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t in on the conversation. or send a tweet using #kellyfile. thanks for watching. i'm shannon bream in tonight for megyn kelly and this is "the kelly file." welcome to "hannity." breaking developments from duke university tonight following public outrage and pressure from several groups now the school has canceled its plan to sound the muslim call to prayerer on campus. ainsley earhart is here with the latest. >> that's right, sean. the school heard complaints loud and clear and made a few changes. the muslim call to prayer was originally supposed to be amly fied over the duke campus chapel bell tower starting tomorrow and it was going to continue each friday. well, today duke released a statement saying muslim students will instead gather at the campus quad before heading into a room inside the chapel for the weekly prayer service. the school's vice president for public affairs and government
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relations says this "duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students however it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect." the university's change of heart comes after several people spoke out about that initial plan. in fact, the son of billy graham and the president of the evangelistic -- posted this before that reversal "as christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of islam are raping, butchering and beheading christians, jews and anyone who doesn't submit to their sharia islamic law, duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism. duke called on others to pressure them not to give money to the university and asked them to hold off on all the donations until the policy is reversed. sean, we've made several attempts to reach out to duke
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university but we've gotten no response. we'll continue to try to reach out to them. >> seems like now they've backed off and they want to thread the needle and have it both ways. do we know if there's any christians -- any similar christian call to prayer? maybe a jewish call to prayer? >> why are they amplifying this prayer and not amplifying the lord's prayer? majority of students on that campus are christians. >> no attempt to broadcast the lord's prayer over the -- >> absolutely not. this school canceled -- >> and kicked chick-fil-a off campus. >> yeah. >> new propaganda shows the brutality of issis and the way they treat human beings who break sharia law. catherine herridge has the images. >> these images were provided by the middle east media institute or memri. tonight, the new isis tape
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claims to show the enforcement of quranic punishment in northern iraq. two gay men apparently thrown from the top of a building blindfolded to their death. memri says a similar execution took place in november. a second set of images purport to show the crucifixion of two men convicted of theft who are hung on crosses and then shot at point-blank range. and a third set of images purports to show a woman being stoned for adultery. and if you look closely, you can see how the images seem carefully staged to showcase the black and white flag of isis. there's no way to independently verify the claims in the video, but it is consistent with the group's violent propaganda. also today fox news confirming two former guantanamo detainees are now recruiters for the isis network. muslim dost is recruiting in pakistan having pledged a allegiance to abu bakr al
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baghdadi. and a former taliban commander and guantanamo dee tan knee abdul -- >> he was basically forced out of his leadership position. over time he gravitated and decided to pick up the islamic state or isis banner in afghanistan. this is significant because this is a guy who has senior capabilities. he has operational planning abilities. a guy who is a very experienced veteran in the job. >> with isis you really have two types of recruitment, those horrific images that are part of the online recruitment and then this more traditional in person one-on-one recruitment now by former guantanamo detainees, sean. >> catherine, thanks for that report. joining us with reaction from the american islamic forum dr
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zudi jasser. imam, let me show pictures catherine herridge was showing us. here in the name of religion you have people being thrown off buildings after being blindfolded, crucifixions, a woman being stoned to death for adultery, that's the picture beforehand. and this is the picture afterwards where she's dead and a flag of isis as catherine pointed out. and then earlier this week a picture of this 11-year-old assassinating with a gun. here it is before it takes place. kid looks like he's 11 years old. i go back to my old question to you, all in the name of religion, your religion what's your reaction? >> in god's name most people -- sean, these are the best examples to say that's not islam. in fact, that's not christianity, that's not judaism, that's insanity. >> yeah. >> sean what's insanity is the
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imam's denial that there's an interpretation of islam that has nothing to do with that. it's not my islam, but imam, unless you're under general anesthesia on a weekly basis, you have to realize there's a cancer. and it's not justice is there's countries like saudi arabia iran that are torturing -- >> you know that's not islam. dr. jasser come on now. we can't put that at the feet of anything other than a crazy barbarian fool. i won't even -- respectful fools don't want to be buying in on that -- >> so, imam the families of those magazine satires that were killed, what do you want to tell them we're going to do to solve this problem, nothing? >> no, i'm going to say, i'm going to create a miracle. i'm going to work with dr. jasse are and sean hannity and we're going to work to soft this problem. >> what about the muslim
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countries? you going to work to end sharia -- >> i'm going to work with anybody -- >> hang on. hang on. are you going to work to end sharia and its suppression of women for example? >> sean, will you get the proper understanding of what sharia is. sharia is not something that is set in stone. sharia comes about -- >> okay. sharia under the taliban or in iran or saudi arabia or the ten muslim countries that stone gays and lesbians to death. let's start there. >> they don't even have a right to call that sharia. again, you're talking about what comes out of the mind -- >> but that's the reality -- dr. jasser that's the reality of life in many muslim countries, isn't it? >> the sad thing is islam from the perspective of a muslim muslims claiming to be victims and we are not aggressors -- hold on, let me finish. >> okay. all right. >> don't be an islamist bully.
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>> okay. i'm sorry. >> you're sitting in the lap of liberty -- let me finish. >> i'm sorry. >> let me finish and get my point across. you're sitting in the lap of liberty and you have the tools in which to fix this problem and you're saying you have nothing to do with it, that's telling the world not only that you don't care -- >> you know that's a miracle. you know that's a miracle. i'm willing to work with you. and i'm also -- >> whoa. one at a time. dr. jasser. >> will you condemn the islamic state right now and realize the islamic states of saudi arabia, iran pakistan are the problem? do you recognize that? >> i'm not going to take a big broad brush. we have to sit down -- >> so you're an islamist who just doesn't use violence. >> i'm not going to take a broad brush and condemn a bunch of people. >> it's not a broad brush. it's a cancer and it's called the islamic state. it's called political islam -- >> we've got to end it right there. thank you both. we're going to have more on the duke controversy that ainsley earhart was reporting on earlier
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in the program. but first tonight -- >> you cannot provoke, you cannot insult other people's faiths. you cannot make fun of faith. >> the pope says he supports free speech with limits that you cannot make fun of faith or talk about in a controversial way. we got reaction, a heated panel coming up next and later the one and only phil robertson from "duck dynasty" and more on the duke call to prayer controversy straight ahead. purple pill the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protection™
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welcome back to "hannity." reacting to the france attack of "charlie hebdo," the pope used one of his aides to make his point. >> translator: i believe you
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cannot react violently, but if my great friend said a curse word against my mother he can expect a punch. this is normal. you cannot provoke, you cannot insult other people's faiths. you cannot make fun of faith. >> the pope said violence in god's name could not be justified but said some kind of reaction is to be expected. here with reaction fox news contributor father jonathan morris and fox news political analyst kirsten powers. you wrote to me what is an incredibly controversial piece in usa today. and you talked we shouldn't tolerate the kind of intolerance that provoked this violent reaction, that's what you said. and then you go onto say, you know, what muslims object to is being intentionally insulted over the course of many years. now, you talk about the editor of the newspaper "charlie hebdo." and you said it's too bad he didn't understand the role he
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played in his tragic death in 2012 when asked why he insults muslims, he said well, muhammad's not sacred to me. said if he had not been so narcissistic, he may still be alive today. >> uh-huh. >> couple of quick points. >> you're blaming him. >> quick point i never wrote that in usa today. these things are malicious -- >> it has your name on it. >> i know that. can i explain what happened? >> go ahead. >> they called me over the weekend asked if i would write an opposing viewpoint in favor of blasphemy laws. this is the mindset of these lunatics at usa today that all of a sudden -- they did that without my permission. >> did you where this? did you write these words? >> i wrote those words on my website and i explicitly told them i will not defend blasphemy laws -- >> let's not get into the weeds, but you wrote it. you're basically blaming the editor -- >> basically. i love the verbs that are being
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used, basically. >> it's too bad he didn't understand the role that he played in his tragic death and you said had he not been so narcissistic he may still be alive. >> wait can i finish? had he not insulted, had they not gone out of the way to insult muslims, they would still be alive. by the way, one of the founders of "charlie hebdo" came out today, do you know what he said? he blamed the guy charb who was killed. he dragged this to death for his unnecessary -- if you don't understand explanation and justification, you checked out. >> we've been friend a long time. i am shocked by what you're saying. >> is the pope shock you too? >> yeah, it does. >> i think the point which is a valid one bill's trying to make is the fact you have a legal right to do something like for example "charlie hebdo" had a
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legal right that i would defend to death to be able to publish something that's offensive doesn't mean i think this was -- doesn't mean it's morally right. >> the point, father, did he cause his own death by being narcissistic? >> here's the point. in the moment of such tragedy, when there's such ooel of somebody killing somebody the innocence -- >> did he play a role in his death? >> here's the point. you never ever talk about possible causes and things like that. just to say evil is evil. that's why the pope right at the beginning said this is a tragedy, this is atrocious. and he called on muslim leaders to speak out against such radical islamic extremism. >> but you're not on the pope's side with his remarks today but i am. you're against what the pope said. i'm on his side. i should sue the pope for plagiarism -- >> oh my gosh. hold on. i would agree i am --
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>> i would never disagree with the pope's prudential judgment in using the example if somebody punches somebody, rather somebody speaks against my mother i'm going to punch him sounds like therefore it would be justified. i would not have used that example. i think it was a bad choice by the pope. but the principle is very clear. >> let's get kirsten in here. kirsten. >> first of all we not only can, we should criticize religion. religions are extremely powerful theologies, often ideologies that have enormous influence over culture. people should and must criticize and hold them accountable. the pope said we shouldn't criticize -- >> oh, my god. in terms of morally it's not right to criticize. he didn't say -- >> why are you yelling at me? >> i have his exact words. you cannot provoke, you cannot
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insult other people's faith -- wait, you cannot. >> let me talk for a second. what the muslims think and frankly what a lot of christians think when they get criticized is they are being insulted. i think it is the same thing. criticism is taken as an insult and people have to be able to take it. i can take it. >> i can take it. >> bill maher makes fun of -- all the time. i criticize him, i disagree with him, but i do not say he should punched or attacked. >> i want to hit a deeper point here. there's a lot of things about the islamic faith that i criticize. the treatment of women. >> rightly so. >> all right. i'm the champion of gay rights in the sense liberals are quiet about how gays and lesbians are treated. they're murdered over there. adulterers adulterers, murdered, kirsten, you would agree with me, liberals except for bill maher and bob beckel are virtually
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silent. >> shaup, i think you disagree with the pope -- >> no you're confusing something. the pope did not say we should not criticize religion. he's the first one to criticize religion. what he's saying is we should not insult and provoke -- >> isn't that what i just said? if you're a muslim doesn't that sound insulting? >> if somebody takes a valid true criticism, truth as provocation -- another thing is for example to take a cross turn it upside down, stick it in urine, that's provocation. >> and people should be allowed to do it. >> they should be allowed to do it but it's morally -- what the pope is saying morally that's not a positive thing. and i'm so glad he's saying this. >> that's not what he said. >> let me go back. >> that's insulting. >> you cannot provoke, you cannot insult -- wait other people's faiths. you cannot make fun of faith. >> he's saying from a moral
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point of view you should not -- >> you're adding words. >> sean, he didn't speak in english. he spoke in italian. he's saying he should not. it's a moral word. >> all i know is i'm so happy that you blew it. last week he was criticizing me saying -- >> i was not criticizing you. i just have a disagreement. >> i'm talking about you. you blew it. he did blow it. last week he told me there wasn't a cardinal -- >> who said that? >> -- oh i thought you were say you, you, you. >> no. the thing is the bishop of rome he's called the pope, agreed with every single thing i said. >> i got to be honest, i know you don't want to hear this. i'm a catholic raised catholic. i'm a christian. the pope's too liberal for me.
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i have disagreements. i think he's a very good humble man with a great heart. but i have disagreements with him. >> my understanding is the vatican also with some islamic groups or imams put out a statement asking france basically to not allow insults of religion. >> that's what it sounds like. >> i agree as a christian -- >> hang on one second. let me backup kirsten in one sense. this is a first on the show. i think what she's saying people are going to interpret it the way i did and she did because the words were taken verbatim. you're giving us a nuance. >> i disagreed with the pope's credential judgment and you think that example of punching if he got mother got insulted he would punch -- >> if somebody curses your mother, be careful, somebody might punch you. that's a manly response father. >> father a manly response, attack my mother. >> it's manly. >> he didn't say, hey fellas you want to sit down and
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dialogue, he took out a whip. >> he said turn the other cheek. turn the other cheek. >> but the problem is talking in the context of 17 people -- 17 innocent people who got massacred. you don't use that example in that context. >> punch the people who are crucifying -- >> no, he just turned over the -- >> no, that's a whole thing. >> really bothers me your characterization you say the role he played in their death and that if he wasn't so narcissistic he may be alive today. that to me is you're almost blaming him for a stupid cartoon for people that go nuts every time there's a cartoon about the prophet. >> let me give you an analogy. say there's a guy selling apples across the street from "charlie hebdo"'s publishers. >> okay. >> he's alive and these guys are dead. why is that sean? >> i understand why. >> no, no, don't say you understand why. why is the guy selling apples
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alive and these guys are dead? >> can i answer? i'm going to give you your answer. i am telling you that the world is walking on eggshells. and if people are going to freak out over a cartoon we've got much bigger problems as a world because this movement is huge. we're talking about hundreds of millions of people. and if they can't handle a cartoon of the prophet without killing the people that printed it, we've got a big problem just like we have a problem with countries that treat women like garbage under sharia. >> what if i'm walking down the street and a conservative muslim, i'm in egypt walking down the street uncover and had they throw acid in my face, which happens to women. is that my fault? using your analogy -- >> that's a great analogy. >> it's a perfect analogy. you could say why is that woman in a ber ka doesn't have -- it's because she's covering herself. >> why do you think the founder charlie hebdo came out and
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agreed today and said i think the guy was killed last month -- he knows the guy. he's the founder. i wouldn't go that far. >> i don't agree with that. i don't believe that you deserve to be killed for drawing an offensive cartoon. >> that's not controversial -- >> last word. we got to go. >> okay. most importantly we all agree that no matter what anybody does or says cartoons whatever, nothing like that ever justifies the killing of the innocent. and i think it's dangerous to write especially at the very they're close to the oechbt anything in terms of moral distinctions that could suggest that maybe it was justified. >> so the pope will put it on and he won't address it because you might be offended. i think he loses on this one. it looks like he's been lifting from my script. >> oh, gosh. >> remember father, it's manly if someone says something about your mother -- >> i standby that.
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i have a feeling sean hannity would do the same thing. >> sean hannity is getting very good at martial arts. thank you. coming up the patriarch of "duck dynasty" is here. you don't want to miss it coming up next. push your enterprise and you can move the world. ♪ ♪ but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come.
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chick-fil-a off the campus, they have a muslim call to prayer seems like everyone is walking on eggshells dealing with rad call islam. why do you think that is? >> well, i think maybe it's because we're lacking a little historical context here. look, let's cut to the chase here. let's go back to the five ideologies of the 20th century. two of them are still vibrant, the one we're currently facing, the islamists, the terrorists and this political correctism, atheism, no jesus with hitler. they wanted to dominate the world and famous for murder. the shinto came along, no jesus there, sean. they were famous for murder. they wanted to conquer the world. look at the blood spilled with those two. no jesus with them either. and they wanted to conquer the world. and they slaughtered millions. so you have murder, murder murder. then this latest crop pops their
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head up, it's just an ideology under the guise of a religion they want to conquer the world. there's no jesus with them either. and they're famous for murder. and this political correctism you say where is the murder with the crowd that rose up that now fill the white house and hollywood, the entertainment business, all of our institutions like duke university you say the people, there's no jesus there. and they have killed about 55 million of their own children over the last 30 years. i've given you the five ideologies, we're still dealing with two of them. it goes on, idealism determinism, there's always an ism or a theory that people expound on sean, when there is no jesus. i'm -- >> the point is it seems like
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everybody's walking on eggshells. the president won't say radical islam. france, they try to appease the islamists and muslims they let them separate. they let them have their no-go zones. they let them have their own neighborhoods, a ministate within a state. their own court system, sharia courts. now it seems duke university is trying to do it here with a muslim call to prayer. why would you do that in a predominantly christian country, founded on judaism -- >> but you said the magic word, founded on the judeo christian system. but we're now experiencing what the other ideologies finally came full bore no jesus. america is now experience inging no jesus. that's why when you have no jesus your morality disappears.
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and the third thing that goes is your freedom. we've already lost jesus as a nation, sean. we've lost him. we walled him out of our schools, out of our government. we just walled him out. once you walled that off and he's not there, something has to fill the void. that's why we have trouble labeling who we're fighting over there because there's no moral compass. the ones of us left, all i can say is love god and love thy neighbor. islam will say submit to muhammad -- >> convert or die. >> convert or die. >> it's amazing to me. i talk on this program, phil all the time about life for women under sharia. those that may be have decided they want to move onto another
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faith, maybe they want to be christian, maybe they want to be baptized in your alligator swamp in the back of your house -- >> by the way the water is about ho de 40 degrees right now. you might want to get on down here and let me baptize you. >> i'm not going in any swamp with any alligators. i hope you have a pool. >> they didn't have heated -- suck it up, son. >> i'm still not going in an alligator swamp. it's not going to happen. but in all seriousness, you know, the way women are treated under sharia the way women are treated in muslim countries. look, you make controversial comments about gays and lesbians if you are in some muslim countries and you're gay and lesbian, they kill you. they murder they stone women to death. go ahead. >> i'll label it what it is. whether it be drunkenness or drug abuse or immorality of all
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kinds, well it's sin according to the bible here. however, you can repent of that and you can be saved. and all your sins will be wiped away. and then all you have to do is love god and love your neighbor. look, america has the story. we were founded on it. old patrick henry said it may be said all too often this country was not founded by relij ongionreligionist, but it was founded on the gospel of jesus christ and that's why we let other people of other faiths come in here. but our country he was right was founded on the death of jesus. god becoming flesh dying on a cross, being buried and raise from the dead and going back to the father seated at his right hand. faith in that -- >> i think you're a pastor at heart. you have pastor all over you. that's what you do. you're a pastor. >> well, i may be a little bit ragged for tv evangelism if you
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know what i'm saying. >> all right phil robertson, thank you for being with us as always. appreciate it. good to see you. coming up next, you'll meet the reporter who got death tlet threats after reporting on the duke controversy. and two students debate the school's decision. much more straight ahead. no chest-beating monologues about engine size, horsepower, or performance. no anthemic soundtracks to stir the soul. just a ram heavy duty that can carry more weight than any other heavy-duty truck. get more facts at ramtrucks.com you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you
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unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. my next guest was one of the first people to write about duke allowing the muslim call to prayer on campus. now, after her story got picked up she started receiving death threats almost immediately. here to explain more from the young america's foundation ashley pratt. >> thanks, sean. >> i see you on twitter too so i know who you are. of course. tell us what happened. so you write the story. how did you get the story, if you can tell us, and who was threatening you? >> sure. so actually a facebook post from a friend of mine had this story up from wral out of raleigh. and i didn't believe it at first. and i looked and i called duke
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university over to the center of religious life and asked for clarification if this was actually happening. and i was told, yes, it was. and that they had a practice run last week where three to four muslim students showed up. but that this would be broadcast from the chapel bell tower at duke university, which is an iconic point on the campus and that it would be broadcast for three minutes every friday starting this friday and that would be the muslims call to prayer. now, i didn't understand how this wasn't more controversial and the university apparently everyone there thought it was a great way to unify the campus and bring more religious plurality there. so allowing this call to prayer i think is great and i applaud them for it. honestly, if we thought at young america's foundation that this would bring more religious freedoms to all students we'd be more supportive. but the scale tilted. >> now we have to really raise some important questions.
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for example life for women under sharia, i'm sure they have an lgbt community on duke university. >> they have a huge one if you look at their website. >> right. okay. i would think that the treatment of gays and lesbians in muslim countries as disturbing as it is would anger some people. did any of these groups speak out, for example did any womens groups speak out considering life for women in a lot of muslim countries? >> sean i actually saw no one speaking out against this which i was stunned by. the only people i saw speaking in support of it were the people on twitter who were giving me death threats saying they hope a muslim extremist comes to my home and murders me in front of my loved ones. that to me is a little concerning that more people were in support of this rather than encouraging religious freedom for all. but the fact is duke university has a long history of caving toward political correctness. as you mentioned earlier, shafl was removed from campus after same-sex marriage opponents came to them and said we want this
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removed. they didn't allow pro-life students to gather for an event because the women's center didn't support pro-life values. and they held a palestinian solidarity movement national conference on their campus which is entirely anti-israel. so they can't say that they're in support of, you know, religious freedom for everyone when they only allow for some. which apparently are muslims. >> but they're really trying to thread a needle here because it's still happening, but just not as publicly, right? >> oh that's entirely true. and they were looking to be the first american university to allow this. so i'm sure we will see protests out there tomorrow regarding this decision. and i will be willing to bet you and i'm making this statement very clear that we are going to see a lot more of this on american campuses nationwide. >> unbelievable. >> we've seen that political correctness moving live and well. >> walking on eggshells. ashley, thank you. >> certainly. >> joining me now to debate duke's decision two students from the university, jonathan zow, rachel clark.
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rachel, what do you think of the decision? >> so i consider myself a christian at duke university. and i was saddened that they had to cancel call to prayer in fact because in my view christianity is a religion of love and love for thy neighbor. >> yeah. what about people that are jewish? should they have their whatever call to prayer that they want broadcast on the university? what about buddhists? should the lord's prayer be said once a week over the broadcast on campus? i mean where does this end? and what about atheists, do they get the same amount of time? where does this end? why this particular religion? why was this religion chosen over all others? >> well, that's certainly a provocative question. >> it's certainly a relevant question. >> maybe mischaracterizes the favoritism of one religion over
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the other. >> but that's what they did, didn't they? but they did that. that's what they did here. as a woman are you concerned at all about the treatment of women in muslim countries under sharia law? women must cover themselves women in afghanistan can't go to work and school under the taliban in saudi arabia women can't drive, they can't be seen in public without men they're not related to. under sharia women are sometimes stoned to death for adultery. apostates, those that leave the religion freely they're stoned to death. gays and lesbians are killed. any of that factor in to your decision you thought this was such a great idea rachel? do you even know this? >> yes i do in fact know this. thank you for asking. i think that that's not really the question at hand. >> no, that's the question i'm asking. the question at hand is the reality of life for women gays and lesbians under sharia is brutal. >> but my reality is reality for life for women at duke.
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and so when i speak of islam on duke campus, that is informed by the muslim students i know who are on duke campus. and also by -- >> hang on i want to bring jonathan in. >> it's part of the duke chapel's mission is to be welcoming to all religions including islam, includeing judaism. >> thank you for sharing your opinion. i appreciate that. for me i'm very glad and thankful that the university that has reconsidered their decision to play the muslim call to prayer every friday. they've heard the voice of not only students but alumni and the public at large. but the mere fact that they sort of ak we -- ak wee es -- i think it's very relevant question at hand. >> guys, thank you appreciate it. coming up, the blockbuster movie
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. welcome back to "hannity." the movie "american sniper" is based on the true life story of american hero chris kyle.
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he was the most lethal sniper in the history of america with more confirmed kills than anybody else. earlier today the film received six academy award nominations including best adapted screen play. take a look. >> would you be surprised if i told you the navy has credited you with over 160 kills? >> huh. >> do you ever think you might have seen things or done things over there that you wish you hadn't? >> oh, that's not me no. >> what's not you? >> i was just protecting my guys. they were trying to kill our soldiers. and i'm willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that i took.
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-- so you wrote the script for the movie this guy has more confirmed kills than any other sniper soldier in american history. >> i felt it was extremely difficult and took a real toll.
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>> you choose, you decide whether to kill somebody, whether somebody lives or dies or not. then you have to come home and be a dad and husband. that's not an easy dad, a husband. not an easy thing to do. >> that is right. it's right. those decisions live with them and every soldier has his version of that. make a decision to stick with him for possibly the rest of his life. >> yes. >> what is your -- i would like to see the movie get the best movie of the year. that is my opinion. i saw it and i was on the edge of my seat. what are your thoughts? >> my hope is that in doing that, maybe we can welcome them home and maybe understand what they go through z be able to engage them in a conversation so
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they don't feel like they're so alone with this turmoil and decisions made. and as a government and community we can do a better job. >> this is how the movie starts he's got to make a decision about what it is this woman is passing to this young boy and there are soldiers nearby. i won't give it away what happens. having met chris and having watched bradley cooper do you think he capture whoed chris really is? >> absolutely. you know goes beyond the weight he put on and accent he did. there is something magical about what bradley was able to do the first time i saw him as chris on camera, i got goose bumps. and tea walked out of the theater the first time and said i don't know how he did that he brought my husband back to
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life. >> amazing. >> great job. i appreciate you being with us. tomorrow night, 10:00 eastern a "hannity" special on american sniper. we'll have interviews with chris kyle's father and wife, and also bradley cooper who played chris in the film coming up tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. first, coming up next we need your help for the question of the day, straight ahead.
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time for the question of the day was duke university trying to be politically correct when it decided to sound the muslim call to prayer every friday? this is a problem around the country. they want to be pc. this college kicked out chick-fil-a, cancelling a pro-life conference but had the national palestinian solidarity conference. you have more left wing ideology
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than even in washington and democratic caucus. what do you think? go to facebook.com and let us know what you think. have a great night. stitcher. good night from washington. the o'reilly factor is on tonight. >> there is a feeling there that muslims may be bullied. that they may be pushed to the side. >> it didn't take long for the far left to start blaming france or the muslim extremism terror attack. it's outrageous. we'll have a special report. >> if we go into an area where it is an eye for an eye, then it's only a matter of who can outpluck eyes. >> a new poll vividly demonstrates what americans think of al-sharpton. we'll give you the numbers and geraldo will respond. >> hey, mom, you really are pretty, for a mother. >> huh? >> yeah. there is a lot of movie stars that don't look half as good as you do. >> that was the