number of muslims in america? i believe his father had some time of back ground. barack obama is not a muslim. i m not saying that he is a muslim but i believe he favored bringing more muslims here to make it an islamic country. this is the one that organized do you believe the news reported by outlets by the daily sgeeft the new york times that russia was using system to interfere in twin falls? i don t believe the russian hs any legal involvement. they have ht, a network which i m sure you re familiar with. i do go online. do you know it is a russian backed news organization? yes. i watch networks that report my world view. that journalist is here with her review and how people in idaho are looking back at the incident. i think i joked in the
community like right now? it s pretty sad to see hate crimes increasing against muslims in america. at the same time, we strongly condemn the terrorism that occurred last weekend against the minnesota mosque. i m deeply saddened to see president trump not address it so far. i hope the muslim community would step up its outreach efforts to the white house if we want to see a strong response coming from there. we can t be on the receiving end or play the victim games. we have to be proactive and must engage with the white house. i don t know what we can do to reach out to donald trump. the man who demonized us during the campaign saying that islam hates us, thousands of muslims cheering in new jersey on 9/11, rudy giuliani said that wasn t
explosive device caused an explosion at a mosque in minnesota over the weekend. minnesota governor mark dayton saying it s an act of terrorism. president trump saying nothing yet. here to discuss jean knows b obi dal la and the founder of republican muslim coalition. so good to have you on. i m going to start with you. i want to get your take on there. i m going to put this map up from january through july, there were 63 incidents of arson, vandalism or tletz made to mosques in america according to the council on islamic american relations. these are occurring all over the country. what s the mood of the muslim community like right now? . it s pretty sad to see hate crimes increasing against muslims in america. at the same time, we strongly condemn the terrorism that occurred last weekend against the minnesota mosque. i m deeply saddened to see
plotting to kill muslims in upstate new york. very little mainstream media coverage. a man was sentenced to 30 years to life. why? for plotting to kill muslims in america. in canada in january, a man walks into a mosque and kills six people. i hope it s not an act of terror attack. i would not be surprised at all looking at the rhetoric, anti-muslim rhetoric, the plot here to slaughter muslims. i hope the media here will cover it more. guard against all threats. you talked about the media s role in raising awareness of these situations. what else can we as a society, do, do you think, to deescalate the animosity and try to better understand each other? well, i think frankly the good job in what they do. they repted the story. i think you have sensational
claiming all discussions relating to islam are somehow islamophobic portraying anybody concern about human rights violations are homophobic. more productive ways to discuss this than violent protests, but many that are trying to portray muslims in america as victims and we are not victims, we are hugely socially progressive here and we make great deal of money, we have many opportunities, the united states constitution protects us. we cannot accept this in industry that s trying to portray muslims as victims and that s what they re doing. that s actually a movement that comes from the philosophy that support it is muslim brotherhood. muslims in the west must be portrayed as a victimized minority religion we are nothing of the sort. rob: thank you so much for coming on this morning. we appreciate it. heather, over to you. heather: thank you. time now is 20 minutes after the top of the hour and coming up,