a problem with islam. we don't understand how so many people would vote for this kind of ban if we did not have a problem with the islamization of civil society in europe. >> an online video game, she is the mosques" appeared -- "shoot the mosques" appeared on his website. he finds it amusing. >> there's no need to build new churches. they have the problem to build the old ones. >> new churches are built. there are new churches built in switzerland. >> this is a faith which is compatible with our state of right, with our democracy. >> i have not noticed but in the christmas market in bern, this woman believes she is attracting stairs. brought up protestant, she now wears a hijab. with religious symbols band in the classroom, she has been unable to complete her teaching degree. she says this is unfair. >> it is clear that this is a dress code a part of the religion. this is not a religious symbol. a religious symbol would be a cross. >> some other women don't wear of the hijab. >> probably they are not as f

with islam. we cannot understand how so many people would vote for a minaret ban if we would not have a problem with the islamicization of civil society in your -- in europe. >> an online video game, "should the mosque's" appeared on his website. he said he found it funny. he also denies the minaret ban is discriminatory. >> you are seeing no new churches should be built in switzerland as well? >> there is no need to build new churches because they have a problem to fill the old ones. >> well, new churches are built, as you probably know. there are no new churches built in switzerland? that is not true. >> it is a faith which is comfortable with our laws and our democracy. >> i have not noticed, but in the christmas market, karoline believes she is attracting stairs. brought up as a typical swiss heidi, normally president -- protestant but secular, she now wears a hijab. with religious symbols banned from the classroom, she has been unable to complete her teaching degree. she says that is unfair.

well i believe it's islamic mission to dominate the world. to replace local governments if you replace the constitution of the united states was surreal all our leaders very obvious that as you look around the world you see difference of islam if you look at the trouble that england's having the trouble there germany's i haven't. you see dominated countries who are dominated by islam even countries like saudi arabia you see there are no individual freedoms and rights. and it is they are. according to care to replace the constitutional united states we sure real all and we believe that it is time to stand up now. before it's too late it is almost too late for europe now hannah stated that because you are you are muslim do you think that your mission here the mission of your religion is to to dominate the world to answer to sharia law wipe away the constitution of the united states i don't believe so and i speak to the doctor and his opinions but the fact is i think he's totally wrong in this subject because islam is not the snapshot nine eleve

not from islam. and curiously enough, one the most interesting places i've seen it practices and in the book is what happened in indonesia after the tsunami. where in the providence, the people decided to adopt sharia. they tell about going out with the virtue squad. it was like taliban meets cops essentially. >> host: next call for eliza griswold comes from orlando. go ahead, orlando. >> caller: yes, thank you for your work. my question is do you belief the differences in religion are really a cover for -- ground for political power? thank you. >> guest: you know, the answer to that is a complicated one. a lot of the work that i have done and that is essential, we understand, i never found myself in a place where i could explain away somebody's belief in god. really the job of the book was to bring back people's stories. there was no objective truth to saying this is just about politics. or this is -- there were certainly situations in which you could see people's political interests and what was pl

there is a difference between radical islam and islam. in order for them to say that anyone who criticizes islam is a bigot. in fact, i criticize radical islam, and i challenge the groups to make that distinction. so that they can do something about it unless they really do not want to. host: our guest has been steven emerson. thank you for being on the program. in about 45 minutes, we will talk about food safety legislation. coming up after the break, a discussion with darrell west, the author of "brain gain: rethinking u.s. immigration policy." that discussion coming up in a few minutes. today is monday, december 27. you are watching the "washington journal." >> today we are adopting a set of high-level rules of the road that strikes the right balance between these imperatives. >> last week, the federal communications commission adopted the first-ever regulations for broadband internet service. tonight on "the communicator's come out how the new rules may affect how content travels over the internet, with gigi sohn and in garfield. 8:00

an emerging new tradition called islamism not islam but islamism. which which interpreted the religion of islam as an inherently anti semitic religion and this is the new quality of anti-semitism in the world today found in the beliefs and actions of organizations such as hamas hezbollah are al-qaeda and most importantly the government of iran. the. the essence of the new anti semitism is that the state of israel exists in order to destroy islam. and that the solution to the middle east problem is the destruction of the state of israel four members of hamas the government of iran there is no distinction between anti zionism and hatred of the jews which they parade publicly again and again for all who are willing to read and see so charles i mean i'd like to go back to something we would normally have to say so israel's foreign policy or our paris is proscar jump in norman go ahead. no no because i was doing this jump in the crosstalk rose go ahead norman go ahead. i would be happy to answer where jeff has to say and i will in the moment but i would

universal is an islamic school for students in pre-k through eighth grade. it's one of 240 private islamic schools in the country and is supported through tuition and fundraising. kathy jamil is the principal. >> we hope to instill in our children what it tak to be a responsible, caring and giving person who is god-conscious, and we believe we can only do that if we develop a whole child. so we focus on academics, but it's just one small part of everything else, because we actually feel if we can hit the other realms, we feel like the academics just skyrocket. >> reporter: god-consciousness, they say, is meant to be a constant state of awareness of allah throughout the day. tamer osman directs the islamic studies program. >> there are times when students are traveling in the hallway that maybe an adult's eye may not be on them for just that moment. if they remember that god is watching, they may not do those type of things that we find in other schools, whether it is ridicule other students or bullying. we have a lot less of those types of things at the scho

plans for an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero generated a firestorm of debate and protest, and the proposed construction of mosques in other communities generated opposition as well. a florida pastor's announced intention to burn the quran on the anniversary of 9/11 set off an international furor, including violent protests in several muslim nations. the pastor eventually backed off his plan, but controversy continued. leaders from several faith traditions joined with islamic leaders to denounce what they called "growing islamophobia" across the country. meanwhile, amid several high-profile arrests of american muslims allegedly potting terrorist attacks, u.s. mainstream islamic groups launched new campaigns to combat extremism within their communities. >> sang tight of all life. >> despite some limited signs of economic recovery, many american families continued to face unemployment and foreclosures. religious institutions were called upon to do more to help the needy even as they dealt with their own sustained budget cuts. on the political front, religious conserv

we need to start to have an offensive strategy against political islam. against sharia and government and not be embarrassed of our values of americans that my muslim family came here to cherish. and try to reform. >> bill: we're not going to combines the people -- is there any country ms. gabriel. any muslim country in the world that you can point to, maybe morocco, okay, where the majority of the people in the country say look, we don't want. this we don't feel this is a positive for islam. is there anybody we can point to? >> unfortunately, we can't. morocco still sliding backwards better than other countries. what we are seeing, bill, is basically organized movement worldwide headed by the muslim brotherhood. they wrote a document in 1982, a 100 page document about the rise of radical islam. how to infiltrate and dominate the west and establish islamic government on earth. in the counter terrorism circle this document became known as the project. the muslim brother the heads established in the united states 29 islamic organizations as a front to sprea

well there is radical islam in many countries but. in palestine you cannot accuse the clone of christianity on radical islam we have a bible college in bethlehem and i like. the ones i use and we haven't. got any alex going on yes i'm talking to the history in general forrest's t. one years we existed in bethlehem we have never once been attacked by a radical islam generally speaking i'm not talking about all the other countries but i'm talking about the head of the union right terry lane. i'm not exaggerating i am telling you the truth the truth is conditions in the palestinian territories don't have systematic persecution. i work in the palestinian territories i go every day to bethlehem and i said bethlehem and i said we ensured it was selim and i'm telling from first. experience fairness life experience we are not being persecuted by muslims in the best area sometimes there are conflicts between muslims and christians but mainly because of greed maybe because of many different things because we are a minority in a big islam make a

terror target europe's wary of the threat of islamic extremism but the recent arrests over a suspected attack on a danish newspaper along with other incidents fueling fears the problems escalating and. true. some desperate measures to confront consumerism in the u.s. as the country's financial troubles don't seem to cuba's america's credit card. hello this is r t it's now midnight here in moscow my name is kevin owen and our top story for more oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky and his business partner have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for oil embezzlement and money laundering both men were coming to the end of their previous jail terms for tax evasion and fraud. reports. four days that's how long it took the judge to read the verdict six more years that's how long we feel who will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term and sentence after being convicted for tax evasion. because. if you're by sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment the sentence will be served in the correctional colony of a medium security pri

europe's wary of the threat of islamic extremism with the recent arrests over a suspect. along with other incidents fueling the problem. you shall. song desperate measures to confront consumerism us as the country's financial troubles don't seem to have cured america's credit card . news twenty four seven this is. him and his business partner sentenced to fourteen years in prison for all investment. money laundering both men were coming to the end of the previous. ruled. out of an hour joins us live outside the courthouse here in moscow. so they've been sentenced to thirteen years bring us bring us up to date. was a very a long process a much awaited decision of course ever since the reading of the verdict began on monday everybody was guessing exactly when the most interesting after the guilty verdict of course part of the verdict the exact amount of prison time that could and his former colleagues will receive exactly when that will be announced many were guessing that the verdict could take as long as two weeks to read of course how long the previous verdict took and m

the lack of education about islam and little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremist belgium's early two towards asylum on the most relaxed in the european union the flow of newcomers is likely to continue and many experts believe. it is need to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests are made you got this kind of brussels. and danish journalist and writer had a narrative break says politicians are failing to take action against radical. i think what has gone terribly wrong is that very many politicians underestimate the interests of radical preachers speaking in mosques all over europe can. at universities or of course spreading the message it's the internet and when you have radical preachers doing this and not sort of being aware of it then you have the situation that you have today. and coming up in just a few moments here on our team were revealed this secret still staying strong inside piggery. pulling really boss is the only way these what yo

of islamic groups? is it similar to the philippines? does it look like in the in the former soviet union, which are very aggressive in pursuing these kinds of illegal activities, or are they moving toward the sort of italian-style organizations? for example, mafia in sicily with conflict that [unintelligible] this is a point that i would like to stress in terms of competition that could be a very dangerous and development for the europeans, the u.s., and in general for the countries involved in this area. it is a bit strange. al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb is also involved in the shipment of drug loads from morocco, the southern shores of the mediterranean, toward europe. in spain, there are some italian groups that are operating as a means to transport the drugs slowly in italy, and germany. as we saw two months ago, in naples, there has been a judicial inquiry begin -- jim al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb scored a meeting with local criminals in order to get documents. it was already present in anothe

. >> reporter: earlier martinez's mother told us she tried to talk her son out of a conversion to islam. he was arrested after plotting to bomb this recruiting station outside of baltimore. he waived his miranda right after the arrest and told him he was a committed jihadist intent on attacking the u.s. until caught or killed. his public defender called it all entrapment, saying the governmenten duced him to be involve -- government induced him. >> and kelly mcphearson from our sister station wjz spoke with the people who pray add long side this terror suspect and said they tried to stop him. >> he needed counseling, i would say again and again, that kid needed counseling, not a jail. >> reporter: in this mosque in woodlawn is where martinez converted to islam. the people here say they tried to steer him away from his extremist views. >> he was asking about what is jihad and how do jihad and what to do? we told him the real jihad is to kill inside of you, like to go and pray, be good muslim. jihad is not to go and kill people who haven't done anything bad to you. >> reporter: mosque mem

wary of the threat of islamic extremism with the recent arrests over a suspected attacker. along with other incidents. the problem is going to. come from consumerism in the us as the country's financial troubles. america's credit. hello this is our. top story for oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky and his business partner have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for oil and money laundering both men were coming to the end of their previous jail terms for tax evasion and fraud. reports tonight. four days that's how long it took the judge to be the verdict six more years that's how long we feel who will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term and sentence after being convicted for tax evasion. because he is here by sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment the sentence will be served in the correctional colony of a medium security prison in this second trial of the bush king just partner. were convicted of stealing two hundred eighteen million tonnes of oil worth twenty seven billion dollars dollars from a sub

the damage already been done has the notion that this is a religious war one of christianity versus islam already sunk in well if the westboro baptist church has their way they're going to make sure of that and a press release sent today the church has announced that they will burn the koran and the quote doomed american flag on nine eleven because terry jones whom they call a false. it's profits as kate so if the president and general petraeus have acknowledged that burning macaron will put american lives in danger is there anything they can do about it or do you have to abide by the freedom of speech no matter what the consequences when joining me from our studio in los angeles is j. dilla barito afghanistan veterans and co-founder of veterans for rethinking afghanistan and from kansas is surely phelps roper a member of the westboro baptist church i want to thank you both for joining me now jake i'm going to start with you first i want to talk about this violence in the protests that have broken out in afghanistan you know the country you're a veteran of this war there yourself you know

was born in belgium in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was nineteen he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions according to him islam teaches peace and tolerance but unfortunately due to generally poor knowledge about it it can be used to teach the exact opposite. there are really extreme arms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't . understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of busy moms who come. so the arabia egypt a former french intelligence officer claude money care now has a company advising governments and corporations on hell to deal with terrorism and extremism related threats based in brussels he claims the spread of islamic extremism is happening right in front of the authorities vielka from their attention its privacy they will say you are not a good missed him because you don't practice five times the prior five times a day you are not a good muslim because you are drinking you are not a good muslim because your wife is not and you are not a good mystery b

arrested in denmark what's said to be the country's biggest ever terrorism attack during concerns of islamic extremism spreading across europe. through. you shall be. storing up trouble and cannot make crisis produce barrier to america's credit card addiction shoppers continue to swipe their way through a recession. and the shadow of siberian strength travel to the russian city of where the tough economy produces a breed of people. and gold is expected to continue its rally in the twenty eleven as a session sale of the global financial system both save. more in business in twenty minutes. today watching our live from moscow straight top story now danish police are investigating what they're corn the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country five suspected in this militants have been arrested for allegedly plotting a gun attack in copenhagen the target was the office of the newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago they say the suspects intended to break in and to kill as many people as possible publication of the cartoons one of whi

a few people here. >> and islam itself today -- >> i know. that's a big subject. >> but i think for me to answer in one sentence, the interesting thing is the war not between the islam and the west but look what happened in iran after the last election, you can see a whole generation of young people, you know, rejected that very conservative, repressive, inhibiting regime, that they are stuck with. and i think if you look across the muslim world you will see that. you will see a younger generation that really doesn't want that world. >> they want a modern islam. >> they want a more open society. they want the society in which they can be the people they choose to be rather than the people -- rather than be forced into the very narrow world that they are obliged to. >> >> rose: there's always this thing that perplexed me. it is sometimes said as the west versus islam which is like geography versus a religion. it doesn't make sense. >> it doesn't make sense. and i think that there obviously is a kind of radical islam that is opposed to an idea

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arrested in denmark and what's said to be the country's biggest terrorism attempt it's fueling concerns of islamic extremism spreading across europe. and central moscow russia's once richest man await street here his very day to find out all the details in just a few moments. you shall be. storing up trouble the economic crisis groups and no barrier to america's credit card addiction shoppers continue to swipe their way through recession. twenty four seventh's this is live from moscow danish police are investigating what they're calling the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country five suspected islamic militants have been arrested for allegedly planning a gun attack in copenhagen that's how it was the office of the newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed five years ago police say the suspects intended to break in and to kill as many people as possible the publication of the cartoons one of which depicted the prophet mohammed with a bomb shaped turban invoke the fury of muslims around the world it is the latest in a series of arrests throughout the y

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terror target europe's wary of the threat of islamic extremism with the recent arrests. along with other incidents fueling fears the problem is to. try. to confront consumerism in the united states and the country's financial troubles. and coming up in the business update will be looking into how the whole sentence is likely to impact foreign investment in russia join us in twenty minutes time. this is our two years no six pm here in moscow welcome if you joined us rev you're watching around the world my name is kevin or in our breaking news new south the former. business partner has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison for all embezzlement of money laundering both men were coming to the end of their previous jail terms for tax evasion and fraud marty's kathryn's are joining the court live we're going to mention so now we know the sentence that was thought we would have to wait until the new year to hear of their fate. take us through the events recorded over the last few hours if you would. indeed it is as you say many people were expecting the reading of the verd