disorder. but rick levinthal, thanks again, buddy, i appreciate it. we have provocative guests including pamela geller who heads a group called stop lamization of america. and before we begin with them, though, someone far more mainstream. pakistan s ambassador to the united states and also a friend of mine of long standing. he is a ambassador hussein. honored to have you ooard especially on this important day. can you describe what is the reaction in your coury and in neighboring afghanistan to the noise of the koran burning in florida and these dueling demonstrations over the tion of theos mque in downtown new york, mr. ambassador? geraldo, let me remind you that i wasn t ambassador at thatime but on 9/11 you and i
representing what we have loste slamiclso the threat of i radical terrorism still exists. geraldo. geraldo: thank you very much. pamela geller and malik shabazz my guests. do you, you know, we are not reporting on another incident that happened at the white house involving thebe koran because i think we would just be in citing more violence. i got a note from a commandnier in afghanistan talking about another demonstration that we have not yet shown and he says it is amazing what some folks hey know i ft after could have far reaching and damaging consequences to the troops in afghanistan. do you support the acts of desecration of the kan? no, i don t support that. the anecdote to bad speech is not censohip a book burnin it is discussion.
controversy. i m sure you remember malik shabazz who heads up the sll but aggressive black panther party. and then the group stop islamizati of america. the mega mosque is part of it. geraldo: first of all, answer my question about. there is islamization of america. geraldo: what do you define? the u.s. treasuryiving seminars in shariy leah and muslim prayer times on union contracts and nonunion worker. geraldo: how about hindi or jewish prayer time. they are not imposing it in the secular marketplace. ei geraldo: do you think islm is being treated differently than other religions? i m sure they would argue ethat point.or that is how they impose more of islam. geraldo: but you think there is a plan to make our country an islam country?
from 9/11 has not yet been completed. kistan i a victim of terrorism itself. we have had 5,000 deaths at the hands of terrorists. so we understan how it feels to be victims of terrorism and i think everybody needs to take a deep breath, not score points but try to figure out a way in which passions are not in flamed and america lives up to its reputation is as the city on the hill. and the muslim world also rises to t occasion and says we have to stop a being seen a countries led by extremists. so the geraldo: as arguably the highest ranking secular leading from the muslim world in this country and i m talking about you, would you personally feel ower thee way to
of the united states would still celebrate muslim participation in american life. i think all those people taking a harder view of it have to understand that the muslims are here totay in the united states. many of them are american done verts to islam. both sides need to understand this shoul not be about scoring points and it shouldn t only be about asserting rights. sometimes we all have rights but we sometimes understand the rights need to be exercised in a man in which they do not cause greater harm. geraldo: i have to emphasize this and i don t put you in the corner but sounded to me that pakistan s ambassador to the onited states just said that you would be in favor of aompromise which included slight move of that mosque from the ground zero area. did i hear you correctly, mr. ambassador? geraldo, i think you are a smart man and you can hear