muslims celebrate the most significant holidays of the year in which literally hundreds of muslims will be packing into mosques across the country to celebrate through religious services. and so we thought it was important to speak directly to the attorney general and as the nation's chief law enforcement officer, it was important for the attorney general to send a very strong, clear message that hate motivated violence will not be tolerated, it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i must say i was incredibly comforted by the attorney general's words. and we're encouraging him to send a message that he gave to us privately to do so in a very, very public way. >> and reverend gady, what did you get out of yesterday's meeting? >> well, i got the feeling of affirmation from the attorney general that there really is and should be a partnership between the religious community and the