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Islam. are you worried he will get wrong information? >> im familiar with that clip you have just shown. i of course have not met the general. im not sure that that expresses the totality of his views. certainly islamism is a political totalitarian ideology and in this country, in the united states and in europe, it strives to be seen as a minority religion that. has to be exposed. if there is further opportunity for general flynn to speak, im sure he would come up with that. im not sure that on...

Does give a kind of troubling potential insight. lets move on. to combat islamism you wrote that quote, trump must empower our enforcement agencies with necessary surveillance methods, targeting islamists, sympathizing behaviors, whether of individuals or organizations. so what does that look like to you and how do you do it without profiling in an open democratic society? >> great question, and one i struggle with daily as i think about these things and write about them. i think lets look at wh...

One of the pilots of the 9/11 attacks were affiliated with islamist mosques in munich. the mosque may not have instructed or paid those individuals to do this but they were very much inspired by the ideology. we do have to do forensic examination of finances as well as so-called advocacy groups to see whether they are harboring similar sympathies. this is something the muslim world is scrutinizing. the muslim world, over 300 million muslims live in the middle east and north african area, 1.3 bil...

Benefits muslims like me, civil islam, muslims that dont subscribe to that view. and hes also taking, assuming the presidency, at a time when the political will to combat islamism in the muslim world is extraordinary. in jordan, in egypt, in saudi arabia, this is a golden moment for him to act. >> all right. well let me ask you this, because the man that mr. trump has chosen to advise him on these issues is the incoming national security adviser general michael flynn. he doesnt necessarily make ...