respond to that. >> there are many people who would simply see practices like slavery, like beheading of infidels, say that these have nothing do with islam. they certainly have nothing to do with the practice of islam by most muslims today. but are they things that have happened in islamic history? islamic histories a vast tradition that includes these things. so there is a cotton candy view of islam that forgets that these were practices. >> respectfully, is he promoting the cot. candy view of islam? >> and he is well aware of the history of islam and well aware of the many ways that you can interpret islam not to require any kind of beheading or stoning today. >> final thought. >> i'm not coming cotton candy islam. i'm advocating the concept of mainstream. isis is the fringe of the fringe of the fringe. does not represent islam. the problem is not islam. blaming islam won't resolve isis. isis will only be resolved by the underlying causes that we