A whole raman youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up a manhunt is underway in vienna after a shooting spree left at least 2 people dead the interior ministry is calling it a terror attack. At least 20 are dead and tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed as the philippines is hit by super typhoon. Plus robots are coming to the rescue to help keep a pop Art Exhibition in london pandemic proof. Welcome to the program campaigning in the u. S. Election is coming down to the wire with just hours to go until the 1st polling booths opened already a record 98000000. 00 americans have cast their ballots more than 2 thirds of the total number who voted in 2016 President Donald Trump is looking to pull off an upset in michigan and once again hes looking to do it by winding up his campaign in grand rapids that was also the. Stalked in his 2016 campaign hes held 5 rallies across 4 states in a last minute push for support in battleground areas his rival joe biden concentrated his efforts on ohio and pennsylvania his campaign is focused on increasing turn up by black voters who could prove the difference in several battleground states he wrapped up his campaign by taking aim at trumps response to coronavirus our Front Line Health Care workers which suffered sacrifice im arts this president s question their character their integrity their competitors their fellow americans its a disgrace. Right drop went on to say he was going to fire doctors ouch well ive got a better idea lets fire trucks but. If you want your children to be safe if you want your values to be respected if you want to be treated with other dignity and respect then i am asking you to go tomorrow vote for a person a president of the of the wealth well lets cross over to our White House Correspondent kimberly how could his in washington d. C. Force and of course the clock is ticking away before those polls begin to open but the messaging hasnt really changed very much what have the candidates also been saying. Oh youre right it hasnt changed much in the last few days but its very clear that what americans have is a stark choice between 2 different candidates and their vision for how they see america moving forward and both are painting this election in the result of this vote as potentially an existential threat to the future of the United States when it comes to donald trump he is trying to paint an apocalyptic picture of a biden presidency saying that he would raise american taxes and destroy jobs on the part of joe biden the democratic candidate he is making the argument that its literally a choice between life and death that the handling of donald trump with this pandemic could cost even more american lives so this is the choice that americans are faced with and theyre watching very carefully as these candidates crisscrossing some of these battleground states because what were learning increasingly is as weve seen in 2016 it will see again likely in 2020 that the american vote could be decided by talking a very narrow margin and by a handful of american stings of course completely you know everybody is very nervous about this the authorities Civil Society and local authorities and what were seeing or were hearing about certain areas being protected and boarded up whats going on. Yeah its astonishing to see something that i have not seen in more than 20 years of covering u. S. Politics in a boarding up of businesses in advance of the u. S. Election anticipating civil unrest and were not just seeing it washington d. C. Were seeing it in new york city were seeing it a lot of major American Cities as far west as Los Angeles California the other thing were seeing is the readying of the National Guard on standby it at least 2 different states and both massachusetts. Thats and in texas and as well what were also hearing is that and what weve been seeing is the erection of a perimeter fence around the white house not one not 2 but now 3 fences protecting the white house this is something that certainly again i have not seen it is john dropping to really take a look at because this just isnt the United States that so Many Americans know and so as a result i can tell you that American Voters are anxious theyre nervous theyre holding their breath and some are even preparing for the election and the sort of the count they expect could drag on for days even potentially with Court Challenges as a result theyre hoarding food theyre going to the Grocery Store it really is unusual to see it it just gives you a sense of how tense things are as we go into election day in america indeed and we know that you wont be going too far away kimberly along with our teams across the United States will be covering the president ial election as those polls open and well be talking to you through the day thank you not all stray away at least one gunman is on the run following an attack in central vienna 2 civilians have been killed and 15 others injured meters from across europe have condemned what the austrian chancellor has said was a repulsive terror attack and we see reports. Gunshots in central vienna. Homework because several gunman opening fire at 6 locations in the austrian capital. Want to sail and armed with a rifle filmed walking down an alleyway and shooting a bystander many others were injured in the attacks the band. Thing this is certain suddenly the shooting started 1st we did not know what it was but suddenly people who were sitting in other scarce gardens started to run 1st we kept standing there because we didnt know what was going on then there was a shooting again but closer so we started to run away because we did not know if we were running in the right direction we ran into a hotel and had. The austrian chancellor described it as a repulsive terror attack and this is not only can i say i understand it is of course of very tense security situation while we pursued the perpetrators we noticed they are very well equipped with automatic weapons very professionally prepared it is definitely a terrorist attack the Police Killed one suspect and said at least one other got away the public has been warned to stay home and avoid public transport when its mid east if it is possible except for professional reasons and other Important Reasons please stay at home 2nd of voit the city center and 3rd theyll be no compulsory schooling attendance in vienna tomorrow. The attacks happened when many were enjoying their last night out before new coronavirus destruction start on tuesday. The shootings took place near vienna as main synagogue which was closed its unknown if it was to target we still do not know what is behind that attack what kind of group it is if this is radical islamists who have done it which we have seen in france now or brussels in the last years so this is not clear european leaders condemned the shootings including french president emanuel who said europe must not give up in the face of attacks. Several people remain in hospital some critically and while one attacker remains at large the question is who are the gunmen and what was their motivation and these 2 aljazeera. At least 20 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year a massive cleanup operation is underway in the wake of super typhoon with one region reporting 90 percent of its infrastructure damaged. Province in the southern region. Helen between you know was inside her home with their 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of meters away from their home helen went back the next day were home to it this is all thats left of it now. It took me years to be able to build this house but i am grateful because i feel that god has given me another chance this is the town of give the baton by one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by typhoon gone be the most powerful storm this year of farmland community now mostly reduced to rubble at least 300. 00 homes have been destroyed here across the region of luzon the damage is staggering to. The beagle region was once hailed as a model when it comes to an Emergency Response not this time thankfully he was just too powerful rescue energy of all operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate but they remain hopeful they will still find family members alive beneath the rubble but so far the woman rekers world has collapsed he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud his sons body was found lifeless several kilometers away. They are holding on to each other but the other sort all powerful and i was pushed back when i got the. I didnt see them anymore. That somehow their bodies can still be found and be given a proper burial survivors here tell us they were able to leave with just the clothes on their backs but they have lost Everything Else their homes their livelihoods there is so much grief and sadness here. A province which has seen some of the worst damage the beagle region has always been a model for Emergency Response but this has proven to be extremely difficult not just for recall but all the other areas that was called by this wide i was born in the country has been reeling from the impact of the economic crisis brought about by the virus and of course were seeing a lot of civilians who are. Currently in Evacuation Centers really finding it very hard to practice social distancing or even adhere to the very basic sanitary requirements by the fund not to mention that they have lost their farms their livelihood these schools that have been empty for months because of the coronavirus pandemic may be their home for a while and so its clearly a hand to mouth existence the government admits resources are stretched theyve been giving a lot of aid over the last few months but they assure residents there will still be enough and it will be given to those who need it most president that there was here yesterday Vice President still here yesterday trying to assure civilians basically that theyre not alone but this is a very difficult situation because there seems to be no end in sight since another typhoon is also on the way again. Well still ahead on aljazeera the w. H. R. Warns of a critical moment as the coronavirus pandemic 2nd wave gathers pace. The green shoots of recovery in the slums that could help feed some of brazils poorest people the stories after the break here on aljazeera. How i once again weve got some wet weather the full cost of the middle east over the next couple of days a fair bit of cloud here just around the black sea through turkey moving into the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea that bits and pieces of clout there around syria lebanon jordan running down across northern parts of saudi arabia and yeah there is some rain on this doesnt it too bad as we go on through cheese day some west of weather there into central and eastern parts of turkey but it really does pack pop as we go on through wednesday some heavy downpours coming in here and that is lucky to cause widespread Flooding Society something to watch out for but so shabby right in there into iraq northern parts saudi arabia you might cast your chatty into a round south of that is fine and dry looking good here in doha a pleasant 30 celsius or plenty of hazy sunshine further south we got showers running in the cross the whole of africa we could see some wet weather coming into somalia then as we go through the next day or so the showers just pushing their way across into a good parts of ethiopia plenty of showers across Central Africa other sort of the rift valley the bone seeing probably the biggest downpours across the region as we go on through the next couple of days and wetter weather also just making its way into democratic republic of the congo very heavy rain to south africa. From. Aljazeera what goes inside the military when. Of hamas gaining access to key players in previously unseen footage unless we create a different political reality a muslim go through it really good but with new shifting regional alliances were asking the palestinians to meet the challenge of peaceful coexistence what next for gaza and the palestinian. Hummus and the middle east on aljazeera. Watching aljazeera means the whole robin a reminder of our top stories that are just hours left now until the 1st polling booths open for the u. S. President ial election donald trump and his rival joe biden have been making their final pitches to voters already a record 98000000 americans have cast their ballots. At least one attacker is on the run after several gunman opened fire across central vienna on monday evening 2 civilians were killed and 15 others injured in what Austrian Police are calling a terrorist attack they shot one person dead who is assumed to be the suspect in the. Clean up and rescue operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon goni at least 20 people died in the storm that extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. The Afghan Government has announced a national day of mourning after an attack at Kabul University at least 22 people have been killed and 22 others injured during the battle for your contra fury reports from kabul. As students rushed to get out of Kabul University gunshots. Could be heard. I. Witnesses say attackers answered the campus through its north gate and started shooting indiscriminately as i want to know didnt you know we saw them when they entered they were shooting at every student they saw even shot at students who were running away a few of us managed to leave the scene through another gate Security Forces quickly surrounded the campus we did Security Forces more than 6 hours to get the situation under control the 3 gunmen have been killed and the bodies of the dead are now being removed from the campus for identification. Doing this long hours until the attack was over parents of students trapped inside waited for news. I was downtown when i heard from people that there was a Suicide Attack at Kabul University i got here so quickly and started ringing my sons phone i dont know whether hes in class or somewhere else in the University Campus i asked him where he is but he just told me to pray for the attack happened during a book like submission by afghan and the rain in publishers no one has claimed responsibility the taliban says its fighters are not involved this is the 2nd attack on a School University in the last 10 days while government and taliban negotiators meeting qatar to broker a peace deal violence is still affecting the lives of many afghans from your country for aljazeera. Well to the current virus now the head of the World Health Organization says Global Leaders are facing a critical moment with a 2nd wave of infections dr draw so braille says that its time to step up against the pandemic the w a h o chief has been placed under quarantine after coming into contact with someone who had covert 19. Over the weekend we saw that many countries have broke up in 1900. Cases countries in europe and north america continue to supply this is another critical moment. Another critical moment for leaders to step up and the critical moment for people to come together that want to come and. See the opportunity its not truly. Several countries across europe are imposing tougher restrictions as infections continue to rise france reported another record jump in new cases on monday with more than 52000 cases confirmed hospital admissions of also hit a 4 month high with just over 25000 patients friends reimposed a nationwide lockdown on friday and in the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has defended his decision to impose a National Lockdown in england critics say hes been too slow to act but johnson says the decision is in line with other e. U. Countries starting thursday all nonessential businesses will close and everyone must remain at home and ukraine virus restrictions of come into effect across germany the socalled wave break or lockdown is not as restrictive as the one imposed in spring schools will remain open and public protests will be allowed but restaurants bars and recreational facilities will stay shut until the end of the month in terms of near Police Briefly detained opposition president ial candidate on monday over a call for protests disputing last weeks elections his arrest came hours after the chair as party and other officials were detained on terrorism charges police say they were plotting to blow up oil stations in Dar Es Salaam president john mica food secured a 2nd term in the vote but the opposition alleges widespread vote fraud. And turns in a semi autonomous region of zanzibar sworn in its new president hussein in we was elected to govern the islands zanzibaris opposition has rejected the outcome calling for mass protests moldovans will go back to the polls who run off after candidate self to secure a majority in sundays president ial election Opposition Leader sun do finish slightly ahead of her incumbent igor dotan the country has been divided between those 2 who favor closer ties with the European Union and those who are pro russian. Has more. The president ial elections have put the pro e. U. Contender my our son do ahead of the incumbent eagle dawn by 4 percent now the last time these 2 faced each other in 2016 you got a lot of was ahead of her by 10 percent so theres been quite a reversal over what the electorate in moldova are searching for nevertheless when we spoke to do about her victory in this 1st round she remains still cautiously optimistic we know that our opponent doesnt believe in the unfettered lectures he has been trying to the elections and we cant exclude that he will try to the war of the next 2 weeks at the same time we have been more. Better prepared this time to defend our boats now one of the factors thats affected my a son doos strong turnout in this round is really down to the moldovan diaspora there are younger working people who are abroad who made up 70 percent of the support for her in this round now its quite evident that it is they who want to change from the Current Situation question now is that there is a campaign to go for the next 2 weeks that could turn out to be quite bitter and certainly. Was not anticipated that perhaps he would be behind at this stage. Latin america and the caribbean have been identified as some of the most dangerous places to be a journalist a u. N. Report says the region accounts for 40 percent of journalists killed worldwide between 2018201915 extension 6 reporters and media workers were killed around the world all the numbers a sure have dropped to a 10 year low. Is chief of the section for freedom of expression and safety of journalists at unesco and he says there are a few things that can be done to protect journalists. What we are watching here is a failure of the fader often dress a comprehensive policy to protect journalists that should full of 3 basic feelers one prevention measures Protection Measures and prosecution off the crime so these environment where it goes in you know those killers are not working its the problem that they are keeping the cycle of violence on and as you said we are watching a journalist to be killed every 4 days and we are not speaking here about their all their problems of violence that journalists are facing during the scene same prior period although we have these good news thats the cubans have reduced but older sorts of violence is ours to present and we need to Pay Attention not also own that we are really watching journalists that are speaking about important issues for our daily lives the environment human rights and elections corruption corporate wrongdoing on journalists that are trying to keep Police Forces accountable are to drill is that are being killed in 2 different regions of the planet so its very important that every sits and can Pay Attention in those numbers because we are we are seeing that these people that are helping us every day to make troops to prevail they have been targets by different sorts of violence including killings. Environmentalists in brazil have found in their quest to slow deforestation around Rio De Janeiro the coronavirus pandemic has provided an unexpected boost to sustainable agriculture. Explains. Rio de janeiro a city surrounded by mountains of washed there to taishan which is rapidly disappearing sprawling slums have been devouring the forest for decades theres still growing invading protected areas like this one. But now environmentalists like ghana some dos have founded the coronavirus an unlikely ally to fight deforestation and. When the pin demick began and the started knocking on her neighbors doors to distribute organic vegetables along with seeds sprouts and instructions on how to grow them for. The idea was to convince people to build less and turn to Mother Nature at a time when the economy had shut down and 10000000 brazilians were going hungry. The which a part of. The pandemic helped anup prove her point when she moved cheerily u. G. Had dreams of a bigger house but covert 19 left her husband unemployed with the family discovered that nature could feed them if only theyd let it my dream you have buying food for everyone costs us at least 1000 ryall but by planting our own organic food were not only aging healthier but saving at least 300 reale a 3rd of what we spend in the supermarket. A lot of in the heart of it isnt it or not one of the pretty violent strong. Family of 12. Corn avocado and also. Herb. The family lives in what is called the Promised Land an extension of the pain a complex slum home 250000 people its controlled by the red command one of brazils largest drug cartels theyre responsible for occupying New Territory and distributing it and it was selling it took a lot of negotiation with the drug traffickers and the neighbor has to convince them that destroying the forest is not the best way out paper made roofs over their heads and as families grow they build marmol but with a pandemic they realized that cement bricks cant feed them. And that is no building the cistern to store rainwater in the Promised Land. While nagel maida who spent 6 years in jail for Drug Trafficking is helping very clear the land. Season i was in prison when the pandemic began and able to help my wife and 3 children i was lucky to be given this new opportunity its not only a job but a new way of looking at life. My that and she used to be a Street Vendor until the pandemic with no job and time on her hands she started raising chickens. She plans to transform this whole area into a fruit and vegetable garden an urban slum still surrounded by poverty and violence but where mango trees are now allowed to flourish and children and animals roam free as if they lived on a farm monica and not give all just sirrah Rio De Janeiro. A paparazzi exhibition has opened in Central London and you dont have to be in the city to see it robots are being used as guide so people can take in everything from the comfort of their own homes jessica told would want to see the production. Follow the lobster there is bound to be modern art zany works by philip called there a natural progression from andy warhol and pop art but its not just the art thats interesting these robots are awaiting instructions from viewers at home the machines will follow the commands of virtual visitors zipping the one work or lingering on another thats incredible its a pandemic proof show. Visitors can stay safe while going to a museum i really miss being able to see art so i think the road out of options is is appealing. Certainly if theres nothing else available its its creative its interesting and it gives you a chance to feel like youre in the museum to kind of simulate that experience there are strict rules for the robots they have to keep their speed down theyre not allowed to run into other robots or real visitors if they do a plug is called and theyre locked up. Call there came up with the idea during lockdown to ensure his show was seen i thought well i have to try and like use the situation do some interesting and then i was they were actually with technology to be released into almost creating exhibition which is almost like a fantasy shipwreck under the sea where you have to send like diving cameras into it and i thought was something quite poetic about this idea of basically making art something new and crying to create like a new dimension to experience an exhibition who knows contemporary art is always a step ahead and the future could see the robot put to use for countless tasks bringing the outside home if lockdowns continue and people feel the pinch of covert restrictions Jessica Baldwin aljazeera landed. Your challenges there of me still wrong remind of our top stories their desires to go now until the 1st polling booths open for the u. S. President ial election donald trump and his rival joe biden have been making their final pitches to voters already a record 98000000 americans have cast their ballots more than 2 thirds of the total number who voted in 2016 are White House Correspondent kimberly how kit says precautions are being taken to cover all eventualities there is a fence or acted around the white house anticipating on rast as well there are businesses that are being boarded up in washington d. C. New york even all the way to los angeles major American Cities anticipating there will be civil unrest and americans reacting in anticipation and with anxiousness hoarding food going to the Grocery Store much as they would prepare for Tropical Storm for example at least one attacker is on the run after several gunmen opened fire across central vienna on monday evening 2 civilians were killed and 15 others injured in whats being called a terrorist attack Austrian Police say they shot one of the suspected gunman cleanup and rescue operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon goni at least 20 people died in the storm theres extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. In afghanistan at least 22 people are dead and several injured after a gunman stormed Kabul University sparking an hours long battle with Security Forces students who were shot in their classrooms as they tried to get away eisel says it was behind the attack. Prues president is facing his 2nd impeachment trial in less than 2 months lot of this car has been accused of accepting bribes of more than 600000. 00 from 2 companies that want public work tenders he denies the allegations but the majority of politicians in Congress Said that theyre serious enough to warrant a trial. Full of those stories on our website at aljazeera dot com more news in half an hour but we continue on aljazeera with the stream do stay with us. As the sun goes down ballot. Is a very challenging place to work as you can live youre always boundaries part of the time from always on the love we are the ones rambling from miles where are the media going to go we go there and we give them a story. Of the ok and youre watching the stream today tomo in france after an attacker entered a Catholic Church in the french city of nice and killed 3 people last week the french president Emanuel Mccraw called the instant an islamist terror attack on the french accounts of muslim faith condemned the violence and said that it stood in solidarity with the victims and their families today we all skins fronts at breaking point if youre watching you can join the chat to be part of the days conversation if youre following via twitter you know our twitter handle act history. So how does france plan to deal with acts of domestic terrorism and at the same time accusations of islamophobia and what does all of this mean for the countrys relationship with islam and muslims present mccrone address some of these questions last week and an interview with my aljazeera arabic colleague. Good little sweet good issues i think that all political and religious leaders who dont clearly condemn any violence towards france which is a country of freedom and light moments have a responsibility sometimes directly but certainly indirectly for the violence which might be perpetrated against french people in france or abroad good pussy dont you joining our discussion we have rym sarah shes a legal scholar who focuses on religious freedom and Civil Liberties in france now feels her media is an associate fellow at the International Center for counterterrorism in london and yes or no r. T. Director of the justice and liberties for committee in paris it is wonderful to have all of you here it is terrible to have you here to talk about this particular topic let me share with you a tweet i know youve seen this one this is from a manual more calm president of france and he says here im going to use the french translation it is france which is under attack i have therefore decided that soldiers will be mobilized in the coming hours as part of operation sentinel we will go from 30027000 soldiers rym sarah the mood in france right now do you feel like your country is under attack. Im terrified im extremely terrified honestly. It took me a while to understand what was going on. And. I couldnt process it as a french citizen as. A lie what kind of human is capable of doing such horrific crimes is something that goes beyond me and unfortunately what happened after did not help the brouhaha in the media or the confusion but care as it was extremely scary its really really terrifying i dont know where were going. Yes so this is not the 1st time youve had this conversation when i think what is going on in france can you understand it can you unpack it for us but if youre feeling. Personally if youre showing how silly how you are at this moment do you feel under attack. He worked with your thoughts of 2015. Spoken to said muslim is a hard no there are no right to grieve right after the general. The november attacks and the subsequent attacks when a 16 and defeating is duds you barely have time to collect your thoughts and feel sorry for whats going on and for me i was born and raised in various i was diamond i actually had the you know an acoustic about it now years later a physical burnout from the amount of 4 that was done because i did not have any time to get a few no sit and just you know and my family was telling me yeah stressed out sometime you have the right to grieve and for me it was like now its that the government is a you know is doing this and they are going to happen again eccentric such were so and it got to worse where my son is now you know turning 12 is he has himself interior internalized the idea that and i think may happen in the bus in the park in the movie and its its frightening beyond any description when you have a child whos supposed to look at the movie we go to the movies because meet with his father and hes already looking around and thats not normal thats not the sort of affair we should be going through and when i said some years ago that this is a new normal for us in france i said it but i didnt expect it to kind of be oppressed own 2 kids because my son when the attack of the course europe took place his school was a few blocks away from the shooting and i was courting us i was teaching and i was told that there was a shooting going on in the high proportion there was a hostage situation and an hour of the more cycle and i had to walk like that might enough by feet expecting the worst of all of that and expecting you know you know god forbid they know that this school got shot and and must sun was actually a i guess like you know 9 years old but then again if you get the numbers straight and i took it from the police and that day he said daddy whats terrorism what is a terrorist. But to conclude. I look at must look at what was being deprived of some of his childhood and i look at him a kid to conduct one day another attack would take place and they would ask you to apologize for reads this and we talked into. Vote i was you know live and there was arts with it was sponsored before the drugs and then so yeah i see i said im not going to go into that because thats that thats another network and as a know that doesnt have a sensibilities here on the strain but i do want to pick up on what you said about your little boy. Yes his little boy like this is the new normal for his little boy is this how you would look at france right now that domestic terrorism is to be expected. Well i mean its a strange question because even myself even though im not a french citizen i went to school in france and i studied i did interviews with people who were radicalized in france and the time of the shot we have there were turks in 2015 someone who was very near and dear to me who was in a very high level position in the previous french government called me and said this is a socialist this is person on the left wing and said now do you understand now do you understand why we hate muslims in france and this was incredibly violent you know rhetorical reaction that i got knowing that i grew up in a muslim household. You know it was it was it was shocking to me and this was just a taste for me you know im an outsider and this is what i think a lot of people who are being raised in parts of and sort of you know muslim neighborhoods if you want to call them that areas and friends this is what they suspect people think and as someone whos been on the inside who is whos worked with the government unfortunately will this rhetoric is not common in the wake of these terrorist attacks they do become comment which unfortunately speaks to the success of this terrorist attack and all these terrorist attacks when a terrorist blows up a bomb the actual the blast radius is not the actual physical blast radius that was being injured by definition a terrorist attack is where the targets the to the actual physical targets are not the primary targets theres actually a virtual blast radius that theyre trying to create which affects the Public Discourse how politicians respond how the common public responds turning neighbors upon neighbors creating divisions within society and groups like al qaida and isis have written about this explicitly in various manuals and so the very fact that were even here having this conversation unfortunately speaks to the success of that that. When you were speaking and when you told that anecdote when sarah you did what i did i did internally cry a waitress. Yeah and on your show you were very young i saw you do that asma says what are the reasons this is asma on you tube what is the reasons behind the rise of a slope is of schism islamophobia in france that is a documentary that will probably take weeks to actually put together but if you could power it to rise it for her what would she say. From where to start really unfortunately in turn will soon be a tree is not near what. I mean if you really want to understand its history you have to go back to to a colony of france and especially in north africa where muslims were not even considered french citizens that time you know gerry especially but indigenous and where related to do not apply to them because of playing like french secularism to the persons would mean giving them the same right and the same status as you know other french citizens. After decades of musician we had an influx of immigrants 5. You know after 962. You that muslim is. Cannot be part of the west that there is a sort of. You know for a bit of muslims coming to take all over you know but the if like musician of your of this smear that basically its like muslims cannot integrate has been growing for quite a long time and especially since the nineteens with the 1st cases of headscarf affairs the matter was utilized and this is where we so on a legal level or a. Mainstream. News like this where your board of bigotry is so lazy to have for example that implies a state neutrality towards religion that protects religious freedom by imposing state and you know a religious neutrality upon the state has now been weaponized and use that a Political Tool for political identity reasons targets muslims and try to make them invincible in the Public Square so we have some room thank you you do that so beautifully and so tightly a movie also has another idea of why theres so much islamophobia in front and shes pointing the finger at politicians and the leadership of. The. Board out in some people that is the most got behind them millions. And blamed muslims from work hard and nobody else should justify even so all the time for one or. The will devise as we have to believe against terrorism unfortunately this is not what is happening racist and some of the political figures use these masses evidence to appear in the media in hatred and thats makes me really angry yes or is that fair to say the front as politicians or some of them are flooding the flames of islamophobia is that possible. Actually i tend to disagree with. With all due respect but also for who says that islamophobia in france comes from the top and its because of the elites already there was definitely a grassroots acceptance office time of year and you would see it oftentimes in the interaction between good diaries are with the end to no lies idea or types of you know what arabs are about what people are about what asian people are above the law for example well for example a doctor the arab is framed as a thief or the arab woman is framed as a woman who needs to be freed to the black people black people are free and you know you would like you know theyre good at sports eccentric and oftentimes you see the intellectual subjects for example when you are in school are oftentimes it kept away from the unknown white kids i went through it myself and you know throughout my my school you know my smile might made occasion years in the public schooling system it was constantly there from that to push me out a system to like you know learn like you know to become electrician number they called the parents and i want to become a pirate for if since i was in Primary School and to them it wasnt acceptable that iraq would be abided but i dont want to know to keep it all on this i want to just will bounce back on what the reams said in terms of how full of you know odds its own architecture and unlike what many people think abroad for the past 30 years it predominantly came from the left and they were what you call the secular fundamentalists you know in french were the 1st ones and again as i am said to one in the early ninetys were the 1st you know opens a going for the burning of the headscarf in Public Schools and of course despite the council of the state which is the highest at least where people throw it in front saying no kids of the right to wear their headscarf in schools know they manage within 15 years there when. From being a loud minority to being a majority capable of busing this nation into day as the the lady said just before me who did you not only used to cover up your government screw ups to buy them a language now the same time to always find the perfect skin to go through it to nationally going to meet with National Security threats or National Identity and thats what it is very difficult to dismantle because there is a deep profound architecture not only for any muslims are the problem but ms didnt give them a surge anything don i just yeah i mean hes got that but i just jump in on. This like a little anecdote id like to share with you guys in 2000 and late 2602070 i was doing a little work with the former Prime Ministers Office manual of all this office on their counter Narrative Campaign it was basically a social Media Campaign to try to curb radicalization that was called stop this and i told them very frankly that this is not going to work this is a subversive a movement that sees themselves antiestablishment and you have a government government sponsored web site that the french flag on the corner trying to tell them not to radicalize the ludicrousness not going to have any impact and they said to me oh we know this is a counter Radicalization Campaign although its talking about jihadism what were actually trying to do is curb the far right because the far right will say were not doing that no off if were not doing the sort of act that handwaving act that seems like were strong and muscular and anti jihad this link radicalization and so were doing it to calm them down so this is a common theme that a lot of politicians believe if i can come out an acolyte i am very against what the jobless are doing it will keep the right wing calm however if you look at whats up in the United States as donald trump came into into office and he started fanning more of this. Rhetoric it didnt it didnt have the scope for take effect that everyone thinks as it actually fanned the flames even more because it normalize this kind of language and it gave people permission to think some of these thoughts are expressed some of these books so the very hypotheses that a lot of prime ministers and president s and chancellors use that if i just come out and say some of what the right wing is thinking then the right wing will be placated just doesnt seem to be borne out by the evidence. In fact if i may because i find it go to extremely fascinating and relevant. Basically today in france. And turn muslim bigotry. Comes is now a Business Model they monetize on these fear. And basically today for example we have an equivalent of fox news in france it seems and this narrative has been so diva log that nobody is questioning it anymore and muslims has been left completely out of the conversation and why i dont find it extremely worrying is how you know we say we need to prove that we need to fight the fire right back cetera but i always say the fire right may not be in power indeed but it spirit is. There research and normalization of the feeling that even a question becomes a bit like they think youre suspicious if you start questioning it you know putting it like going after Civil Liberties going after the basic notion many pleading lace to do we use later to for everything and nothing and i honestly think its its extremely worrying and dangerous in the latest events unfortunately have proven that so thank you for sharing this anecdote because i think its really speaks volume get i feel like we have had islamophobia conversations about france so many times but im just picking up on the basher a tweet that you shared after each terrorist attack there was no question about the failures of the state that fails to stop these attacks instead to state scapegoats muslims and takes more power all the while violating peoples human rights if were looking at this from a counterterrorism perspective nephis. Help us from lets deal with this what are they to. Well i think the problem is not to look at a necessarily just as a Counter Terrorism perspective that actually is the way the french government tends to look at it very much in terms of police and intelligence domestically and intelligence and military abroad what the french government has a hard time investing as much effort there although it doesnt but some effort then is counter and violent extremism or countering radicalization or preventing violent extremism the different words but basically it all kind of comes down to we have to change the susceptibility of society in the 1st place to extremist narratives and that susceptibility Largest Group actually what does that mean machines that what is that so partially so partially what most governments ocus on is what they call counter narrative that these messages they just put out on websites and hoping that someone will be attracted to it because they assume that the reason why people like terrorist groups or whatever is because of the propaganda thats just naive. An Extremist Organization offer someone so many things that offers them identity and offer them a sense of belonging an actual brotherhood and sisterhood and offers them a pathway to purpose and meaning ive talked to multiple people who want to use those who joined who went to syria to join eyes that are almost were and the one thing they said is what you want to do become a become a bagger in a Grocery Store or go potentially be a revolutionary whos going to go change the world theyre being all theyre being offered the opportunity to plus press reset on the video game of life and to come back as a better character with a whole new life and so i mean you cant like completely offer exactly that to just normal things and but if you leave start funding Civil Society organizations and n. G. O. S and so forth who are at least are trying to offer people in these local communities think about this the majority of people who went to syria to go join isis came from just 10 neighborhoods in france that you dont need to do and nationwide program here why not invest a little bit of those efforts in france i was in lieu know the city that had the highest per capita rate of people who went to syria and i was going around talking and there was police. And there were Intelligence Agency surveillance people but there was pretty much no prevention or counter and Violent Extremism Program there was one typical by the organization i met the guy who ran it you could hear 27000 euro near the pay him though and the pay the overhead of building how is he actually going to combat radical i think and among the that kind of budget i want to bring in one more voice for the french people that we spoke to. Damian and damian was how he was trying to be hopeful and have a nice and. So initially between friends and islam is very complex and if i want to speak about to propose and we need to if you were speaking about secure his speaking about could he about still he best friends and speaking about poverty but yes the situation is very tense weve heard of islamophobia among the population and among political needed us and the right of our rights. But. There is also people also a lot of fringe peoples who stands against zuma sophia and who stands for peace and so. Just looking at some of the comments here on new cheaper allow hi her lao thanks for being part of the conversation shes wondering why france is blaming islam or says im french you will never have unity and harmony in this country as long as this freedom of speech is used to create scandal and. Asked is the french secular law they are ive put that in there because she said i forgot the official name for it applied equally to all religions is there some movement to adjust it a lot is really what you are saying is it almost been used to weaponize. An idea which is supposed to protect people of all face and its been used to weaponize it this is a pressing conversation. And fisa and. Youre back here again talking about the same thing is this a different time from the last time we spoke to you. We are certainly getting of the show is this a is this a breaking point for france is it just briefly i think it is because when you see the amount of or the emerging poor layers of education being biased and i think and i agree or what im to know if you did not see is that when the the government of mobile virus has been a notorious double forward for the bust in of these 2 you know 15 years or is that their next to last the budget of ideas because since you have been carrying the ideas of the 4 white new pushing for more security measures your identity syria they lift that see its been they have adopted the mindset of the far right thinking they can you know beat them in their own game the other problem is not that simply it was so if youre going to counter you know or whatever what they could i was issued and they think is a they dont want to tackle they have legitimacy whatsoever you cannot send the one morning or yes up finish a sale its just just one point is that there was a Domestic Intelligence report you know pushing 2014 its said that the repression model is a failure we need to reach out to communities the june reports it means of this approach based on blaming and repressing is not working within the government then also might be going to make it theres always more to say in a free stack you very much from south we thank you i will irish that i never have to have you on the street ever again to talk about as tough a fight i know thats probably not the case thank you so much i think part of this conversation and ill say for thing on each and for us as well each of us appreciate you very much all right so coming up next we have an Instagram Live guest at 2030 g. 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