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 and what happens with the church tax is that church members give a contribution of their income to the general tax and that's then redistributed to the church communities the idea with the muslim but the a mosque task is not that similar it could be that some of the problem is that the mosques in germany are not structured nationwide so they're structured more in associations coming from the original where these sort of association is from and also they would be structured by the federal level would give an extra layer of complication so this is a general idea that could be modeled after the church tax but it could have some more complications what's behind this drive now that we're seeing we heard a nu

here would make german mosques less dependent on financial support from abroad the muslim council of germany is open to the idea the interior ministry is now planning to discuss it with germany's muslim community. and for more on the story we're joined now in the studio by say round she founded a liberal lost in berlin where men and women prayed 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. why do you think the funding model model in germany for mosques should be changed 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 ge

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 the funding model model in germany for mosques should be changed should be changed because they have a huge influence from outside from foreign countries what kind of islam is educated in germany this influence has to be kept the influence is controlling all the education this controlling the mosques controlling the way how they teach islam here 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 here in germany especially from turkey or from the muslim brotherhood so w

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 romanticized image of other muslims and ignore anything problematic within their own community all they set themselves against mainstream non muslim society on the other hand you have those who are panicking the islam has almost completely taken over is includes. for many muslims their big to boost surrounding religion family and sexuality but instead of breaking down these barriers and muslims says some muslim groups reinforce them she's critical of the german islam conference for including in her view to many conservative groups. lies. in this most muslim groups don't believe in equality they are highly patriarchal some are actually reactionary and they're certainly not interested in islam becoming more liberal or in advancing gender equality that's the best i get at a pattern or follow cult walked in and asked for us opinion that's exactly what german islam requires emancipated muslims who are not held back by tradition or the di

these barriers and muslims says some muslim groups reinforce them she's critical of the german islam conference for including in her view to many conservative groups. to my school although we are in this most muslim groups don't believe in equality they are highly patriarchal some are actually reaction or anything and that's certainly not interested in islam becoming more liberal or in advancing gender equality does this metadata pattern or follow point zero walked in and asked for us opinion that's exactly what german islam requires emancipated muslims who are not held back by tradition or the dictates of religion living freely and enjoying equal rights seen a better mousetrap chats with young women in a barrel in cafe they too want to see an open minded islam. in many parts of kenya there's a shortage of doctors especially in rural areas now the government has invited one hundred cuban doctors to help alleviate the situation but the move has met with harsh criticism. dr eliana sees her first patient at maryland hospital in northern kenya although they say. the specialist physician

women to marry non—muslims. in tunisia, they changed the law last year, in december 2017, so now it's also legally possible to marry outside islam for a woman. it has always been a possibility for the man because it is stated clearly in the koran that a muslim man can marry a jew or a christian, or a non—muslim, but the opposite is not stated clearly. but it is also not stated that a woman can't. so we use that as our legitimacy. but you've got another problem. there are many people in denmark, politicians of the right and the far right, secularists, those who have a deep suspicion of islam in all of its forms, who look at you and feel that you represent a danger because you appear to make islam more acceptable to a danish mindset when, in fact, they say, many of your core attitudes are just as alien to danish values as the so—called islamists‘s. it's a very little minority who are giving that statement. let's go through a view of their specific points about you. you claimed at the beginning of the maryam

you are either black or muslim. you are either organizing in the muslim space or the api space. you can't be this multi-layered, multi-faceted intersectional person sitting in multiple spaces because you were kept busy fighting these different fights and so under this administration we've been working to reclaim the complexity and nuances of the stories to tell the multiple stories whether it is around cost lines and whether it is amplifying the stories of the native-american muslims at standing rock and really thinking about what are the places where people are flattening stories. the immigration narrative kind of pointing out the different communities that are impacted whether it's african muslim immigrants or immigrants from other backgrounds and really fighting to have coalition that are then representative and that bring in all these different backgrounds because ultimately the core root of everything that we are fighting together is white supremacy and it's racism and anti-plaqueness andblacknes other isms and coalitions and why not build these coalitions that are diverse

extradition of a muslim cleric living in the u.s. tricky wants to but there's a lot going on trial for allegedly orchestrating the failed twenty sixteen military coup against. it watching the news that prompted an i'll be back at the top of the hour on news joining me if. i'm scared that my work that's hard and in the end this i mean you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were lions of the what's your story. i mean when i was a women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. you are not a visitor another yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. he says he won't let us be divided work and by that he means muslims and christians in germany to many a surprising statement because martin gamma is pastor of the kaiser vilhelm memorial church of god by about two years ago and is in this drove a truck into a crowd at the christmas market the surr

funded muslims that's come about classmates from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities. to a champion football now where senegalese defender kali duke really barely was subjected to racists chance during napoli's one the last two into milan controversy erupted when it was books for this fall in the eightieth minute he was then sent off the field after he appeared to sarcastically applaud the referee. claimed he was responding to racist taunts in the crowd not fully coat. he said his side had asked for the match to be suspended three times because of the chance. after the match and chill out he was furious saying his team would walk off the pitch in future games if similar racist incidents take place. responded on social media this is what he posted on twitter after the match i'm disappointed by the defeat but above all at leaving my brothers but i'm proud of the color of my skin proud to be french senegalese young politician and a man of two thousand and eighteen was a

, when the hero of islam draws together the muslim to recover the holy land. >> as the muslims close in on jerusalem once again, pope urban iii realizes that in his predecessor's quest to defend christianity, he may have invited its demise. with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ ♪ this holiday season, families near you need your help. visit redcross.org now to donate. ♪ there's no place likargh!e ♪ i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ >>> the pope really has to walk a tight wire when he comes through the holy land. you have judaism, christianity and islam, massive faiths basically living on top of each other here. >> in 2014, pope francis attempts to unify three major religions, in spite of the centuries of holy war that has divided them. pope urban ii called for violence in the name of one world under one catholic church. pope francis is still working to heal the wounds his predecessor inflicted almost 1,000 years earlier. >> relig

dollface to muslim and. now of course you celebrate christmas it's your job your christian belief but have you been doing it differently since the attack two years ago. if you're fired we celebrate christmas every year. knowing that terrible things are happening in the world and we remember that god has come to light into the world in his son jesus christ as the christian tradition tells us so god comes into the darkness of the world and its patriot hostility indifference stupidity ignorance selfishness and all to come close to us human beings and also to cause us to turn away from evil and bad ways so far and that is the core of the christmas message. as a dozen still can divide us also the mom ended as there's always at the end of the d.w. interview we have three on finish sentences and i ask you to complete them in that so few on. this it is right for the christmas market to take place every year at platts despite the attack because. the most terrible things that happened should not dissuade us from conti

for those 200, 300 years, muslims absorbed those values. mainstream theologians said no, that's not what the tradition preaches. eventually they won over. you know the famous stories. i think we need to learn from the past that if we truly believe in our faith and tradition, our values are going to come from that faith and tradition. >> sure. greetings of peace upon everyone. i'm an attorney and the executive director for the new york chapter of cair. so i'm going back to what we -- what you had spoken about a little bit earlier in the program when we were talking about seeking leadership. i understand to the potential for vices when you are -- when leadership brings fame and greed and power. but the truth is, especially within the context right now in the united states, muslims are a tiny minority. and our general community, meaning we are a minority, the non-muslim community is not going to move us to the forefro forefront. it's not just cair. they have tried to cultivate leadership especially within the youth. in a way through this culti

our own muslim people would get hurt but if the battle happens elsewhere i will join. like many others up to blames president rodrigue territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of food angry young men like up to it will continue to pose a threat. a reporter some of the papers mun was part of the d w team filming there in morrow he and she is here with. yes in the studio good morning zonda the the scenes you brought shown in that report there were of utter devastation what's your impression of how the battle for morale we unfold he know it evoked images of pole off massud. and nothing that is exactly what happened there a heavy urban combat house to house fighting but also all in all mess of mess of ferrets because otherwise you concretely explain the kind of destruction that we see they are until today sixty five thousand residents you know remain displaced on the fringes of the city forbidden to go back to this zero where the houses once were you mention rocca an emotional the

he's a muslim. one of very few among this country's judges. >> i've been faced with people who woulmake ignorant or bigoted comments. and it was just something that you learn to deal with. it's very easy for people to say, to imagine what horrible things would hpen if a muslim is a judge, if there aren't any muslim judges. by providing what i'm hoping iso terexample, it sort of demystifies the subject. >> reporter: america's most senior judge professing the faith of islam had a substantial career in the california state court system, progressing topo more elevatetions over time, and ending up here, sitting on the state court of appeal. dhanidina was born in chicago to gujarati parents from the indian subcontinent who'd already migrated to east africa before coming to america. he attended college in california, gaining his law degree there too. he then t a junior job in a district attorney's office, soon becoming a prosecutor himself. a colleague from those days, judge andrewim, recalls him well. >>

towards dollface to muslim and. of course you celebrate christmas it's your job your christian belief but have you been doing it differently since the attack two years ago. if you're fired we celebrate christmas every year. knowing that terrible things are happening in the world and we remember that god has come as a light into the world in his son jesus christ as the christian tradition tells us so god comes into the darkness of the world and it's hatred hostility indifference stupidity ignorance selfishness and all to come close to us human beings and also to course asked to turn away from evil and bad way so far and that is the core of the christmas message. as always at the end of the d.w. interview we have three on finish sentences and i ask you to complete them. so few on. this it is right for the christmas market to take place every year at platts despite the attack because. the most terrible things that happened should not dissuade us from continuing to live our lives and to do so in happiness and gratitude.

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 it weren't such a strikes only as the military claims it must defend many and they must have been extr

funding muslims it's come about classmates from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities. tunis the capital of tunisia has got its first elected mayor of that he she is the first woman to hold this post in the region and tunisia is regarded as a relatively progressive muslim country and has seen great changes since the arab spring but out there he does face some male prejudice despite a competence this report by the that this. is visiting a construction site in tunis his old city. she's come to make sure everything is going to plan. and i'm going to make here i wanted to expand the surface but keep the old laughs. that we can't exchange all of them i never knew and as i don't want to go to into the plan they have to be exchanged phone calls. and i live. there are simply too many cars in tunis and not only in the old town the mayor hopes that these reconstruction measures will relieve at least some of the congestion. that's going to add abderrahim who is fifty four is mar

and the muslim revival would start to gain momentum. i made the dean's english would lead the muslims to achieve their first major victory. against the crusade. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of the lives. other stories . providing a glimpse into someone else's wild. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness documentaries to open your eyes on al-jazeera. this is a really fabulous news for one of the best i've ever worked in there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in that something i feel every time i get on the chair every time i interview someone we're often working around the clock to make sure that we bring events as i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. they wanted forty three billion pounds worth of weaponry that was six billion pounds intermission. there's no and they more because there's always a small bowl of people for really really good ministers. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate

toward dollface to muslim us of. course you celebrate christmas it's your job your christian belief but if you've been doing it differently since the attack two years ago. why are. we celebrate christmas every year. knowing that terrible things are happening in the world and we remember that god has come as a light into the world and his son jesus christ as the christian tradition tells us so god comes into the darkness of the world and its hatred hostility indifference stupidity ignorance selfishness and all to come close to us human beings and also to cause us to turn away from evil and bad way so far and that is the core of the christmas message. as it does as the eye candy the mom ended is that as always at the end of the d.w. interview we have three on finish sentences and i ask you to complete them in that sophia on. this it is right for the christmas market to take place every year at platts despite the attack because. the most terrible things that happened should not dissuade us from continuing to live our li

talks one young muslim ready to fight and begin the so-called islamic state also coming up hungary and opposition m.p.'s forcibly removed when they take their anti-government protests to the headquarters of the national broadcaster well the rally reveals a growing discontent with prime minister viktor obama's policy. plus we look back at highlights of sunday's going to sleep not to stuff your pinching the europa league group stage with a perfect record frankfurt continued to impress a host of struggling labor crews. for i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin in the southern philippines where the island of mindanao is facing another year under martial law after president roh. extended the measure last year morale we city on mindanao was the scene of a five month battle when government troops were deployed to quell an insurgency by militants allied to the so-called islamic state. and more than a thousand people were killed and half a million where this place today murali lies in ruins a team of reporters has just returned from the city with this exclusive report. this force t

but huge swathes of the muslim. one love that. i said most any one in. the muslim world. the power for the last four centuries was shocked by the christian annexation of large parts of their empire. and them a lay him until i'm just i'm joy with what and hope not one of them. will do not the cutting and i had the sun e.b.m. but the crusaders initial success provoked a powerful response to the western invasion. and it was to mourn it has failed to die off. and what i and yes tells him. well it's up to has he lent the foreign ministry a date by the knesset a couple minutes show. in the second episode of this series. the story of the muslim revival. in the face of the crusades. july turned ninety nine. the armies of the first crusade of captured the holy city of jerusalem from the. canon to moderately back. bedroom will be the maze at a young venue. but unless. the show aired from the list she and as if. that's what i'm a father a lot of. and then. it will behold me there. and then from a hotshot island. where. norman is said the unmuddy the elder man i. love. when the armie

funded muslims eps come up all class that's from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities. now is two thousand and eighteen and goes to a close here looking back at some of the highlights of the. one story took us aboard a boss with a difference in a gun is thought on a mall by library bringing the joy of books to children and kabul has the look. this is no ordinary bus it offers hope to children in capital every day it tours the afghan capital as residential neighborhoods for two to three hours children can discover worlds otherwise little known to them and get lost in a good big. books with stories about princes and beggars best. dragons too. i read books in two languages here in past two and dari. fresh to careen started the mobile library with the help of donations she studied at oakford tonight wants to encourage critical thinking among children back home the boss is in a safe space in an otherwise dangerous city. explosions are a problem and that can happen at any t

funded muslims it's come about class that's from start before doctrine. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities to mexico now where thousands of migrants remain camped out in the border city of. hoping the u.s. will recognize their bids for asylum and that trying to make the best of a bad situation but there's also growing discontent at the group that organized the caravan from central american countries. like a christmas party for migrants stranded in tijuana a sign of generosity from cooks and volunteers in the mexican refugee camp. that it's hard to be so far from your family but this gesture of warmth and humanity helps people feel that they are welcome to guests and you know these migrants risked their lives to get to the u.s. but now that they're in tijuana they have to stay and wait until their asylum papers have been approved across the border this is the new agreement between the two countries advocates for the migrants criticize the approach. mexico was the most difficult part of the

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all those things intertwine my mother she became muslim by. becoming a part of you know back liberation movement and things like being interested in deeply involved in trying to find herself in a society that didn't want to and then she became muslim because that was the answer for her so they can't be detected for me isn't particularly in each. poets writers all the way for. the position of your poetry is beautiful you i can see you appreciating each other's poetry but i want our audience to see what it's like when an audience appreciates their poetry it's kind of like a wild concept have a look at what i have a jazz the audience is when he gets on stage. probably going somewhere. never gonna be beguiling. trayvon martin never grew. so did you know the words that is like a song and i. was like especially that it was like as everyone knew that everybody was going right thing yes do the right thing i'm going to start off things like i got a target of about is my literally people come up to him and be like i am and i like the money so. when you'

if muslim imagine yourself a jew. why bother? because even if you have no intention of changing your views with every experience imagine thinking in another way a measure of sympathy. it will foster a sense of human possibility of the ways of life that our different from your ow own. and the whole book is an extended essay on that. now we can delve into another but who shares a very different perspective of god and the world but to get that impression before doing so would like to sit back a moment to be very focused and i want to ask you about your life as a writer and educator and in that trilogy of influential books as a literary critic. tell us your story. [laughter] your mother made you do it. [laughter] . >> i grew up in a working-class neighborhood in chicago first became excited religious life i was was enrolled in a jesuit high school and my first ambition the only way i could imagine to do a professionally was to be a journalist but i foresaw after hours with my poetry through fiction so i did eventually make my way int

or i would not fight in my rai 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. like many others up to blames president rhodri go to territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of food angry young men like up to it will continue to pose a threat. here at the big table now by sandra page was when she was part of the d w team that filmed in the city it's good to have you on the show i mean you brought back some incredible pictures and when we see this utter destruction of the city hell does that fit into the narrative of president do territory and the military telling you that these attacks and these these bomb launch is more precise when you look at this picture this is the total ali mosque in the old historic kiss and tell from our r.v. and just look at it i mean you know mocked and completely destroyed it needs to be erased that's my take because we co

a muslim revival would start to gain momentum. i meant it deems english would lead the muslims to achieve their first major victory. against the crusaders . in the first episode of science in a golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval islamic period in the field on. professor jim. brings the brilliance of the past to light. last point credible almost doesn't look real all we've done is block out the money from the room and then allow it to come through the small old sword one of science in a golden age on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would get what it is you know it's very challenging they believe but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to

in the same thing will happen again our own muslim people would get hurt. but if the battle happens elsewhere i will join. so my little one in a. like many others up to blames president roderigo territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of foetid angry young men like up to it will continue to pose a threat. well our reporters under papers and was part of the d w team that went to my city she's here at the big table with me now it's good to see you again glad you're here safe and sound when we look at this picture here how does this picture then go with what the military's concerning pinpoint accuracy of their bombing attacks well that's obviously they have version of things i find that a bit hard to believe and even if they claim we don't need you know precision asked trikes i would say they must have been plentiful relentless mighty because look at that kind of destruction in the heart of the city is really vaunts to smithereens and sixty five thousand people have

because no one but christians and muslims have in common is. we both believe it has gone to embody mercy. and calls on us to co-exist in peace and so. that. christmas is so important to me because. it is a celebration of peace in a terribly on peaceful well. just zuck the words of pastor martin gala thank you very much for the interview and merry christmas thank you merry christmas to you too. nico is in germany to learn german. aloof and. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free form of the w e learning course nico speak. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with keep players on the ground in the senses of. cutting through the rhetoric holding the powerful to account facts the conflicts. conflict zone with jim sebastian on t.w. . i'm not thinking. well i guess sometimes i am but i said nothing that. thinks he can to jam a culture of looking into stereotypes the question if you think the future of the country that i now

the region at full and firmly under muslim control. and was the means going to it will be all but me spending a lot of money in a shock to bottom of the loss of chuck. it does that it will being all that he let in the shadow yes men because he i mean then men that let it hang in there but this. would end the in that would. mean the top of. a coffee has healed both. oma the byzantine at home in the same shop and of his oaks well mostly mean. business but it will be a shot of bush later waged in the horse articles in a sort of medicines a media shot it can show where he shot a can. and was done as you know. as the muslim east lived in prosperity. the west europe had declined into poverty and comfort. obama. illness leanne's honest lush. evonne needles are all she hasn't a canal and smoke little. would do it to oberlin the up going home would then. have to look at those times in the new land of the so what an old. world so part of . the medieval western society was a feudal society which meant that you had a military our stock recy in cha

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 roderigo due territory for bombing mahratti the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of angry young men like updated with continue to pose a threat. well george here at the big table now by pages when she was part of the d w team that filmed in morocco he said it's good to have you on the show i mean you brought back some incredible pictures and when we see this utter destruction of the city hell does that fit into the narrative of president do territory and the military telling you that these attacks and these these bomb launches were perceives when you look at this picture this is the total ali mosque in the only to store a kiss and tell from our r.v. and just look at it i mean you know mocked and completely destroyed it needs to be erased and that's my take because we could walk into the mosque as well so it's completely

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 by militants allied to so-called islamic state more than a failed. people were killed and half a million were displaced today the city of lines in ruins a team of b.w. rep

in the same thing will happen again our own muslim people would get hurt. but if the battle happens elsewhere i will join. so much. like many others up to blames president rodrigue territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of photo angry young men like updated with continue to pose a threat. a reporter some of the paper's mun was part of the d.w. team filming there in morrow you and she is here with us in the studio good morning zonda the the scenes you brought shown in that report there were of utter devastation what's your impression of how the battle for morale we unfold you know it evoked images of pole. and nothing that is exactly what happened there a heavy urban combat house to house fighting back. you know mess of mess of arabs because otherwise to concretely explain the kind of destruction that we see they are until today sixty five thousand residents you know remains or cities where we do associate with confronting. iraq and syria being the countries we no

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or i would not fight in my ra again or in any other muslim area here. when 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 who blames president roderigo do territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of food angry young men like updated with continue to pose a threat. well george here at the big table now by pages when she was part of the d w team that filmed in mirali city it's good to have you on the show as i'm sure i mean it you brought back some incredible pictures and when we see this utter destruction of the city hell does that fit into the narrative of president do territory and the military telling you that these attacks and these these bomb launches more precise when you look at this picture this is not so ali mosque in the only to store a kiss and tell from our r.v. and just look at it i mean you know mocked and completely destroyed it needs to be erased

or i would not fight in my rai 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 roderigo due territory for bombing mahratti the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are fully angry young men like updated will continue to pose a threat. well george who had to be table now by pages when she was part of the d w team that filmed in mirali city it's good to have you on the show as i'm sure i mean you brought back some incredible pictures and when we see this utter destruction of the city hell does that fit into the narrative of president do territory and the military telling you that these attacks and these these ball launches were personifies when you look at this picture this is ali mosque in the oh it's a story kiss and tell from our r.v. and just look at it i mean you know mocked and completely destroyed it needs to be erased that's my take

in the same thing will happen again our own muslim people would get hurt. but if the battle happens elsewhere i will join. so while you're listening to. like many others up to blames president rodrigue territory for bombing merapi the government has promised reconstruction and great to muslim autonomy but until those promises are full of vote angry young men like up to it will continue to pose a threat. did i just man was part of the team filming in morocco we city and she joins us to talk more about the story sandra thank you so much for joining us a lot of us are familiar with the so-called islamic states presence in syria in iraq how deeply rooted are the islamists in the philippines well there is a longstanding insurgency there is a lot of potential for an islamist insurgency and as isis losing territory in iraq and syria there is threats of moving over like up to here he told us when he was receiving jihadi training in the jungle camp in spring of two thousand and fifteen the robots so foreign fighters in his camp alone and these foreign fighters many

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funded muslims that's come about class that's from stopped before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities. now next report takes us to tunisia with solid of the day he is the first woman ever to be elected leader of a capital city in the region and tunisia is regarded as a relatively progressive muslim country and nothing great changes since the arab spring but opponents of a bit again have called into question with a woman is up to the job. durai is visiting a construction site in tunis his old city. she's come to make sure everything is going to plan. and i have been came here i wanted to expand the surface but keep the old laughs that we can't exchange all of them i never knew again as i don't want to go to into the plan they have to be exchanged from both. the lives. there are simply too many cars in tunis and not only in the old town the mayor hopes that these reconstruction measures will relieve at least some of the congestion. that's going to add abderrahim who is fifty four is ma

not a muslim. right? technically, he believes in god, he believes in judgment, he believes -- but he doesn't act upon that belief. so, essentially every true believer has to absorb the values of his or her faith tradition and then at some level act upon them. now, what level is that? it depends on one's circumstances. so, definitely the ideal is that the believer not only is able to practice but also to be a role model, also to be an exemplary example to society around himself or herself and goes back to the koran, you are the best of all nations that allah has send down. why? because you command what is good and you forbid what is evil and believe in god. so, notice the levels here that are mentioned. you are the best or the most exemplary. you can translate this as the role model nation, buy and not just because you believe. before even belief, alaw mentioned two characteristics, you command what is good and you forbid what is evil. verbally you are being activist. and of course our prophet, same mousil

true muslims have no hatred or enmity for people of other religious faiths. or their clout. to fully lived by it all. that if people are generally satisfied with their lives they'll be less likely to isolate themselves they need to know they'll be able to practice their faith freely in accordance with german law. and mechelle and share the same philosophy muslims who are integrated into society are less likely to turn to radical islam. for more than thirty years house forty nine has been offering education programs and counseling services that help promote integration. the facility was founded by van of the. deputy mayor for social affairs. director is a korean a small check. to got him on there were times when people asked whether immigrants could actually be integrated into make care if you do it right you know it doesn't matter where they're from. if they're to what's important is to get people to talk to each other complement of augustus in the mountains because play. verse that has made a lot of friends amongst it god's immigrant community. because it's a. house forty n

xinjiang's main muslim minority are known as the uighurs. their distinct identity and faith, and the history of separatism, has long made them a target of suspicion. now, we find many homes lock and deserted. estimates suggest as many as a million people may now be in the re—education camps. 0fficial notices say the missing are being looked after. but no one dares to speak. the constant monitoring and following seas to that. some uighurs, though, have found a place of refuge in turkey. a place with tyres of language and faith. -- a place with tyres of language and faith. —— ties. just reciting an islamic verse was enough, this man says, to put him in a re—education camp. his family, he fears, is still in one. in general, how did the guards treat the people inside? some of those we meet are too afraid, even here in turkey, to speak openly. this man says he was also put in a camp because of his religion. from three former inmates in three different camps, we hear three similar accounts. and all are concerned about the fate of relatives

the region at full and firmly under muslim control. and was mean going to it will be all but me spending a lot of money in a shock to bottom with the loss of chuck. it that it will being all that he let in the shed it because he can then mean that let it hang in there but this. would and they would know all. the time how to fight it off. a coffee has healed both. oma the byzantine at home in the same shop and of his oaks well mostly mean. that it will be a shot of bush later in the horse oculus you know sort of the medicines immediately shot a can show where he shot a can. and was done as you know. as the muslim east lived in prosperity. the west europe had declined into poverty and comfort. obama. illness leanne's honest lush. i want on that little bit off he hasn't a canal and smoke little. would do it to obama let me up on a wooden yeah he had a lot of those times in the movie that he led up to so what an old. world. the medieval western society was a feudal society which meant that you had a military our stock recy in charge of. a

has an exclusive report from the devastated city of monrovia and talks to one young muslim greggy to fight for an islamic state also coming up is there no way out as calls grow for a second directed referendum theresa may is expected to warn is still highly skeptical parliament that it will do irreparable damage to british politics plus we'll look back at highlights of sunday's going to see the action after crashing out of the europa league midweek are the lads who broke back to their best against visitors minds all the goals coming out of. the ordinary. i'm sorry so misconducts good to have you with us we start in the southern philippines where the island of mindanao is facing another year under martial law after president rudd we go to terra to extended the measure last year murali city on mindanao was the scene of a five month battle when government troops were deployed to qual and insurgency by militants allied to the so-called islamic state more than one thousand people were killed and half a million were displaced today we're now we lies in ruins a team of reporters has just re

and the muslim revival would start to gain momentum. i made it dean's english would lead the muslims to achieve their first major victory. against the crusades. the marshall islands holds a toxic legacy from years of u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rise one of many east investigates the threats this fallout posers on al-jazeera. a controversial politician elected to the highest office in latin america's biggest country. brazil is about to inaugurate its new president jaya polson are. join us live from the capital brasilia on inauguration day. they wanted forty three billion pounds with a weapon that was six billion pounds in commission. there is no hope of any more because there's always a small bowl of people for really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow while on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that

these are muslims who are being oppressed inside china. 'hat is the united states strategy to get more cooperation from muslim countries to speak up for their co-religionists? i was in malaysia and raised this issue with the government. with othern raising muslim majority countries with the goal of establishing a like-minded -- senator markey: have we raised it in saudi arabia? mr. busby: i don't know. we would be happy to give you a list of the countries we have raised it with. it is majority muslim countries. senator: we don't see it at work here. i don't think china will respond unless they know that the muslim world, we should be telling saudi arabia and other countries that we expect that as their policy. rubio: this whole topic of china is more than just the balance of trade. views himself as a historic, transformational figure. and one of the goals is to make the global order more advantageous to them, and many things being talked about today are part of that. documented,,e well long-standing attacks on religious practitioners. we k

of thousands of muslims -- muslim uighers. in the u.n., security force s ejected an ethnic uigher representing a credited nongovernmental organization. and greece blocked the european union from issuing a statement or a position of the human rights council. for the first time i believe ever, a definitive statement, delivering a statement, and we can all summize why. the list goes on. in 2017, the u.n. secretary-general introduced president xi at an event that was closed to civil society by the way and made no difference of human rights environment in china. the eu council and commission at a summit in brussels on the first and second of june publicly expressed concern about human rights abuses in china, but didn't call for the release of political prisoners, including citizens of the eu, or the repeal of abuse of laws. this is all from a report i believe from human rights watch. in june, the italian police detained and later released the same ethnic uigher n fwrvegsgo,y briefly retained him, even though he had been invited to

talk to one young muslims ready to fight for an islamic state. also coming up rallying and the coming to terms right wing prime minister viktor orban thousands turned out in the hearing capital budapest to protest against what they're calling a new slave law. is there no way out as calls grow for a second crack bret's at referendum trace a maze expected to warn of still highly skeptical parliament that it could do irreparable damage to british politics. also coming up fighting the perils of plastic in sierra leone rivers of trash are causing havoc not just for free towns of drainage system but also for the engines of the port cities books to find out what can be done. i'm sorry so much god it's good to have you with us we start in the southern philippines where president. has extended martial law for another year to counter the ongoing threats by armed militants last year are always city on the island a minute. now it was a scene of a five month battle when government troops were deployed to kuala insurgency by militants allied to the so-called i

because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries a husband appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year old is on life support at a california hospital u.s. officials on representatives of the afghan taliban are not meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks it's believed the discussions are aimed at pushing for a six month cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops in the future britain's government is making preparations in case it crashes out of the e.u. without a deal or just over one hundred days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the block for the parliament in deadlock ministers have agreed to step up planning for a no breaks it to you all right well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after war hotels dance a lot of. young african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when he's the best against thailand's football factory on al-jazeera. the holiday inn before hotel was our hollows. people w