daniel dennett co-director for zaytuna college, zaid shakir. larry alex taunton from fixed point foundation. thank you all. "third rail" panel is next. >> he managed to succeed and alienate every country. no one likes the middle east except the iranians. >> they don't like each other. no i didn't justify the killing of since. they have what's cawmentd the called the dead baby strategy. they put their civilians in harm's way, not firing and having their own civilians in danger or firing and killing multiple civilians. that's what i justified, hobson's choice. >> you know what alan dershowitz stands on this debate. >> whether that's right or wrong, there could be a whole other conversation -- >> is president obama hurting alliances by a potential deal with iran. >> king once said, it is either nonviolence co-existence or violent co-annihilation. i always come down on prodemocracy. who else do you make peace with other than your enemies? >> i agree. >> you got to talk with these people. >> i agree. >> you got find a way to solve this crisis. the m

daniel dennett co-director for zaytuna college, zaid shakir. larry alex taunton from fixed point foundation. thank you all. "third rail" panel is next. >> he managed to succeed and alienate every country. no one likes the middle east except the iranians. >> they don't like each other. >>> welcome back to "third rail." we debate whether religion does more harm than good. let's broaden out the conversation to the presidential elections with travis smiley, most and managed tore on pbs, his latest back "my journey with mia", about a poet. faiza patel, from the liberty and national security programme, and an al jazeera contributors, and professor alan dershowitz, a boston globe contributor, and author of "terror tunnels." why is it that u.s. presidential candidates have to be religious christians or claim to be religious christians and play the came to be collected. >> one, you are assuming it's a choice. >> is it a faith of choice? >> for most it is, numbers bar it out. having said that there's ag nostizism in a bit of all of us, we all have questi

daniel dennett co-director for zaytuna college, zaid shakir. larry alex taunton from fixed point foundation. thank you all. "third rail" panel is next. >> he managed to succeed and alienate every country. no one likes the middle east except the iranians. >> they don't like each other. ... married a woman who is a christian. i don't believe most believe he's not christian, this is where the game comes in. you can distract voters. >> moving on the foiled attack in garland texas featured two muslims encouraged by i.s.i.l. over social media, leaving many to wonder if the government is doing enough to stop i.s.i.l.'s online propaganda. >> i.s.i.l. claims to gain influence in the united states. >> high quality videos use of magazines and it's used to target those online. >> thousands of home grown terrorists recruited over the internet. the gunmen atacted a member of i.s.i.s. and al-shabab. it raises questions assist to what can be done here at home. >> faisal patel should the government put a stop to this to stop i.s.i.l.'s propaganda. >> there's a

daniel dennett co-director for zaytuna college, zaid shakir. larry alex taunton from fixed point foundation. thank you all. "third rail" panel is next. >> he managed to succeed and alienate every country. no one likes the middle east except the iranians. >> they don't like each other. a mem by about his friendship with beloved mayo angelou. at the nyu law school's brennan center an al jazeera contributor and harvard law professor. alan durschowitz is a "boston globe" contributor. thanks for joining us. why is it tavis that u.s. presidential candidates have to be religious christians or even claim to be religious christians and play the game to get elected? >> for one, you are assuming it's a game as opposed to the fact that this is their faith of choice. >> is it their faith of choice? >> i think for most people it is. i think the numbers bear that out. i think having said that, there is some agnosticism in all of us. we all have questions. i don't think it's a game. i think we play politics with our faith in campaigns, but i think that most of