true face of islam. that s not what islam is all about. islam is peace. that would be like saying we weren t at war with nazis because we were afraid to offend some germans who may have been the members of the nazi party but weren t violent themselves. this is a clash of civilization. when it comes to the common rights of needs and men and women, there is no clash of civilizations. if there s a rabid dog running around your neighborhood you probably are not going to assume something good about that dog. and we respect the faith and we welcome people of all faiths in america. and we re not going to let the war on terror or terrorists cause us to change our values. arsalan, what did the bush white house do behind the scenes to make sure they got this right? i. i think what george w. bush said, he would be considered an outcast in today s 2015 republican party. we see people like donald trump
excess of 25% unemployment rate. the discruimination against french muslims is a pandemic really. discrimination, access to public the public sphere. i mean, there is a great deal of civil rights issues. but arsalan, there are plenty of societies where people have unemployment and people are not resulted to shooting up and beheading their fellow countrymen. isn t it a cop out to simply point to unemployment and discrimination? you asked what some of the population deals with. the work i ve done with the french government in terms of the stuff they re doing, in terms of trying to bridge the divide. that s what i m talking about, in terms of the gray zone. this is what isis seeks to destroy. the more discrimination of the muslim communities, their
i know we ve done stories, arsalan, and i know in the broader context maybe in the broader media, but here we talked about that subject at cnn. we also used the term domestic terrorism when it comes to timothy mcveigh. the oklahoma city bombing from 1995 is a perfect example everyone talks about racial profiling in this post-9/11 world. after oklahoma city we didn t go out and racially profile every white guy with a buzz cut who may have been a former member of the army. so this whole racial profiling debate which has recently been exemplified by the whole arizona immigration debacle really applies to people of color in america. and i think that double standard needs to be pointed out. and i cut you off a little bit earlier. i just want to make sure you make your point because this is a very important subject we need to talk about here. did you make your point with the question i asked? i did. what i was trying to say is people americans, your viewers need to understand tha