to prepare for washington week. and those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the outcome of today s debate in congress was certain. what happens next, is anything but. at stake: keeping the government operating past month s end, and keeping president obama s signature domestic initiative on track. on this vote the yays are 230, the nays are 189, the joint resolution is passed. woodruff: with that, house republicans closed r
power in 2012 christians came under pressure as never before. woodruff: and david brooks and e.j. dionne on the week s news. good evening. i m judy woodruff. gwen ifill has friday nights off to prepare for washington week. and those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the outcome of today s debate in congress was certain. what happens next, is anything but. at stake: keeping the government operating past month s end, and keep
power in 2012 christians came under pressure as never before. woodruff: and david brooks and e.j. dionne on the week s news. good evening. i m judy woodruff. gwen ifill has friday nights off to prepare for washington week. and those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the outcome of today s debate in congress was certain. what happens next, is anything but. at stake: keeping the government operating past month s end, and keep
and dreamliner grounded in the u.s. and europe along with japan. weren t they supposed to be the aircraft of the future? and the president lays out his aggressive new man for gun control. with some republicans rejecting it and some democrats cool, does it have any chance to get through? our guests, mike greenberg, mark schlereth, timothy burke, tim kane, peter king and remember katie beers. her story was headlines across new york and around the nation 20 years ago. her infamous kidnapping experience. how she survived, and thrived after it. thursday, january 17th. starting point begins right now. welcome, everybody. we start this morning with the story that everybody is talking about. it is crazy. you will remember that inspirational story behind notre dame linebacker manti te o s amazing season. his girlfriend, how they met. she was in a car accident, died of leukemia. all of the was a complete hoax. here is what he said at the time. i cried. i yelled. never felt th
one muslim group though, the sufis, claim to try to replicate muhammad s mystical experience of god through intense prayer, the chanting of god s name and singing verses from the qu ran. emre yildirim: when prophet muhammad was saying his prayers, while he was mediating and communicating with god he used to hear the divine instructions and then act, that s why in sufism and in islam, we also try and come close to god. through our rituals we try to be one with him. prophet muhammad is an example of this. whatever he did during his prayers or during his daily life is there for us to take example. rageh omaar: the sufis have developed their own elaborate rituals and techniques and here in turkey they even dance. although there is no evidence to suggest that muhammad followed these rituals, the sufis see him as an inspiration for their spiritual experience. prof. sajjad rizvi: the prophet as a perfect human that s very much a part of theological and sufi traditions in islam. his