more about why this is not the image you have or many people have of islam, but in fact they have a very different image of islam. and to do that, i want to bring in michael kromarty, the vice president of ethics and public policy center. he is a senior adviser to the pugh forum on religious life and professor of religion. michael, thank you for being with us. tell me this. why is islam, certainly in america, not regarded by the mainstream as a religion that is a cousin to christianity or judaism and has so much more in common with them than not? >> well, i think the reason for that is simply that modern islam in america has a pr problem. clearly, from, you know, your own show, you can see here that americans have many diverse views of what islam is. the reason for that is simply this. islam is a very diverse place. i mean, it is about as diverse