was tried sometimes it succeeded produced a great civilization. sometimes it failed. the people failed to utilize it to produce a great civilization. it's human experience of understanding a divine text. it can produce the best alternatives. sometimes it does not produce the best alternatives. concerning jihad the same thing. what does jihad mean. just take it out of the arabic and give it the english tr

sharia in the koran that says you have to pray five times. that makes it sharia. so if somebody has to renounce the sharia, they have to renounce islam. >> after 9/11, to the attitude towards muslims changed or has that been building? >> i think it was starting to build after the fall of the soviet union because we begin to people protesting about who is the next inning the united states will have come and get somebody like huntington, who talked about the clash of civilization, and he went around the whole middle east talking about it. and it brought a response, for example, iran which talked about the dialogue of civilizations, let's get together, let's work together so it's a better world. but 9/11 sharpened this, and i think it's not so much 9/11 as the propaganda that surrounded the war, which was necessary if you're going to energize the american people to support the war, and to have trillions of dollars poured into a war, and thousands of american young people killed in the project. you have to justify it somehow. so i'm not saying -- [inaudible] all i'm s

no fear for for washington or for any western power that they're basically looking to to follow the sharia law as a way to identify wrong from right now of course that is that remains to be seen how that is going to be actually put forth because for example one of the candidates from the salary party already said that he wants to make. you know for example drinking alcohol absolutely illegal even for tourists that he wants to ban swimsuits from being born on the gyptian beaches and he also wants to start gates women from men when it comes to education and to lower the age of consent to about twelve years of age so they're not washington or any other western country. should see the islamist radical islamist as a threat of course remains to be seen until after the elections ok thanks for bringing us this update from cairo where u.s. based alice franks of otto's says america should be teaming up with democratic forces. the white house you know we would hope that they're looking at the best case scenario but they need to be a little bit more cautious about the worst case scenario and that incl

and it's not for the purpose of just evading the other issues, but the sharia issue is only -- there's one committee concerned with this issue, and the other committees discuss all the various issues. and that's what i was trying to focus on. there's one other important issue, and that is that 66 committees focus on public groups. for example, as my colleague here mentioned, that in libya there are marginalized groups that don't get the attention of a minister or any public official. we cannot write the constitution on these uneven principles. now we have a special committee that is studying the ideal way to allow the opportunity to have some kind of balance between old parties. and we're not trying, for example, to weaken the groups that at some point used to be -- to benefit from the space allowed to it under the previous regime. because for 20 years, for example, they were active, and now we try to marginalize them. we want a constitution that defends and protects all parties. and in a very balanced way. so how do we achieve that? we're still in discussion over this. and another iss

the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and are guided by the sharia and define the social dimension, he feels that pressure. so let's hear here from akmad, a young student we interviewed in cairo. >> we've explored interfaith tensions between jews, christians, and muslims in the middle east, but there are also intrafaith tensions- that means tensions within a single faith; in this case, islam. we spoke with a young student, akmad, who describes his frustrations being a young person- a muslim- living in a decidedly religious society. could you give us just a couple of examples of things you'd like to do on your own time in cairo that you can't do because islamic doctrine prevents you from doing it? >> [speaking in arabic] >> maybe i intend to have one of my friend's cars and we go together and smoke cigarettes and have a girl with us in the car and have some wine. this is all strictly forbidden in islam. >> [speaking in arabic] >> rich people, they don't think, so they don't have these problems, because they can go without anybody, their cars and their

and a tale of chaos and fear and the imposition of sharia law. from mali, and from the mayor of timbuktu. two senior public officials in somalia among the victims of a suicide bombing in mogadishu. the rebel group al-shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack that happened during a function and at recently reopened national theater. prime minister ali has told the bbc the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. our africa editor is joining me now live. tell us who are these two public figures? >> the head of the olympics committee and the head of the football association. they are amongst the least seven people killed. it may be as high as 10. and more people wounded when a woman suicide bomber exploded a belt around her at the ceremony. >> also, the prime minister was there. >> he was there and is safe. he was in the middle of his speech when happens. he says that his cabinet is ok. >> audacious would be one word for this. what does this tell us about al- shabab's readiness? >> it shows they are weak. in the past, they were able

there's also a discussion of what do we put [inaudible] we are focusing more on the objective of the sharia rather than the rulings. rulings are limited by time and space. it is universal like freedom and human rights. it's this is the priority of the freedom and justice party. >> often in american literature, the way you describe muslim an islamic state is often just the opposite in terms of terminology. beckett also be true in european -- that can also be true in europe with how people view that phrase. >> the christians do not have the same opportunity to build houses of worship that is available. >> one has to see this. there will be a change. the policy you are referring to did not happen because of islamic rule. it also existed hundreds of years ago. >> can i put something on record here? if christians need this, i myself will participate in building the church so someone can call me later. >> i just want to, and trying to figure out how we're going to do this. can we go an additional five minutes? is that ok? we have a problem with all of the people there. let's take three questions

we have to be very cautious because most of the people from the beginning they want to denounce the sharia. absolutely no i mean. communication can sending a team and their colleagues from them a job that's a reason so i mean international pressure all the media reporting are going on the same direction just. all the time. all right and you say other director and founder of the french center for intelligent studies many thanks for joining us on our team today. but i do bear in mind you can always find lots more of the stories we're covering of course on our web site on dot com but also worth checking out while you're there for example he was the occupy wall street protesters worst nightmare and now he may be running for new york mayor as republicans push the most senior n.y.p.d. officer for the big top job plus. probably the world's second best women's tennis player maria sharapova whose are not only known for her skills on the court but also for courting publicize the office that's now said a game set match to about lustrous long log sharing her newest photos with facebook users that and

sharia law will ajude date their contest. how do you objectively, what do you project for the incursion of sharia law into the judiciary of this country. >> that -- so far as providing for sharia law as a basis for a decision, if you're talking about a commercial case, then in theory, there's no reason why you can't do that. if two parties agree that -- and they want to go arbitrate or go in front of an arbitrator and agree to take that arbitrators -- and there's no reason to avoid that, we do it in other settings as well. you can choose foreign laws to govern an arbitration, if there's an actual connection and both parties agree. so far so far as sharia law getting into the basis in decision for the u.s. law, it's happened a couple times. it's been turned around a couple times. there's a famous judge in intellectual who dismissed charges against a defendant because he raped his wife because he thought it was permissible for him to do that under his religion. the judge, said, gee, he practices a different religion and this is the case an dismissed the case. an appellate court turned that around. i don't think we're in any actu

we look at what we call -- what is the implication of the sharia? at means democracy, freedom, the rule of law. that means the basic universal principles everywhere in the corner of this earth. i still have one minute. other challenges, there are many challenges. the military council is a challenge. the military -- we would like to avoid military conflict phenomenon. we liked -- have any military is like having a theocracy in a secular form. once we are settled with the parliament, the presidency, we need to be able to change the culture into a culture of freedom. all of us can agree and disagree. we need to be able to honor our human dignity, respect our differences, because we believe that these two principles are indispensable conditions for egyptian peace, for national peace, and for world peace. thank you. [applause] >> ok. we moved to the two monarchies. yesterday, i was talking and he said -- not the revolution's going on. we would like to keep the monarchy, but within the monarchy, we are trying to put in place a process. to hear about the mo

the story for egypt it doesn't go turkeys way or iran's way. we are talking about sharias you pointed out and the big concern is that it will have a direct impact on marriages and divorce and inheritance and may severely impact minorities and women's rights. they talk about stoning women and that is acceptable to do so. >> that is true, that is true. there are similarities with the 1979 revolution and in the end islamic states hijacked and implemented law . 32 years iranians are fighting against it. there are positive signs as well es are much more educated than the iranians were. women themselves more than half of the university students are women . they have access to better communications and to inform people about the consequences of the decisions may make. and they have acess to information they make wiser choices and there is a serious divisions among the sham slams themselves with the party clerics. and islamic muslim brotherhood. and so i hope they will be able to choose the more logical candidate. >> on that note, we have to go. but i thank you for joining with t

he gave this speech in egypt and i was wondering what state of stabilization of the sharia law for the islamic into realism in his words are we in right now? >> thank you. great question. you've got three questions. [applause] >> concerning female participation, i would just like to contest that we are not happy about the situation of women we think the presentation of women in the parliament is the engagement in society needs improvement and of course it's part of our platform to engage women both in the civil society and politics in the next election we are intending to field more women candidates but also working to improve the situation in society getting to the root causes of the problems on the marginalization of women and into the skill of the problem of the violation of women's rights in any kind of marginalization of women coming and we have a lot of solutions to that one of the prairies of the parliamentary agenda to estimate how many candidates did the ftp run in the last election? how many succeeded but how many ran? >> about 70. >> i just wanted to --. >> we have the large

law by use of the -- of contracts between private individuals who agree that sharia law will adjudicate their controversies and my second follow-up is, how do you objectively, what do you project for the incursion of shahrial law into the judiciary of this country? >> okay, that so far as providing for shahrial law is a basis for decision, if you're talking about a commercial case, then in theory, there's no reason why you can't do that. if two parties agree that and they want to go arbitrate in front of an arbitrator and agree to take that arbitrator's decision, then rules that apply under sharia law will apply. there's no reason to avoid that. we do it in other settings, as well. stuck choose foreign law to govern an arbitration if there's an actual connection and both parties agree. so far as sharia law getting into the basis for decision in u.s. law, it's happened a couple of times. it's been turned around a couple of times. there's a famous judge in new jersey who dismissed charge against the defendant who raped his wife because he thought it was legally permiss

religion is going to be as it results to the state, everyone may say they are all for article 2, the roll of sharia in egypt and the shrine in law, there is a difference among those who feel it should be a much more omnipresent law and those who say there has to be separation. and the extent to which i agree with both of my colleagues on the idea that we have a role to play. the one thing i would add i think we'll be more effective if we can build what amounts to a large number of partners saying this internationally and repeating it over and over again so it becomes a mantra. and if it becomes a mantra, then it becomes something that the muslim brotherhood will realize the world is watching at a time they want help. they have to meet certain standards. but also their own publics will, it seeps into the bloodstream. i think they had that psychology of being citizens but don't have the mechanisms how to act on that. >> i want to put one more question to our panel before we turn it over to the audience for questions as well. this is on a country that is not necessarily associated with arab spring but

financial backing that were to come you see a lot of these distractions leaning towards the installation of sharia law is something that is paramount in their constitutions so to try and ally with someone who is putting shari'a law in place she wanted so antithetical to our us constitution. the coin is truly in the air and that still to come here on our team greece in a rage after an elderly man becomes the people's austerity marder anger boils over into riots this week after the retired pharmacist killed himself in front of parliament his suicide note had said he had no more means to live. and the twelve survivors of the team and plane crash that killed thirty one are continuing to get treatment in the hospital as failure to d.i.'s the plane is named as the primary cause of the tragedy. but first russia's pledge to bring. victor boot after the businessman was sentenced to a quarter century behind bars moscow says it sees the case as political who was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge stressed there was no proof who would have committed any crime bu

the muslim brotherhood have just recently been in washington d.c. insisting that radical islamist groups have been misrepresented says that they actually seek nothing more than to install a sharia law in place of the constitutional law some of the things which they have proposed to be put forth in egypt as the law is for example banning alcohol for everyone including tourists for arresting tourists for wearing she's the swimsuits for sick or bathing schools and making girls go to separate schools for boys and for lowering the age of consent to twelve years of age and whether or not these are the types of laws which those who have been out on the streets of cairo a year ago bringing about the egyptian revolution. this is exactly what they had to lie when they called for liberty equality and justice of course that means for the egyptian people to decide how he's going to go to school reporting meantime analyst frank salvato says that washington shouldn't be teaming up with democratic power of political crepes the white house you know we would hope that they're looking at the best case scenario but they need to be a little bit more cautious about the worst case scenario and that i

international pressure all the media reporting are going up the same direction just to be decisive all the time by sharia. of course so you can always find lots more of the story on our website i thought also worth checking out there a fabulous find in russia's south but all of here geologists have discovered dozens of alleged fossilized dinosaur eggs as they broke these rocks during road construction workers. amazing to log on to r.t. dot com. also pain. artist in the center of a race scandal involving the swedish culture minister more on that. these are the images. we're not far off from the r.t. world for now peace talks between israel and the palestinians roadblock palestinian prime minister salam fayyad pulled out of a planned meeting instead to low level officials met with israeli prime minister netanyahu and little progress reported. now explains palestinian see the chance of change continually passing by. israel's prime minister. and his palestinian counterpart scheduled to meet for the first time ever a landmark moment to bring peace right wrong this is really not pretty for peace israel wants p

there is long standing tradition in the middle east but it's misdirected compared to our democracy. sharia law is a twist off of the ten commandments. is it possible to take that tradition, that experience, and build saudi arabia has done a good job at it. and they have what most consider good government by the definition of good government. is it possible to use that as the courting point and that experience to help these governments out? >> well, i'm tempted to say if you can get from henry the 8th to barack obama you can do it. but i trip -- my western sensebuilts and senses of man and woman as i see them trip over sharia law. i can't -- yes, i suppose the absolutely objective answer is yes, you can get from there to here and that at some point you know, we didn't give women the vote until about 125 years ago. so yeah i guess they can get from here to that. my question is whether the religion wants them to get from here to there and in burke it's a huge part and in fact part of their tradition with which they struggle. look at turkey. turkey made enormous progress by secularizing its so

the western civilization from within. sabotaging it by hands of believers so it is eliminated and god is victorious. sharia is the the law of the land. that is not simply in muslim countries. it is any place where they can and to exercise control. some neighborhoods are, like in france, somewhat in england, and sweden. it is practiced and forced with the suppression of local law with the result that some of those neighborhoods have become a no-go zones for police and firefighters unless they have permission. it is a place to be reclaimed. a proposed mosque at ground zero in new york was to be named "cordova house." the implementation of shariah is the goal of jihad. the information is readily accessible. shariah contains the obligation to wage jihad against nonbelievers. jihad is obligatory for every muslim. some call it a personal struggle for self improvement. it is the obligatory struggle. that doctrine regards treaties as a temporary ploy's within the struggle. it permits, indeed it urges, takia. shazzad was a talent at a sentencing. she asked did you not take an oath when you became a citizen to the c

do we put in sharia rulings? the three men justice party wants to stand on the objectives of sharia rather tahn the rulings because their root ltd. to time and space. the objectives are universal like freedom and justice for all. these are the priorities of the freedom and justice party. >> in american literature, the way you describe that is usually just the opposite in terms of terminology. beckham also be true in terms of the europeans who would hear that phrase. let's go over here. >> the christians do not have the same opportunities to build houses of worship that are available to muslims. >> what they are saying is that the policy, there would be a change. the policy you are referring to did not happen because, if you will, islamic rule under mubarak. it existed hundreds of years ago. >> and joe, can i put something under the record? if christians in my area needed a church, i would produce it myself in building a church. >> i just tried to draw on how we can do this. can we go in additional five minutes? i sug

financial backing that will come you see a lot of these the inspections leaning towards the installation of sharia law is something that is paramount in their constitutions so to try and ally with someone who is putting shari'a law in place especially when it's so antithetical to our u.s. constitution. the coin is truly in the air and that. you're watching on t.v. it's good to have your company today moscow is vowing to use all legal means to bring victor boot back home this after the russian businessman it was sentenced by u.s. court he was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge gave both a minimum term of twenty five years stressing there would be no evidence of any crime had it not been for the american sting operation that set up as arrest the teams and us to see a choppin it has more. years spent five u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor it into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed flown to the u.s. and placed in solitary confinement for month

of the extremists that are running for president, there a likelihood sharia will be implemented. n many places, women to prove rape have to have four eyewitnesses, they can't dress the way they want. will egyptian women will be better off or worse off with the very thing that obama supported. in the way it's going i it will be worse off. what do you say? >> it's like they would be worse offer castro in cuba. that is not a question that is debatable. >> the same saim about mubarak. but we need to make sure we are protecting. >> sean: is israel better off and will women be better off the answer is no, he made a mistake. >> what did he do. >> sean: he supported the regime change which we shouldn't be involved in. >> no, he did not support the regime change. >> sean: yes, mubarak must go. >> he did not support the change. whatever they wanted to do. >> sean: so if the people want to implement islamic radicalism and we'll support them officially? >> what are we going to do, there and bomb them again? >> first we don't invite them to the whlgtdz and second we don't give them money. >> s

there's also a discussion of what do we put [inaudible] we are focusing more on the objective of the sharia rather than the rulings. rulings are limited by time and space. it is universal like freedom and human rights. it's this is the priority of the freedom and justice party. >> often in american literature, the way you describe muslim an islamic state is often just the opposite in terms of terminology. beckett also be true in european -- that can also be true in europe with how people view that phrase. >> the christians do not have the same opportunity to build houses of worship that is available. >> one has to see this. there will be a change. the policy you are referring to did not happen because of islamic rule. it also existed hundreds of years ago. >> can i put something on record here? if christians need this, i myself will participate in building the church so someone can call me later. >> i just want to, and trying to figure out how we're going to do this. can we go an additional five minutes? is that ok? we have a problem with all of the people there. let's take three questions

financial backing that will come you see a lot of these the spec sions leaning towards the installation of sharia law is something that is paramount in their constitutions so to try and ally with someone who is putting shari'a law in place especially when it's so antithetical to our u.s. constitution. corneas twirling in the air on the. and coming up later in the program race shaping new nation could allow scores of brand new and sometimes controversial parties to answer the russian parliament examine the possible alcohol interest. is vowing to use all legal means to bring victor bullet back home after the russian businessman was sentenced by u.s. court he was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge gave him a minimum term to twenty five years stressing there would be no evidence of crime had it not been for the american staying operation that set up his arrest or jesus if you're going to has more. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash forward into a sting operation snatched up from a third coun

financial backing that would come you see a lot of these the distractions leaning towards the installation of sharia law is something that is paramount in their constitutions so to try in a lie with someone who is putting shari'a law in place especially when it's so antithetical to our us constitution. because it is truly in the air on their. thoughts frank survivor live in the line there from the united states much appreciated thank you. greeks of mourning the pensioner who shot himself dead in front of parliament in athens seventy seven year old retired farmer says to me trysts chris to the left a suicide note accusing the government cuts of destroying his livelihood his death triggered clashes to hundreds gathered on syntagma square to lay flowers and like candles but then violence erupted as groups of protesters hold petrol bombs at police and then responded with tear gas athens has been steadily slashing pensions and salaries while raising taxes is secure those the e.u. and i.m.f. bailouts race is not extent of a deadline for the last part of that bond swap deal as well which is leaving probabl

sharia law will adjudicate their controversies. my follow up is, how do you objectively, what you project for the inclusion of sharia law into the judiciaryof this country? >> so far as providing for sharia law, if you are talking about a commercial case, in theory, there is no reason why you cannot do that. if parties agree that they want to arbitrate in front of an arbitrator and agree to take that arbitrator's decision, then rules that apply under sharia law will apply. there is no reason to avoid that. we do it in other settings as well. you can choose farm law to govern an arbitration if there is an actual connection and both parties agree. so far as sharia law getting into the basis for decision in u.s. law, it has happened a couple of times and has been turned around a couple of times. the famous judge in new jersey dismissed charges for a defendant who raped his wife because he thought it was legally permissible for him to do that under his religion. the judge said, he practices a different religion and therefore, this is a defense and he dismissed the case. an appellate court turned that around and i do not think we are in any ac

islamist groups have been misrepresented not just in the us but in the west as a whole that they actually seek nothing more than to install a sharia law in place of the constitutional law as a means of telling the bad from the good however you have to keep in mind that these are the parties who have said that egypt's future lies in islam past and some of the things which they have proposed to be put forth in egypt as the law is for example banning alcohol for everyone including tourists for arresting tourists for wearing to the swimsuits for segregated schools and making girls go to separate schools for boys and for lowering the age of consent to about twelve years of age and whether or not these are the types of laws which those who have been out on the streets. of cairo a year ago bringing about the egyptian revolution whether this is exactly what they had in mind when they called for liberty equality and justice of course that remains for the egyptian people to decide and actually some of them have spoken to are saying that they may actually voice choose to boycott. the egyptian presidential elections because they simply do not

tribesmen have seized the northern towns or they say they want to oppose sharia law in northern mali.the new military regime has proven too weak to dislodge the experienced fighters, many of whom served before mercenaries for libya's muammar gaddafi. >> the former governor's palace in this desert city, the tuareg flag now flies overhead. the nomadic tuareg has long thought to establish their own nation in northern mali, a region they call azabad. two weeks ago a military coup plunged the country into chaos. mutinous million troops imposed the government. loyalist troops -- troops left in north and headed south, leaving the region but for the taureg to take over. how -- so far, another mali's neighbors north europe recognized the tuareg-controlled region as an independent state. >> we consider this unilateral declaration of independence of azawad to be null and void. we call on the tuareg rebels to act within the framework of political dialogue that respects mali's constitution and the country's unity. >> the west african block across is considering military intervention to stave off m

these the factions leaning towards the installation of shari'a law is something that is paramount in their constitutions so to try and ally with someone who is putting sharia law in place especially when it's so antithetical to our u.s. constitution. corneas twirling in the air on that. coming up on r t greece in a rage that after an elderly man becomes the people's austerity marder anger boiled over in riots this week after a retired pharmacist killed himself in front of parliament is noted and said he has no more means to stay alive plus twelve survivors from the two man plane crash that killed thirty one are continuing to get treatment in the hospital as the failure to deal with the plane is called primary cause of tragedy. but first russia's pledge to bring home victor mood after the businessman was said in the u.s. to twenty five years in prison basco says it seems the case is political who was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge stressed there was no proof who would have committed any crime but for the sting operation that set up his arrest or he's a saucy target or reports. here is spent by the u.s. to

staying in the middle east north africa in egypt the movement brotherhood is no fielding its presidential candidate is already pledging a push for sharia law in the country if it wins charles got some to say about that seven pm g.m.t. cross-talk on whether islam and democracy can ever co-exist. in the wake of america's so-called war on terror which effectively put the muslim brotherhood push the muslim brotherhood underground and. to the part of. an officially political landscape nonetheless. i would. do my. own no no no no no no reason first the brotherhood has been underground for decades going back to the year of the nasser so i mean i'm not quite sure where in libya was doing is going as facts. through the day's news the decision not to de ice of russian passenger plane is now considered the most likely cause of monday's deadly crash in western siberia that aircraft came down just minutes after takeoff killing thirty one of the forty three people on board including all the crew doctors are still fighting to save the twelve critically ill survivors investigators telling us the plane's engines were functioning when the plane hit the