BBC United States of Hate Muslims Under Attack Page #3

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It's always something different,

so you just throw up a peace sign every time.

There are a lot of incidents that go unreported, that we hear about,

that go unreported. So, when someone stalks a Muslim woman

in a parking lot and threatens them with violence,

that doesn't go reported, but it is there

and it is becoming a daily reality for people.

And then you have got the man that jumps off his motorcycle

and starts beating a young Muslim man,

screaming out, "Trump, Trump, Trump!"

CAR HORN BLARES:

Where has this come from? How have we got here?

With a very systematic dehumanisation

of 1.8 billion people. That's how we got here.

Through media, through the movies, through our reckless politicians.

Sadly, it is where we're at.

Omar is worried that this is only the beginning

and America could be heading back

to a much darker place in its history.

The reason why I brought you here is that,

just a little over 100 years ago,

a man by the name of Allen Brooks was dragged out

of the second floor of the old courthouse by an angry lynch mob

and they dragged him on the street and they lynched him here,

at this intersection. The fact that this happened in America

only over 100 years ago,

what it shows us is that we have been here before,

that we have had this... we have had this ugly past

that we have to come to terms with.

If we are going to truly say "never again"

then we should not allow ourselves

to fall for the same traps that allowed us to dehumanise people

to the point that they could be lynched

in front of men, women and children

without anyone seeing any problem with that,

any moral conflict with that.

When you dehumanise a people enough, that is what you can do to them.

But it is not history David is concerned with.

It is the future of the America he grew up in.

He is worried that more of his beloved Texas

will be taken over by Muslims.

We're going to go and scout out the area around the mosque.

Drive through the neighbourhoods around there

and tell you guys how they have changed all the street names.

They have Islamic street names now.

When I was a kid, running around that area with my friends,

all the street names were American-sounding street names.

To drive over there now and see these changes...

..it's kind of disturbing.

It makes us feel like they're not trying to assimilate...

..and be American. They are trying to bring the Middle East to America.

I can see David become uncomfortable

as we enter the Muslim neighbourhood.

This one, Al Razi...

HE READ ANOTHER STREET NAME

You want to grab something to eat here at the Kasbah Cafe(?)

Yeah, that's Muslim.

Now, have you seen anyone other than Muslims

in this neighbourhood since we have been here?

Nothing but. Nothing but Muslims in the whole neighbourhood.

And look at all the money that's in here.

I mean, these are some rich Muslims

and they're taking over.

They've got the money to do it.

They've got the money to do it.

See, that is just creepy right there. Did you see that?

That is just creepy.

I mean, it feels Satanic to me when I see these people.

They are dressed in black

and it's all covering their face and their eyes are dark looking.

It's...very Satanic, to me.

David's feelings about Muslims seems to be a weird mix of hate and envy.

But I am keen to speak to some of the younger members up there

and find out why they feel the way they do.

KNOCKING:

- Hey, guys, how are you?

- Fine. You OK?

- Yeah, I'm good.

- You guys?

- Yeah.

- Come on in.

'Franklin is 23 and one of the newest members of the group.

'He is also a reformed burglar.'

Tell me where your views about Muslims came from.

Well, my first experience with the Muslim was actually in prison.

That experience was...this man tried to convert me immediately.

Of course, me not knowing anything about it, I was like,

"Well, you guys don't believe in Jesus. That is my saviour."

He started, "No, we do believe in Jesus."

I brushed that off. "I'm not going to convert to Islam."

And then I started picking up the Koran and picking up the Hadith,

which is the words of the Prophet,

to see that it's not just the select few,

that they're taught from a very young age -

indoctrinated, I would say - with these beliefs.

They are instilled with an unwavering hate of Jews,

of all things not Islam.

What percentage of Syrian refugees coming in here

do you think are terrorists or will be terrorists?

Um...

All of them.

- Really?

- They are all reading the same Koran,

they are all reading the same Hadith, so Islam is Islam.

I mean, it will be a cool day in hell

if you can convince me that what I'm seeing is not real.

Franklin's anger at America letting in so many Muslims

has led him to make a big decision.

What have you done about how you feel about the situation?

Well, I mean, with the current state of America,

it has me on edge.

It drove me...to take a stand,

to make a choice in my life that will benefit me and my family

and, hopefully, all of America.

And that decision for me

was to run for office at a national level,

- at a Congressional level.

- This is your website, yeah?

Yeah. What I'm aiming to do is use my salary as a Congressman

and fund other like-minded individuals who will take action,

who will not sit idly by and watch their nation be destroyed.

One of the pages, I noticed, you accept donations or something.

You have asked for money.

Well, if we click on that, what that does is

that takes you to a GoFundMe account for me and, of course,

- I have nothing!

- Where does it say nothing?

- Zero!

FRANKLIN LAUGHS:

My goal is to get whatever I can get!

How realistic do you think it is

that you will actually run for office in 2020?

Oh...it's happening.

It's...it's... I will figure out a way.

If I can't get any donations and nobody wants to contribute

and I have to go out and do it alone, I will go out and do it alone

and I will find a way to run in 2020

and I will find a way to win in 2020.

I mean, it's a sure thing. Whoever I run against,

I don't care what committee position they hold

or how long they have been in Congress...I will win.

Franklin has an unwavering belief in himself

and his liberty as an American.

What I want to know is

when does one person's freedom become another person's blasphemy?

Hello! Come on in.

I am meeting Dorrie, an author of books on Islamic extremists,

and someone who sees no problem with upsetting Muslims.

This is, basically, my little corner of the world

where I do all my research and all my study

with many, many, many books.

This is the latest one that came out that I'm working on.

I was asked to speak, two years ago it would have been,

when Isis began to rise.

And one of the things I figured that I absolutely had to have

was this information on these maps,

to see where everything was actually happening.

I do this because it is extremely critical

that people understand what Islam is doing to the world.

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