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ALJAZAM News January 19, 2014

Rallying on the right to protest. But first a lynching. In the capitol of the Central African republic. Its a sign the sectarian divide in the Central African republic is becoming ever more dangerous. Al jazeera as well as other media was there, when it took place. And we warn you, some people will find this video disturbing. It began when a mob heard that two men who were suspected of being part of another incident of sectarian violence, were nearby. The mob found the men, set upon them, killed them and then dragged the bodies through the streets burning them. The men were muslims, the mob was christian. We will continue to do this for as long as muslims will go on. Barnaby phillips is in the capitol. Bangui. He joins me live. A dreadful example of mob violence barnaby but there were scenes on the streets in the morning. Tell us about those. Well, it was dreadful what happened, steven and maybe whats shocking particularly is that this was in broad daylight. In the center of bangui. As you said, two men who were accused by a christian crowd of having been accomplices to the killing of a christian man the day before, obviously theres no way we can verify this, were hunted down, hacked to pieces. Chopped up if you like and set on fire at a prominent roundabout in the city. Whilst this was going on, french peace keepers arrived and then cameroonian soldiers arrived and the crowd dispersed to some extent. Butter it was still extremely hostile and volatile for some time. Some shots were fired. We were warned not to take pictures there. And told to go away. It is dreadful, but im afraid its just an example of the kind of thing that has been happening virtually on a daily basis, and not just in ga bangui. Weve had reports of serious incidents in the towns and the northeast of the country as well. Lets move away from the violence if we can barnaby and move towards a political process. The transitional president is due to be chosen tomorrow, fair amount of debate about just how much if any authority hes going to have. Yes, and i dont think it would be too much, too realistic to put great hope in whichever figure emerges. Nevertheless it has been whittled down to two names. There are former sons of Central African republic, that would be a warning if we had hoped for a clean break from the corrupt and disastrous politics that this country has suffered from for so many years, those hopes may not be realized. Nonetheless well have to wait and see, in theory the selection will be made tomorrow morning, thats monday morning here in bangui and then this transitional president he or she should lead the country towards elections which are meant to take place in early 2015. I mean i think anyone whos been here finds the concept of free and fair elections, just absurd. Theres no infrastructure, the state has broken down, theres absolutely no law and order. Its quite obvious if things are to get better here there has to be an enormous humanitarian and indeed security input from the rest of the world. The rest of africa and wealthier parts of the world as well. Thats the question, whether the rest of the world, and the rest of africa is going to sit up and take notice of c. A. R. Punch up of negotiations are those reports true . Well, its been a fraught process, steven, as to the extent to which whether europe if you like will come the Central African republics rescue if you will there is an important meeting in brussels. There are hopes that there will be some sort of commitment for sending more troops. Let me give you an idea of the numbers. Theres a roundup to 5,000 of african troops. And some french troops. Thats a drop in the ocean of a vast country. Whether they will be helped by more troops, it is fit to say that is a sincere hope of the beleaguered generals on the ground. Thanks barnaby. South sudans army saying it is ready to take the important town of malacal. Keeps changing hands, the conflict of south sudan has been fought for weeks, between forces of president kiir and former vice president. Nothing is left standing, everything is burned. Im going to introduce the governor of jongui state. Describe what you have seen today. After going around, found lot of damage, lot of destruction. All the government offices are diswroid. They have destroyed all the computers. All the documents are scattered. Wurnd. The shops are all broken. All the banks are broken. All the houses of the civilian are all looted and there is nothing good in the town. So i believe the people come back to the places in the town they will have a very difficult life. The Pakistani Taliban, worst strike on the military since the taliban leader was killed last september and puts doubts on peace talks. The city of banu close to pakistans tribal belt. The men were on their way when their convoy was attacked. The soldiers were part of a military buildup in the region following u. S. Drone strikes. A Statement Issued by the Pakistani Taliban, called it revenge. To his right is massud the taliban leader who was killed in a drone strike in november. The taliban Statement Reads the deposit of pakistan with the help of the Americans First killed raman and then our leader massu drveg. The pakistani government is not serious about holding peace talks or else it wouldnt have undergone this attack. The taliban says it killed the mern over the networks negative men over the networks negative. One of the groups came on the same network and said this translator we attacked the express news team because the network is involved in propaganda against us. If this continues then so will our attacks. Reporter a vigil was held in karachi. Violence is a clear sign the taliban rejects the states offer of peace talks. I have come here to express my anger on those people who says that we want to the negotiate with those terrorists who have accepted the responsibility of the murder of workers. I think the government should make a difference, very clearly, and announce it, that what is their policy . The fact that they want to talk with the militants who are just not prepared, and instead of the state showing its strength, it is completely exposing its weakness and helplessness. The government says it still wants to hold talks with the taliban. But public anger over its inaction to deal with the violence is growing. Ali mustafa, al jazeera. There have been clashes on the streets of the ukrainian capitol kiev. More on that story and more from europe, lets cross to mary anne. Thousands have converged on Independence Square in kiev. Firing tear gas at demonstrators. Protests have rocked here for more than two months here, sparked by victor yanukovychs decision to not create ties with european union. First of all, we reject, voting by hand, secondly we declare early president ial elections. And we will hold a vote to support this initiative. The members of the Central Election Commission have to be changed in order for this election to be fair and clear. Well, Jennifer Glasse joins us from kiev live now. Jennifer, are clashes still ongoing . Reporter well, right here in Independence Square it is very peaceful. About 400 meters that way i just saw a couple of flash grenades go off. Nataly klichko just led a demonstration, they have set a bus on fire. The police are throwing flash grenades. The protestors are throwing fire crackers. Dragged some demonstrators off from the cordon. Pretty serious confrontation going off right now. Earlier today, tens of thousands of protestors gathered in this square. A few thousand of them have now moved off and are clark with police. They are around this square hundreds of riot police in buses, trying to keep the protest contained to indians Independence Square. Jennifer, the protest began peacefully on sunday, can you give me a sense of how many protestors this large number are involved in these scustles with police and the d rks scuffles with police and who that tends to mean for protestors . There has been a big divide here in this square. Some protestors are frustrated after eight weeks theyve seen really no progress here and they feel that they have to take things 52 their own hands into their own hands. Opposition leaders tried earlier today to dissuade them from doing it. Nataly klichko stood and talked to some of these more radical supporters, quite a few minutes, trying to convince them not to march on parliament, it isnt even in session on sunday evening in kiev. That isnt the issue. For the first time today the crowds actually booed and jeered the opposition leaders and called for real leadership, a single leader. There have been three opposition leaders at the head of all of these protests for the last eight weeks. And they want one solid leader to emerge and the lack of a solid leader has also meant a lack of a real strategy, the lack of a real plan here. And so protestors who have been spending days and nights in the bitter, bitter cold winter are very frustrated. They want to see some plan. And of course the stakes have been raised higher, when the law that president yanukovych signed on friday, that severely limits human rights and speech here, prompts the feeling that the police will try and clear the square here. Jennifer glasse, thank you. Thats its for me in london, theres much more coming up in the news hour. Im rory talens in london. Sunday service with a difference, george isnt invited. Thats what its looking like from london. But also on the news hour from doha. Taking a stand genetics Domestic Worker abuse, are workers burned beaten and tortured. Details from the Australian Open coming up. A spokesman for Iraqi Ministry of defense is saying armed forces have launched an offensive against terrorists in the city of ramadi. Omarar al sala reports. Tribal fighters in ramadi, western iraq. The armed forces backed by tribal gunmen known as their awakening councils, Al Qaeda Linked of iraq and the levant, i. S. I. L. Prime minister says they are eunteunited behind him. Forcing al qaeda to come out so that we can strike them. But this is not how these fighters and many residents of anbar see it. Took up arms to defend their areas, antiprotest cite in ramadi, Islamic State of iraq and the levant were able to control parts of ramadi, they are still present in a number of areas in the two cities. Sunnies started their antigovernment protest in december 2012 in six provinces. Accusing the shiite government of secon sectarianism and marginalizing them. Thats why the people of fallujah and ramadi say they refuse to allow the army to enter their areas. The government then said the protest movement was infiltrated by al qaeda and members of the former regime. Iraqs crisis is also linked to the war in syria. Al qaeda groups come to border with syria which allows them free movement. Critics of Prime Minister maliki says he is using this fight for political reensd to boost his reasons to boost his image. Three palestinians have been seriously wounded. A charge in the area was also hit by shrapnel from the rocket. Those hit were responsible for recent rocket attacks. Former egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been charged with insulting the judiciary. He also faces allegation in connection with the killing of protestors, hazmat and ha mast. Joining a terrorist Group Allegations which al jazeera say are fabricated. The other two journalists are from our sister stations. They have been detained for the past five months. The Free Syrian Army has responded to the peace talks. The fsa says bin laden must play no future in syrias future. We support any solution, that fulfills the syrian peoples demands. We support the brothers going to geneva. Bashar alassad and his government should resign. Humanitarian corridors must be open. Orthodox christians in Eastern Europe has been celebrating epiphany. Lets go back to marion in london. Yes, epiphany celebrates the baptism of jesus in the river jordan. To symbolically wash away ones sins. Not everyone of course believes a dip in icy water can cleanse their sins. Atheism is widespread in europe. One in five people in the european union, according to a recent poll, does not believe in a life force. Benefits of organized religion, rory went to an atheist service in london. They are expecting a full house. The band doing a run through and making sure theres enough seating for the 400strong congregation. Some have come a very long way. Ive come from australia. I think the sense of community is wonderful. And im really looking forward to the service. I came here on vaca, it funds really fun, really exciting, i love the whole thing that church will give you, but im not religious. Reporter for anyone whos been to a Christian Church service theres much familiar here, songs readings and community, its just that god hasnt been invited. There is a palpable buzz to this assembly and i think what that shows is despite the criticisms that have been leveled against it, maybe its just a glorified karaoke session, but theres a sense for people of low religious sensibility to come together. This is the perfect answer to the movements critics according to the spokesman. There are going to be another 100 in september. Its not just the service. It is the book clubs. Its the volunteering, its peoples lives being changed. Its amazing when you get people who want to celebrate life, people will move mountains. Sam nightingale is enthusiastic but says the movement has a lot of catching up to do before it can compete with religion. Talking about Christian Faith and church, a lot of time building up wonderful buildings and ceremony. This has been going on for a year. Looking around the audience, the appeal hasnt spread too much between the fairly affluent white educated urban base. That is something there organizers will have to address if its to have any enduring mass appeal but theyre spreading the word and enjoying the opportunity. Rory jerens, al jazeera london. The number of people gathered in that particular assembly, obviously this isnt something that is widespread but nevertheless as we were hear from rorys report there, gatherings like this book clubs it seems something gathering in appeal at least. What people often wants are the same things that religion provides. A sing along, homily, whatever. Some people who identify themselves as atheist, say we want that, not the religion bit. It is a tiny portion of people as already been said, its very much white, educated middle class. I suspect it will say that way for no other reason, british people and maybe also americans dont like to identify themselves as atheist because it sounds a bit negative. This is actually aiming to get rid of this negative connotation. It can be anyone that just wants to get together and feel a sense of connectedness, a sense of community. I think thats right. The person who actually cofounded this, she was an agnostic. They use the term atheist, i dont know to what degree they will be able to have a philosophy of mere existence in life. If people enjoy this sort of thing thats up to them. When i go to church its not just the beautiful music or the wonderful homilies and the wonderful community, its fundamentally the relationship to christ. And thats something fundamentally missing from that. We cant be totally sure about that can you . You used to be an atheist yourself. You must relate to what many of these people do, i guess. Just to enjoy a gathering of like minded people. To a certain extent. Perhaps im a bit too british to have a sing along think a singalong is attractive. Perhaps my sunday mornings are for sleep rather than going out. If they enjoy it thats fine. But the fundamental core of religion that people want and need is our relationship with god and thats what fundamentally missing from this. Peter williams, good to get your take on this. Ill be back in a little while with more from europe including im lawrence lee in hungary. This ridicule lil village lost up to 50 people to the nazis during the second world war. 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