Foreign Affairs committee  I'm delighted to be with you. This is an important subject. Thanks for inviting me.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct. I'm happy to stay until the end of the round though.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a great question. I won't answer it successfully because I want to keep it short, as you asked. Maybe the best way is to just challenge the premise of your question. The essence of the American system of religious liberty can be misunderstood if you focus on the separatio

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a tough question. It's a tough question for any democratic society, including my own. As I was trying to indicate in my remarks before, I think the answer is greater religious freedom, that is, to encourage other imams to take the floor and to denounce extremism. I think t

Foreign Affairs committee  Just very briefly, I would say that we have the same problem in the United States, obviously, of some Muslims being radicalized. I think on balance the answer to this.... It sounds like I think the answer to every problem is religious freedom, but religious freedom includes the

Foreign Affairs committee  As I mentioned, I think there are legitimate economic concerns throughout the countries of the Middle East where violent Islamist radicalism is incubated and from which it is exported. They're economic grievances. There are legitimate concerns about the past. But all of these, in

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. I think it's very important if you're going to defeat any enemy—I assume we're all in agreement here—that you understand what motivates them. Why is it that they're doing what they're doing? Why have they conquered territory? Why have they brutalized captives, such as those

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for that question. Obviously I do not know the details. I was aware of the roughly $5 million that had been allocated to the office. I certainly support the notion of funding. I'm at a bit of a disadvantage in not knowing precisely how the money was spent an

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm delighted to be here.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Allison. Thanks for inviting me to testify on the subject of such importance to both our nations. Three months ago, the U.S. marked the 13th anniversary of the Islamist terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. What we're facing with ISIL today in Iraq and Syria ha