and then additionally will, i think we've seen it as arsalan said about his office, when atrocities have broken out, we have dispatched dip pllomats an tried to pull together religious leaders to try to work with local religious leaders. we're seeing it in nigeria and a lot of cases. but it's been done almost at an ad hoc level. we didn't have the capacity to create a team literate in engagement so that it can be more effective. so what would a rapid response mediation team look like that is in fact in this category of religious engage the. h how does one do that in reaction to crises, fwru but frd ongoing capacity.the. how does one do that in reaction to crises, but from and ongoing capacity. so this would require 2ki7 low matts and religious leaders working more closely together to learn each other's language of conflict resolution as well as skrip includ ral and faith-based reasoning. so these are three examples. >> before we go on, i'd like to understand, the department of state already has sort of an emergency reaction, religious mediation team? >> no. that's why i say i'd like to b

so again, i will push back until the day that i die -- >> but arsalan, you have to say at this momentou look at now, when you look at what's happening in the news and you're looking at radicalism, you're looking at people, you can understand why someone might have that sentiment when you consider the what appears to be overwhelming evidence that there is a -- there's violence going on, whether it's islam or someone who's misinterpretating the doctrine or what have you but it is happening. you can't deny that. >> and i'm not, don. but what i'm saying is put it in a little bit of context. i quoted you the statistic in the new america foundation that said 26 americans have died in the last 13 years from jihadist terrorism. that's two people a year. you again have a five times more likely chance of getting struck by lightning. what you don't -- what the media doesn't cover is the fact that five out of the last 12 nobel peace prize winners were muslims. you don't look at the 1.7 billion muslims around the earth that are contributing to society. like here in america with soup kitchens and f

. >> and arsalan, if the muslim community flooded social media, that would be more effective than the government doing it? >> i'm glad you brought that up, carol. the community has -- there have been numerous viral hashtag campaigns like "not in my name" or "muslims against isis" where muslims are holding up posters and rally signs saying "muslims against isis" to push back against the narrative that this is somehow indicative of muslims or islamic culture. so i think social media can play the great equalizer as well in terms of muslims pushing back against isis and related organizations. >> jeff bar din, aslan, thanks to both of you. i appreciate it. >>> the fight against isis is growing more intense by the day. we're learning 29 suspected isis fighters were killed overnight, most of them in air strikes near mosul, iraq. five coalition air strikes pounded kobani, a critical town on the border of syria and turkey. that happened overnight. this is the town where isis is trying to wrestle control from kurdish fighters. cnn's phil black is just outside of kobani where hundreds have been

also arsalan suleman, deputy u.s.nvoy to the organization of islamic cooperation and it's a tribute on his commitment that he is taking time off from paternity leave after being a father for now one week. i'd also like to welcome ambassador tomorrow pickering whose diplomatic career includes ambassador ships on almost every continent except i believe antarctica as well as being undersecretary of state for political affairs and u.s. ambassador to the you united nations. jerry will give the general outlines. arsalan will speak next. ambassador pickering will provide commentary at the end. so jerry, the floor is yours. >> thank you and welcome. it's actually a very exciting time to be at the state department working particularly on this issue of the next issues of diplomacy and religion as well as coal plex. i'm with the newest bureau. and it was launched under secretary clinton as a new bureau to develop as you heard nontraditional ways of engaging on issues of conflict prevention, mitigation and also crisis response. s