strongest allies rather than push them away through suspicion and hate. that does not mean denying the fact that an extremist ideology has spread within some muslim communities. it s a real problem that muslims must confront without excuse. muslim leaders here and around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like isil and al qaeda promote. to speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity. but just as it is the responsibility of muslims around the world to root out misguided ideas that lead to radicalization, it is the responsibility of all americans, of every faith, to reject
side, a darker element and try to play on people s fears in order to build on support for his campaign. he s doing it in a way that singles people out based on their religion. that s entirely inconsistent. not just with the constitution and not just what the vast majority of americans think, it s entirely inconsistent with the kinds of values that were central to the founding of this country. and it s quite disappointing and it s, you know, certainly runs contrary to the strategy that the president laid out last night, that not only is it contrary to our values, but if we actually want to have a comprehensive strategy for combatting extremist elements in the muslim community, then we actually need to work with the muslim community, work with muslim leaders to root out those voices and to root out that messaging, but also to help insulate those who are vulnerable to being radicalized from being taken over by this kind of extremist ideology that
for the family of syed farook who earlier this evening wrapped up what was a somewhat bizarre press conference where they asserted repeatedly there s no evidence the two suspects had any links to extremist ideology, at least not definitive. also one of the lawyers invagued against president obama trying to take people s guns away, praised the second amendment. urged people not to jump to conclusions about the two perpetrators motives. joining me, amon molhedin. i ve got to imagine the family here is basically in an impossible situation. facing all these questions of people saying how could you not know, how could you not know. what do you make of that press conference we saw today? yeah, i think you really described it well. it was a somewhat bizarre press conference for some of the reasons that were expressed in it. and what i mean by that is certainly the fact that was confirmed by the lawyers, which was that the mother was living with them and she was unaware of all of this activ
i think what the media should also be cautious about is just because he had a religion, that he was muslim, it had nothing to do with these acts. islam does not agree and does not support any type of actions that occur like this. it does not support killing. it does not support murder of innocent individuals. and the family would never support anything like this. they re giving their hearts and their prayers and everything else they can do to assist and the victims that lost their lives that day as well. that was one of the lawyers for the family of syed farook who earlier this evening wrapped up what was a somewhat bizarre press conference where they asserted repeatedly there s no evidence the two suspects had any links to extremist ideology, at least not definitive. also one of the lawyers inveighed against president
lives that day as well. that was one of the lawyers for the family of syed farook who earlier this evening wrapped up what was a somewhat bizarre press conference where they asserted repeatedly there s no evidence the two suspects had any links to extremist ideology, at least not definitive. also one of the lawyers inveighed against president obama trying to take people s guns away, praised the second amendment. urged people not to jump to conclusions about the two perpetrators motives. joining me, ayman molhedyn. i ve got to imagine the family here is basically in an impossible situation. facing all these questions of people saying how could you not know, how could you not know. what do you make of that press conference we saw today? yeah, i think you really described it well. it was a somewhat bizarre press conference for some of the reasons that were expressed in it. and what i mean by that is certainly the fact that was confirmed by the lawyers, which was that the mother was l