[applause] >> thank you, imam shakir.h hashtag on twitter, if you have any comment you would like to ask him if you disagree with anything that's been said, please tweak. let us know. if any questions you can also put them at the. the hashtag again -- nothing is off limits. while we finish with our scholarly panelists here and we will move on to the two panels that we have had an immediate and the arts. we will start with brother alex kronemer, cofounder of 30 productions foundation of the coexecutive producer of the upcoming pbs documentary, in any of the race. it will international on tuesday september 9. it tells the amazing story of a heroic muslim woman who defied of the gestapo in nazi occupied paris. has other national broadcast films include among others, mohammad legacy of the prophet, prince among slaves, cities of like and the rise and fall of islamic spain, and islamic art, these films have been seen by an estimated audience of 150 million people worldwide and are part of numerous educational programs that hav

so this question i was actually going to say something after this session was over to thank imam shakirnd this allows me to thank him in front of all of you for making another point win which would mimic this is religion and it's about our souls, about the afterlife, not to forget the. when i became a muslim now so many years ago, politics was the very last thought in my mind that it was a very spiritual expense for me, very religious for me. it did something for my heart, and i sometimes feel as i progressed as a muslim over these years that increasingly i'm just engage in conversations that have to do with issues abroad and muslim political actions and do we put emphasis here, emphasis there, or what it is. and very rarely sometimes is the conversation brought back to really want our faith is about, which ultimately is about our souls and about connecting with the divine and realizing that whatever is happening here, it's temporary. we are passing through it and there's something that we all should be keeping our minds on and headed for. so i think to some degree i was so happy you sa