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Kid-friendly workshops and activities to help mark Ramadan as a family 1 of 10 TEACH THANKFULNESS WITH A GRATITUDE WORKSHOP AT WOO-HOO: Engage children with the concept of gratitude at this workshop for kids aged 4 and above, based at immersive children’s play area and museum Woo-hoo in Al Quoz. Themed around Ramadan and making use of lots of tactile arts and crafts, children will be encouraged to create their own Gratitude Tree, and to talk about the things they are thankful for. DETAILS: Dh100, 24 April, 12-1pm, at Woo-Hoo in Al Quoz. There is also an Arabesque Art Works...

Somewhat of the same thing. he made a point to say we're not attacking islam. this is not a religious war against islam. there are a billion people who belong to the islamic faith and this is a small minority. unfortunately, 5% or 10 pr% of billion is still a big number. that's the problem. we're talking about a movement that might involve millions of people, maybe 50 to 100 million people, but still the vast majority of islam doesn't believe this is the right way to go. so we do have to appeal. people might not like it. they say that's weak, but we do need to appeal and we do need allies. the...

Malala being shot point blank for the crime of wanting to get an education. to me just so hard to fathom, but i think also illustrates that ultimately this has to be civilized. islam needs to step up and say, we're going to take care of this. and it's a long, long war. that's probably where the president's wrong where he thips things are over, everything's fine. but in reality this is something that's been going on a thousand years and probably goes on a long time. >> you think that's the answer? civilized islam? >> absolutely. civilized islam has to step up and be part of the answer. because ...

Officials may be sensitive to just how bad the violence is in this neighborhood, both countries right now, because as you say, it happened just hours after the president said u.s. combat operations in afghanistan are ending at the end of the year. the president's aides are making the case that the afghan government is stabilizing, but remember they made a similar case about iraq at the end of 2011. listen. >> almost the same words you just said about afghanistan. and then it collapses, isis goes in and fills the vacuum. how worried are you we're going to have a replay? >> ed, i do thing this h...

We should also note that attacks from the afghan taliban on that side of the border have also been increasing in recent days, so there's real questions moving forward about what the future holds in afghanistan, megyn. >> ed, thank you. joining me now kentucky senator rand paul. he's a republican and member of the senate foreign relations and homeland security committees. good see the you tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> so horrifying to think about what happened there. >> just kind of reminds you of malala being shot point blank for the crime of wanting to get an education. to me just so ha...