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time, you were on a deadline. you have a condensed period of time. there s some things you want to get in there to do two things i really wanted to get in there are, number one, the islamist influence in the education system. that s one of things i want to get into, a special at the university. and number two, which i want to mention real quick before come back to the education system, isis belief in islamic prophecies. the islamic prophecy angle i think is fascinating. isis believes right now that these are the last days and that they are the guardians the great warriors of the caliphate of the apocalypse. and i believe there will be a showdown with the west in syria wednesday, according to their interpretation of islamic prophecy. sunnis and shia s discrepant somethings when it comes to prophecy the isis believes the last days are at hand. they are the vanguard of islam and they will lead the armies of islam to victory over the west in a climactic battle will occur in syria
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