before 2011 and then it entered for all of us with al-qaeda and isis talk about restoring the calipha caliphate. and kennedy is an expert on arab history with deep command of forces at the university of london and had a number of books on middle east history. this is his effort to establish the caliphate both as it was and the history of an idea. i think, you know, obvious reasons why the caliphate holds enormous appeal for many young muslims particularly. it was a time when islam ruled the world. baghdad had half a million people when london and paris had maybe a few thousands. this was the muslim world at the height of its power. but i think what he is trying to show is that the caliphate, or the caliphate was this incredibly qualities and there is no one caliphate. i think people glorify the idea of the time when islam was pure and when inequality was led by worship of god. but like any structure is more complicated. there were people who were spiritual and deeply war like and you can find the justification for almost any form of political action in the caliphate. so i think it is a necessar

to the preaching location of the grand mosque in mosul and declare the reestablishment of the calipha caliphate, this is the ultimate game changer. because for 90 years, the extremists have been trying to undo the caliphate and the scores of organizations were created starting with the muslim brotherhood and then moving on to al qaeda and the islamic jihad and all these organizations reestablishing the caliphate. every single one of them failed. all of them failed to. isis doesn't talk about it, they do it. it's not possible to overemphasize the significance that they succeeded where it's failed and that's why i wrote this book because it isis is at the super bowl and they are going to walk away with the ring. they blasted out of the water. they felt on the muslim brotherhood. people need to understand. this is of something happening 8,000 miles away, ladies and gentlemen. in the last 18 months since the caliphate, we have 98 people arrested linked to isis. all over the country from texas to california to new jersey. the question of where the threat is i already answered. san bernardino, what d