i am a socialogist of religion, a theologist in islam, a specialist in sufism and islamic activism in the middle east, i studied arabic language at copenhagen university, i studied arabic language in egypt, and ultimately, in syria and damascus. sorry to interrupt, i just want... but arabic language is a very difficult language and i'm still on that journey. 0k. yes. you talk about egypt. i wonder, for example, what do you think the revered islamic scholars of al—azhar university would make of your claims to be redefining a non—patriarchal, non—misogynist islam ? as in any university, there are mixed views. at al—azhar university, concerning the concept of female imams, you will find scholars who say that female imams is a possibility, it's legal, because three out of four islamic schools allow female imams leading the prayers for other women. so it's actually not that controversial, even though they don't think it's a great idea, they still have to accept it. and they have to accept it because it actually was a part of our islamic tradition. in the first house mosque in the i

no foot in islamic law which went towards the t.v. . the muslim council of germany is open to the idea based on the islamic teaching of giving for the needy. for example you could indicate on your tax return which institution you want to pay this mosque tax to and if you sign up for it you can make the appropriate contribution. or going to some courts come in and. talk gemini already has a church tax which could be applied to mosques as well. if people are really serious about securing more influence in muslim communities in germany then they're going to have to recognize them as legal entities under law that's what's required and should be the first step. that the ministry is no planning to discuss the idea with geminis muslim communities. for more on the story we're joined now in the studio by saying she founded a liberal lost in berlin where men and women pray together and women can also lead prayers as in a mom she also initiated the idea of the so-called mosque tax thank you for being with us this morning saturday why do you think

islam was dismissed. very much like what luther said when he held up his book and said only the book, nothing else. >> you in your book talk about the five imperial wahhabi projects that launched this very doctrine, medieval version of islam, intolerant, and let it flourish, and this happened in the last 40 years. which was the first one? >> in 1973, there was extraordinary cash flow. >> that's because of the oil. >> the ioil embargo, and all ofa sudden the kingdom found itself flush with funds. those within the wahhabi community said, well, now it's time to really spread the word, and the word they called the mission, and the spreading of the word involved building madasas and sending imams to different parts of the world, so the mainstream, traditional islam we were talking about, the tolerant, cosmopolitan islam. the first example, pakistan, takes over power, but then he adopts sherif law. one thing he does also is for saudi funds to come into the western borders to build madasas, for whom, for all ref

syria and provokes a storm of protest from fellow republicans president declares victory over so-called islamic states but senior republicans condemn the pullout as a costly mistake we'll have analysis of trump's surprise move. a safe landing for the crew of the international space station we'll find out from the german commander about his life and work on for the on the sets. and in the book his league of i'm going to put more pressure on monday at the top of the table it wasn't pretty with two red cards but biden fought their way to a tightly contested one nil victory over leipsic. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us president trump's decision to withdraw american forces from syria has been met with criticism from both parties in congress leading republicans are calling it a premature and costly mistake one that would benefit a remnant russia others question whether so-called islamic state has in fact been defeated two of america's allies britain and france say isn't finished yet and the battle to clear them out should go all. if president gets his way the american troops currently i

of islam. you know, qur'an interpretation contemporary may be different in two places but that's not what i'm up to. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. wonderful -- this past year, author of educated, jerome with killing the jeep state and jonah goldberg offered suicide the west all appeared on booktv's afterwards program. and all were among the most watched book events of 2018. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you so much for joining us here my name is alishia. [applause] [laughter] i am the community and organizational development coordinator at metro art national office a of arts and culture and i am privilege to facility facilitate the progr

should be changed because we have a huge influence from outside from foreign countries what kind of islam is educated in germany this influence has to be caught the influence is controlling all the education this controlling the mosques controlling the way how they teach islamia now we have is that this is bad because we have this influence mate that muslims a lot of muslims are not able to integrate themselves or their families here in germany no europe we have all this problems all over europe it's not only a german problem we have a big influence he in germany especially from turkey or from the muslim brotherhood so we have to cut this influence to give the muslims a chant a chance to have to call germany as their home country and to think about new ways of education this is the motivation behind the idea of the. text the motivation is to cut influence from outside when it comes to one day mom education and to teach them already that comes to the prayers in the mosque. so looking at germany's muslim community as a whole it's sizable is there a lot of support for reforming the way most

president claimed today, that islamic state is now finished. we see right there the fight for hajin, it continues. is that then the beginning of the end of islamic state, or is it as black and white as trump claims? anchal: well, islamic state has broadly, territoally bee defeated in syria and iraq. ere are certain pockets that continue to have some sort of rule. -- vast areas under isis's contro after that there will be certain villages under them, but sdf is also believed to be caying out operations there. when president trump says that isis has been defeated, you could say he is abou90% right. but has isis been decimated when you talk about the online campaign, talk about the ideology? then the clear answer is no. through encrypted communications isis is still sending messages to some of us journalists about how they will regroup. they talk about how they are huge in numbers, 40,000 years ago, and they say not all them have been killed. and they will start guerria activities. so donald trump has to decide later if isis regroups and reemerges

people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state. stranded in a camp two hundred kilometers from the front line. traumatized exhausted but free after days of rain and cold weather the conditions are atrocious but it's better than being under the guns of the. of the euphrates. as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. the criminals dirty thieves they took everything from us our money as well and then they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by as is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held was around five thousand fighters are putting up fierce resistance their leader abu bakr al baghdadi is thought to be among them. dozens of members of the s.t.'s have been killed in recent weeks and that's despite our support from the united states and other allies. they've put booby traps and mines everywhere we were advancing but slowly and we have to take care to avoid civilian casualties. this is what's left by the fighting

people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state. that stranded in a camp two hundred kilometers from the front line. traumatized exhausted but free after days of rain and cold weather the conditions are atrocious but it's better than being under the guns of the. banks of the euphrates. as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. or. they're criminals dirty thieves they took everything from us our money as well and then they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by yes is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held was around five thousand fighters are putting up fierce resistance their leader abu bakr al baghdadi is thought to be among them. dozens of members of the s.t.'s have been killed in recent weeks and that's despite our support from the united states and other allies. they've put booby traps and mines everywhere we were advancing but slowly and we have to take care to avoid civilian casualties. this is what's l

if they're in islam then. islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are a christian country be a christian cultural country and by should be islam educate it in german tools in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools recent history here's some news for you about you talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital yeah described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this and very violent member of parliament in saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your judeo christian and her you don't forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying something i don't know you're saying your silly alice finally said alice vital and then you're

under no circumstance should islam become dragged down and used to justify what islam itself generally considered an immorality. >> thank you. what i want to do with that was to try to give us something new and interesting. i think you did that for us. now questions. dr. jones? and the mike is coming. that's when we started at 8:35, i think i should get until 9:35 to finish. is that okay? this is dr. jimmy jones from cair national's board. >> we know each other very well. i just first of all want to commend cair for having this because i agree wholeheartedly with what you said. we have to have some awkward conversations. i just like to use my question to encourage people to think about -- part of what we've been doing is looking back at history in the united states and thinking about what has gone on, what it has to do -- i'll give a quick example. pbs just had on american experience a special called thethe eugenic crusades. it was about improving the race. of course, we think the kkk and all of that. no, progressives were the leadership of this movement which ended up being used again

the idea of the islamic republic or islamic government was born in egypt by the muslim brotherhood, but it was realized istehran, in a country that proud of its pre-islamic civilization and identity. why is that? how do you explain that? bestthink iran was the platform for launching this missile at the free world by houmani against our immediate neighbors and around the world. he could have done it from syria or iraq. iran presented all the means necessary to be at the service, unfortunately, of this imposed ideology. i want to say something that i think is more important for all of us today to understand them as something that around the somethingnderstand, that around the world remains the issue. the dominance of any ideology, religious or otherwise, is a recipe for disaster. we saw it in the case for communism in the soviet union. we clearly see it in the case of iran. how do you explain that muslims r living in canada their owns. then in so-called muslim countries? it is simple, a guaranteed by the constitution of freedom of freedomsis one of the that. [applause] you don't even have

if they're in islam then islamic rules is that islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are christian country you christian cultural country and by should be islam educated in german tools in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools mr constant process has some names for you but if you are talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital yeah described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this and very vente member of parliament in saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your judeo christian heritage and forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying something i don't know you're saying you were saying this is why don't you said michelle is vital and then you are going to have a totally different post

this is news coming to you live from berlin could it be the final battle against islamic state u.s. backed kurdish an arab forces are close to ousting the distance from their last stronghold in syria but a threatened turkish intervention is putting victory in. also coming up remembering the dead we're live in marks the second anniversary of the christmas market terror attack that left twelve people dead and dozens injured in. the indian wedding season is in full swing but huge amounts of food are wasted all over group is making sure wedding banquet left to help feed the poor. get champions buy music get an opportunity to gain ground zero lead leader dorp on the lowly dusseldorf tend to put their first defeat of the season now but the capital rises they host partly lives in. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us american backed forces are close to gaining control of the last syrian territory held by as so-called islamic state syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. medo of kurdish and arab fighters have captured the town of just hygiene and are now in the process of clearing ou

so actually in islam we have to cover all the this part of this part but this again how do i look he's really nice yeah. yeah. and say you wear this every day yes. but only outside or at her as well only outside with the he job or the head scarf in connection with islam you know i never really knew how to approach that how to deal with that because also the discussion that is being led especially in the western world about islam and about women and the oppression and that comes with the headscarf i think sometimes it paints a very difficult picture to to follow especially as an independent strong woman i like to see myself. i'm wearing. one of the where i feel that i'm difficult to find an appropriate he's up to good with the office at that time and there is no big grandison in the media into. india their hands there's a lot of big. international big granite they try to make this he just beat him why not in a nation people made their own brand and marketing to the biggest population she wasn't able to get in the world this far off economic empowerment you. i feel islamic or why does ou

it in islam is a little then. that islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are a christian country we are christian cultural country and by should be islam educated in german tools in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools mr constant process here's some news for you but if you're talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this and very vente member of parliament in saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your judeo christian heritage and forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying sorry no no you're saying you were saying this is why don't you said alice vital and then you

and provokes a storm of protest from fellow republicans the president declares victory over so-called islamic state the senior republicans condemn the pullout as a costly mistake we'll have analysis of surprise move. also coming up back to earth a safe landing for the crew of the international space station but their six month mission was marred by technical problems. a russian politician tries to get by for a month on a typical retirement pension and sets in motion an angry debate across the country . plus in the bundesliga but munich put more pressure on at the top of the table it wasn't pretty with two red cards but fought their way into a tightly contested one they'll be over. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us president trumps surprise decision to claim victory over so-called islamic state and withdraw american forces from syria has been met with criticism from both parties in congress leading republicans are calling it a premature and costly mistake one that would benefit the wren in russia others question whether so-called islamic state has in fact been defeated two of america

really defeated so-called islamic state in syria. but first of all the entire credit perhaps cannot be given to the united states because in syria even the iran backed militias have talked to the islamic state but of course american backed as the official says have made a huge contribution in this war against the so-called islamic state now has isis really been defeated territory they have suffered losses of territory you can see that to a large extent they have been defeated off dodging a stick and they would be very few places if you will it isn't city out of the woods to have a presence in but had they been decimated is a different question altogether through encrypted communications some of the isis members are still communicating with some of us journalists talking about how they would rise again and they're just waiting for the fighting to end which means that they have greeting for the s.d.f. to get weaker which will happen if the american forces leave and if tucky attacks and then this is they will start a guerrilla wolf that

but we start in germany does islam belong to germany the question was heavily debated this week in light of the german his mom conference one young muslim woman took a candid look at old cliches understanding how muslims are perceived in germany is the mission. and also her and the daughter of mara can immigrants she was born and raised in germany she comes from a conservative religious home sundays were devoted to learning verses from the koran by heart but at the same time she managed to follow her own interests. when i would have it was a huge deal for my mother that i should be independent there was nothing off limits no sense that you can't do this or that just because you're a girl. with few restrictions on what she could do and must have had an easier upbringing than many young muslims in germany now thirty seven she writes books portraying the complex city of muslim life and just keen to dispel stereotypes she says all too often women are depicted as victims and men are unable to show any sign of thing side or insecurity and must i believe both muslims and non muslims need to aba

if that in islam this little then is that islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are christian country we are christian cultural country and by should be islam educate it in german tools in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools mr hurst here's some names for you but if you're talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this and very vente member of parliament in saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your judeo christian heritage and forcibly sterilized what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying sorry no no no you're saying your health is vital said alice vital and then you are going to have a totally different post and you are trying to make a connection to alice why did by th

if they're in islam then. islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are a christian country be a christian cultural country and by should be islam educate it in german jewels in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools mr constant house says here's some news for you but if you're talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this and very vente member of parliament in saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your judeo christian and her you don't forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying something i don't know you're saying you were saying this is why don't we said alice vita

is proudntry of its pre-islamic identity. how do you explain that? >> i think iran was the best platform for launching this missile at the free world by houmani against our immediate neighbors and around the world. he could have done it from syria or iraq, but iran presented all the means necessary to be at the service, unfortunately, of this imposed ideology. imposed ideology. i want to say something that i think is more important for all of us today to understand them as something that around the world -- understand, something that around the world remains the issue. the dominance of any ideology, religious or otherwise, is a recipe for disaster. we saw it in the case for communism in the soviet union. we clearly see it in the case of iran. i tell muslims in the region, how do you explain that muslims are much freesr living in canada and the u.s. then in their own so-called muslim countries? it -- countries? what is the difference here? the answer is simple. a guaranteed by the constitution of freedom of religion is one of

of the german islamic conference one young muslim woman took a candid look at old cliches. understanding how muslims are perceived in germany is the mission for. an author and the daughter of moroccan immigrants she was born and raised in germany she comes from a conservative religious home sundays were devoted to learning verses from the koran by heart but at the same time she managed to follow her own interests. when i would have it was a huge deal for my mother that i should be independent there was nothing off limits no sense that you can't do this or that just because you're a girl. with fewer restrictions on what she could do and must have had an easier upbringing than many young muslims in germany now thirty seven she writes books portraying the complex city of muslim life and is keen to dispel stereotypes she says all too often women are depicted as victims and men are unable to show any sign of anxiety or insecurity. and must i believe both muslims and non muslims need to abandon such oversimplified views. it is much much. on the one hand some muslims have a romant

if they're in islam then. islam is not educated in a german school where we have a christian heritage is this what you mean then i say yes because islam doesn't belong to germany and we are christian country we are christian cultural country and by should be islam educate it in german tools in schools why we even have no religious education in our schools why should we teach islam in our schools mr house says here's some news for you but if you're talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital yeah described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this andrew event member of parliament saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your christmas and her you don't forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying something i don't know you're saying you're sailing for alice if i don't know said alice vital and then y

one of the key innovations of the islamic state was its platform the videos that they have upgraded to a much much more different level of sophistication of quality. in effect a certain entertainment driven hollywoodized video games the kind of approach which we hadn't seen. recently pacifically when it comes to the group from the western world i think it was kind of a perfect storm of the manner in which an entity like the islamic state spoke was very fishy. and they spoke directly to them there's many many videos by isis saying to these communities you know what kinds of lives are you need even there are you happy that wanted to come here what did you do that you would. love it enough it. would be clearly these people keep they speak to one the realty is they speak to a sense of identities and development they speak to them in connecting it with the . it is of discrimination that they're going through. do i think there are a lot of issues conflated here so so the first is this idea that you know the muslim community is being spied on frankly most of these cases that we've seen the co

but even with in islam, they have always been dissenting voices. really need to look at the early -- and how he viewed the kingship that began. even within the tradition there is a spectrum of opinion about how these need to be interpreted. second, let's also realize that those traditions, even if we were to act upon them and believe them, the question is, do they apply in modern circumstances? without mentioning country names, there is no need. can authoritarian dictatorships, can brutal tyrants who do not themselves respect, then expect others to invoke it to respect them? these traditions, if you were to be a classic theology and, let's suppose that your coming within the paradigm of the faith 100 percent and not looking, just completely at the text. actually apply to a legitimate caliphate. like a caliphate that is a global caliphate that anybody was a muslim can live in that caliphate and the laws of islam are applied at a street level that a society level so a person, a person can feel i am a muslim in the society. there is no such modern cal

beta mere that some of them in islam a bot. christmas is a favorite time of year for this christian family in islamabad the cougars appreciate being together especially as their lives were completely turned upside down seven years ago the shot of cool kid was falsely accused of blasphemy jailed and acquitted five months later in that time he lost his job and home but is grateful he didn't lose his life too although a free man now shot his detention continues to haunt him. we always live in fear and because of this we feel insecure. so when we talk about your future i think what kind of future can we have it all explained only the law and policies here need to be implemented properly. blasphemy is an extremely dangerous and emotive subject in pakistan and bebe's name will forever be associated with it the catholic laborer spent eight years on death row after being accused of insulting islam she was recently acquitted of all charges response to violent protests across the country some hardliners called for r.c. and the judges inv

wrote first will this mosque task tax do you think stop islamic radicalization is claimed. no i don't think so because it will just create a framework for institutionalizing and more deeply rooting islam in germany but it will not in any way stop the influence of radical elements because they can always. sent their finances to german mosques or to german groups which are interested in the radical islam through foundations there are other ways so the financing through a mosque tax will not exclude these ways of funding do you think the tax coming in as anything to do with the tense relations with turkey are the main funder of these mosques. this is a possibility because turkish government has a strong interest in influencing the turkish muslims in germany even though they have sometimes a german passport. and his government believes that they still represent turkish society also in germany and therefore they try to keep a very close touch on them through d.t. for example they do this they finance. them to germany and after a few a few years they call them back to turkey so i

it's a predominant islamic country though they don't have an islamic government at that point. the algerians can go in there like, like we sometimes think of switzerland, can go in there and do a really good job, slowly working through the problems and negotiating point by point issues. it's the algerians who get a lot of credit for pilot resolving this issue. the iranians played one last hard joke on president carter. they were fed up with it. they were furious about the military rescue team. they refused to allow the algerians to resolve the issue and to free the american hostages until jimmy carter is out of office and ronald reagan is sworn in. so it's not until the inauguration of ronald reagan, 444 days after the hostagetakin hostagetaking, finally those americans are let go and able to come over its 1981 and ronald reagan is a president of the united states. it's an interesting moment in world affairs work on the one hand, you might think the new reagan administration could look toward this new islamist present in iran and growing presence in the region and say, we've go

one of the key innovations of the islamic state was its platform the videos that they have upgraded to a much much more different level of sophistication of quality. in effect a certain entertainment driven hollywoodized video games kind of approach which we hadn't seen. before is that in the pacific we when it comes to the group from the western world i think it was kind of a perfect storm of the manner in which an entity like the islamic state spoke was very fishy. and they spoke directly to that there's many many videos by isis saying to these communities you know what kinds of lives are you need even there are you happy that wanted to come here why don't you do that. at a community meeting monday for a call for us we have enough air for me let me clearly if you can keep they speak to on the remember things they speak to a sense of identities and development they speak to them in connecting it with the realities of discrimination that they're going through. do i think there are a lot of issues conflated here so so the first is this idea that you know the muslim community is being sp

these people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state. that stranded in a camp two hundred kilometers from the front lines. traumatized exhausted but free . after days of rain and cold weather the conditions are atrocious but it's better than being under the guns of the i s fighters locked in regard battle on the banks of the euphrates. use does as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. their criminals dirty thieves they took everything from us our money as well and then they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by yes is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held was around five thousand fighters are putting up fierce resistance their leader abu bakr al baghdadi is thought to be among them. dozens of members of the s.t.'s have been killed in recent weeks and that's despite support from the united states and other allies. that. they've put booby traps and mines everywhere we were advancing but slowly and we have to take

and the politization -- the politization of islam and the islam of politics. any version is [ inaudible ] to abu dhabi's perspective. they are committed to what amounts to secular politics in the region and to separation of religion and politics. this, of course, is not really true of saudi arabia. saudi arabia and post arab spring, particularly under mbs, is earncertainly anti-muslimhood anti-islamist in a way. you can't have saudi arabia standing for a total break between religion and politics because saudi arabia presents itself as a religious state, as the custodian of the mosques and pure islamic state with the core r -- coreran and all that. you could say the difference between status quo, islamic politics and revolutionary islamic politics, and all those, the point is there is no clear break in saudi arabia the way there is in the uae. the second thing is that mbs is not categorically unwavering opposed to all muslim the way the uae is. the example is yemen. saudi arabia in the northern part of yemen where it has been operating has been increasingly wor

in germany to beat a few and not fit in islamic pussy teef. the muslim council of germany is open to the idea based on the islamic teaching of giving for the needy. for example you could indicate on your tax return which institution you want to pay this mosque tax to and if you sign up for it you can make the appropriate contribution. or none of the courts common expression. gemini already has a church tax which could be applied to mosques as well. if people are really serious about securing more influence in muslim communities in germany then they're going to have to recognize them as legal entities under law that's what's required and should be the first step. that the interior ministry is no planning to discuss the idea with geminis muslim communities. d.w. political correspondent mike million joins me here in the studio for more good morning less million arning now this looted most task it would be modeled on the existing church tax here in germany so how would it work well that's the general idea we do have already had to tax in germany a

in germany beat a few in sweetness and shaft mulford an islamic pussy tif. the muslim council of germany is open to the idea based on the islamic teaching of giving for the needy you indeed. for example you could indicate on your tax return which institution you want to pay this mosque tax to and if you sign up for it you can make the appropriate contribution. whenever someone quotes come in and question us with. gemini already has a church tax which could be applied to mosques as well. if people are really serious about securing more influence in muslim communities in germany then they're going to have to recognize them as legal entities under law that's what's required and should be the first step. that. the interior ministry is no planning to discuss the idea with germany's muslim communities. as two thousand and eighteen draws to a close feel looking back at some of the highlights of the. one story took us aboard a bus with a difference in afghanistan a more by library bringing the joy of books to children in kabul have a look. this is no ordinary pass i

it's also coming up president trump declares he's defeated so-called islamic state and orders american troops out of syria but senior republicans condemned the pullout as a costly mistake we'll have analysis of trump's surprise move. russian politician tries to get by for a month on a typical pension and sets in motion an angry debate across the country. also in the book mostly go by meaning put more pressure on the door at the top of the table it wasn't pretty was to rid cards but why and fought their way to a tightly contested one millbrook free over like say. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us three astronauts from the international space station have safely returned to earth after spending more than half a year in orbit breathing fresh air for the first time in months they landed in a snowy field in remote. in the soyuz capsule work commander alexander gast from germany american flight engineer serina chancellor and the captain of the soyuz sergei. guest was the first german commander of the s.s. but this was not commanded guests first mission in space in two thousand

american troops out of syria provokes a storm of protest the president declares victory over so-called islamic state but republicans condemned the pullout as a costly mistake we'll find out how america's allies in europe are reacting also coming up back to earth a safe landing for the crew of the international space station but their six month long mission was marred by technical problems. on little rock it's great to have you along president trump surprise decision to claim victory over so-called islamic state and were drawn american forces from syria has been met with criticism from both parties in congress leading republicans are calling it a premature and costly mistake one that would benefit iran and russia others question whether the i.s. militant group has in fact been defeated while two of america's allies britain and france say i.a.'s isn't finished yet and that the battle to clear them out should go on. if president truck gets his way the american troops currently in syria will start leaving the country as soon as possible. trump posted a video on twitter explaining his move i've bee

american troops out of syria and provokes a storm of protest the president declares victory over so-called islamic states but senior republicans on the pullout as a costly mistake find. our allies in europe are reacting also coming. back to earth a safe landing for the crew of the international space station but their six month mission was marred by technical problems. and. put more pressure on top of the table it. was to read cards my own fault their way to a tightly contested. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us present a surprise decision to announce big tree over so-called islamic state and withdraw american forces from syria has been met with criticism from both parties in congress leading republicans are calling it a premature and costly mistake one that would benefit iran in russia others question whether the militant group has in fact been defeated two of america's allies britain and friends say isn't finished yet and the battle to clear them out should go on. have invited. president trump gets his way the american troops currently in syria will start leaving the country as so

mingled with the very soldiers taking the fight to the so-called islamic state. trump was then briefed by military leaders where he again pressed the case for other countries to take over the fight against isis. if we knock them out with not them silly. i will tell you that's a very good with the president who wants to knock him out also and he will do it and others will the if you were in their region they should be really sharing the burden of cost and they're not. there was time to for a surprise visit to enthusiastic troops stationed at an air base in germany the president using a refueling stop for one last chance to take his mind off what awaits him at home. tammany is exploring the idea of a so-called mosque attacks it would be loosely based on the existing tax which forms protestant churches in germany the idea is that living a challenge on practicing muslims he would make german mosques in less dependent on financial support from abroad. the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of germany the mobs in germany come largely from turkey and are pa

united states is withdrawing all troops from syria today president bush declared victory over so-called islamic state in syria the pentagon says the first of two thousand american personnel there are being pulled out his quickly as possible also the u.s. federal reserve as expected raises interest rates yet again despite pressure from the white house to reverse course and remembering the twelve people who lost their lives today two years ago. marks the second anniversary of the christmas market terror attack. it's good to have you with us tonight the pentagon says it has started withdrawing the u.s. military from syria on the orders of u.s. president donald trump earlier today hinted at the move with a tweet claiming victory over so-called islamic state of the two thousand american troops in the country will start leaving it soon as possible a move which has taken many by surprise. the commander in chief has sounded the retreat u.s. president donald trump says america's mission in syria is complete he made the announcement on twitter we have defeated isis in syria he wrote the only reason for b

mingled with the very soul just taking the fight to the so-called islamic state. trump was then briefed by military leaders where he again pressed the case for other countries to take over the fight against isis. that we've knocked them out with not them silly but i will tell you it's a very good with the president who wants to knock him out and he will do it. well there are two girls were in their region they should be really sharing the burden of cost and they're not. there was time to for a surprise visit to enthusiastic troops stationed at an air base in germany the president using a refueling stop for one last chance to take his mind off what awaits him at home. trump is considering banning u.s. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by the chinese companies while way and zat t. the administration claims the tech suppliers work on behalf of the chinese government and their quitman could be used to spy on americans an executive order would invoke the international emergency economic powers act. well germany is exploring the idea of a so-called

these people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state. they're stranded in a camp two hundred kilometers from the front line. traumatized exhausted but free. after days of rain and cold weather the conditions are atrocious but it's better than being under the guns of the i s fighters locked in regard battle on the banks of the euphrates. used does as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. they were planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. or. they're criminals dirty thieves they took everything from us our money as well and then they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by yes is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held. around five thousand fighters are putting up fierce resistance their leader abu bakr al baghdadi is thought to be among them. dozens of members of the s.t.'s have been killed in recent weeks mass despite as support from the united states and other allies. they've put booby traps and mines everywhere we were advancing but slowly and we have to

one of the key innovations of the islamic state was its platform their videos that they have upgraded to a much much more different level of sophistication of quality. in effect a certain entertainment driven hollywoodized video games kind of approach which we hadn't seen. before is that in the pacific we when it comes to the group from the western world i think it was kind of a perfect storm of the manner in which an entity like the islamic state spoke was very fishy. and they spoke directly to that there's many many videos by isis saying to these communities you know what kinds of lives are you need even there are you happy that wanted to come here why don't you do that. at a community meeting monday for a call for us we have enough air for me let me clearly if you can keep they speak to on the remember things they speak to a sense of identities and development they speak to them in connecting it with the realities of discrimination that they're going through. do i think there are a lot of issues conflated here so so the first is this idea that you know the muslim community is being

fighters holed up in mirage he tells us that he stood ready to fight for an islamic state. if it was i wouldn't fight and while we're all we again or in any other muslim area here in the same thing will happen again our own muslim people would get hurt but if the battle happens elsewhere i will join. someone. like many others up to blames president rodrigue territory for bombing mahratti the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are fulfilled angry young men like up to it will continue to pose a threat. our reporter and our peers men was part of the u.w. team a filming in the city and. she's here now with me to talk some more about this region that we don't really hear that much about in this part of the world looking at that footage that you shot with your colleagues i couldn't help but this could have been syria this could have been iraq incidentally regions that you've been as well this has been completely obliterated yet authorities maintain that they only used surgical attacks i would dispute that because even if i

after all fit in islam in. the turkish community gives the plan a cautious welcome to interest groups often i support the wish for independence in germany in all areas because here in germany we have a federal constitution that covers all religions. for finished. but the structure of the muslim organizations in germany is more differentiated than that of the christian churches in order to implement a mandatory tax on all members it would first be necessary to centralize all muslim communities say run a test founder of the liberal roast go to mosque and just have a yes this is why the new idea or approach is to think about how muslims can be represented so that they have a democratic advisory committee and create something new together with the liberals and conservatives this responsibility could be initiated by muslims but at the same time supported by the government. funding muslims it's come about classmates from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german

asians and islam is factions. bengazi in the country's east is under the control of how the five die a former confidant of moammar gadhafi the commander of a self-styled army portrays himself as benghazi's liberator. the south rich in oil but economically less developed is foundering under the conflict between rival centers of power. goes. home region is descending into chaos. i'm too left his home in one thousand nine hundred four as a young student after a car accident he came to europe for medical treatment his leg had to be amputated he decided to remain in europe today libya is among the world's most dangerous countries. the next day i'm tone heads for his first appointment. as an elected delegate to the constitutional assembly m tune is helping to shape his country's future and many libyans have placed their hopes for the future in the assembly but just like the country it is deeply divided. the eastern libya is controlled by the gulf states. what should be the form of the new libyan state federalists. propo

this is news coming to you live from berlin could it be the final battle against islamic state u.s. back to kurdish and arab forces are close to else doing that you have just from the last urban stronghold in syria but it's threatened turkish intervention is putting victory and. also coming up remembering the day when marks the second anniversary of the christmas market terror attack rage left twelve people dead and dozens injured. the indian wedding season is in full swing but huge amounts of food are wasted we follow a group is making sure wedding banquet leftovers help feed the poor. and with us league champions by munich get an opportunity to gain ground on league leaders. handed dortmund their first defeated the season now by a need to calm the laws as they host are the lights of. fellow i'm terry martin good to have you with us american backed forces are close to gaining control of the last syrian territory held by so-called islamic state syrian democratic forces the made up of kurdish and arab fighters have captured the town. gene and are now in the process of clearing out is

lucky to be the son of one of the key innovations of the islamic state was its platform the videos that they have upgraded to a much much more different level of sophistication of quality. in effect a certain entertainment driven hollywoodized video games kind of approach which we hadn't seen. lisa too much pacifically when it comes to the group from the western world i think it was kind of a perfect storm of the manner in which an entity like the islamic state spoke was very fishy. and they spoke directly to them there's many many videos by isis saying to these communities you know what kinds of lives are you need leaving there are you happy that want to come here what did you do that you will get some sort of a look at me what it was among people who love it enough it. may be clearly if you keep they speak to one the realty is they speak to a sense of identities and development they speak to them in connecting it with the realities of discrimination that they're going through. do i think there are a lot of issues conflated here so so the first is this idea that you know the muslim com

asians and islam is to factions. benghazi in the country's east is under the control of highly if i hopped on a former confidant of moammar gaddafi the commander of a self-styled army portrays himself as benghazi's liberator. the south rich in oil but economically less developed is foundering under the conflict between rival centers of power. goes. home region is descending into chaos. i'm too left his home in one thousand nine hundred four as a young student after a car accident he came to europe for medical treatment his leg had to be amputated he decided to remain in europe today libya is among the world's most dangerous countries. the next day i'm tone heads for his first appointment. as an elected delegate to the constitutional assembly on tune is helping to shape his country's future many libyans have placed their hopes for the future in the assembly but just like the country it is deeply divided. the eastern libya is controlled by the gulf states. what should be the form of the new libyan state. federalists an

news that line but from berlin tonight in an exclusive report the fight against so-called islamic state in the philippines as martial law is extended in the southern region of mindanao for another year we go to the devastated city of the wall and we talk to one young muslim man ready to fight again for all yes also coming up finally this is not great faith but the bushies speak with my trying to stage another. british prime minister theresa may makes it clear again she does not want a second vote on it and she says that parliament will vote on her deal in january plus it will seem how in kenya young warriors are no longer hunting lions to show off their bravery instead they're competing in the must sign a live. off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the fight against so-called islamic state in the southern philippines president has extended martial law for another year there to counter the ongoing threat by armed militants last year morale the city on the island of mindanao was the scene of a five month battle when government troops were deployed to quell an insurgency