are sufi muslims, it is a mysticalform of islam, then that these are sufi muslims, it is a mysticalm of islam, then these are people who have often been attacked in the past in different countries by these violent islamist extremists. so that is the kind of target they might be going after. they have been fighting islamic state in sinai since 2015. but this year, the tempo of the attacks by these violent islamists has gone up. there is one line of thought about this, that it coincided with the caliphate in syria and iraq, the is caliphate in syria and iraq, the is caliphate there, being destroyed by military action. there have also been reports of fighters from that place going towards egypt and libya. who knows? perhaps there is some new blood in there that wants to come in and carry out this kind of slaughter. but it is notjust about religious hatred. it is about power. is, if they carried this out, and it isa is, if they carried this out, and it is a likely assumption that people are making at the moment, they have pretensions to govern parts of sinai. so there is also a message

in particular, the so-called islamic state, had identified sufi muslims as potential targets in the past. the extremists of i.s. regard the sufi brand of islam as heresy. it involves reverence for the saints and shrines. i.s. in the past has kidnapped and beheaded an elderly sufi leader. today's attack was coordinated, it was sophisticated. not only was a bomb planted, but according to some eyewitnesses, as many as 40 gunmen were in position outside that mosque, waiting for an opportunity to try to pick off anybody who made it through the doors alive. many were gunned down as they tried to to escape. it is a major challenge to the state of egypt and a major provocation, an attack that has been condemned internationally. we have seen president sisi in a nationwide address announce three days of mourning, but also pledging that there will be a tough response, that there will be punishment delivered. the problem is, as analysts will tell you, is that we have heard this before, and there has been a very large-scale military going on in the sinai peninsula, literally for years, to try to curb

security force, muslim extremists want to get rid of sufi muslims on friday with worshippers fillingn two dozen terrorists waiving isis flags set off a bomb and opened fire. >> the assailants were targeting anybody and everybody. anybody who was breathing. >> 27 children died in that attack. more than 100 people are injured. >> caught on camera. a woman walks into a puppy store in orlando and leaves with something she didn't come in with. the owner of the puppy shop said the woman in the surveillance video you see here took a five pound puppy before running out the door. he said the woman walked around the store to leave then another woman comes in. that's when she distracts the employee behind the counter makes him look away. just this year alone, four puppies have been stolen from the store. >>> coming up. more on the charges of former glee star nira rivera is facing >>> the latest on budget talks and a possible government shutdown >>> i think you're going to like this forecast, lots of sunshine, hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot wa

and it was that religious distinction for the people murdered today, those sufi muslims, those following a moderate form of religious life that led to the targeting. these guys are totally refusing any other ideology, any other thoughts, just the ices thought, the violence, the ideology, this village is inhabited by a too many sufi muslim people, they are peaceful, they are generous and that is why they are attacked. and the killers, a formal claim from the islamic state affiliated groups is yet to be made. but they did publicise this crime, the beheading of two sufi elders a year ago who they are accused of sorcery, for failing to go along with the militants‘ salafi ideology ofjihad against the government. president sisi tonight vowed to crush the jihadists but the government campaign against them in northern sinai over the past four years has done little to deal with the underlying issues. cairo's policy until now has been to look for a military solution. it has been clamping down harder on the several hundred thousand bedouin in northern sinai. it believes that through pummelling the

the mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics byemists. within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. president abdel fattah el—sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. the sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. the state has been battling them for years. as egypt counted its new dead, analysts here warned that president sisi has already tried a hardline military response to no avail. the scorched earth approach that we have seen has failed to prevent this from happening, it has failed to prevent isis from continuing to operate in egypt and in sinai specifically. and it is a reasonable question to ask — to what extent does this scorched earth approach actually help isis perhaps recruit further followers? the most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with a loss of 224 lives. in the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying

the mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics byxtremists. within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. president abdel fattah el—sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. the sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. the state has been battling them for years. as egypt counted its new dead, analysts here warned that president sisi has already tried a hardline military response, to no avail. the scorched earth approach that we have seen has failed to prevent this from happening, it has failed to prevent isis from continuing to operate in egypt and in sinai specifically. and it is a reasonable question to ask — to what extent does this scorched earth approach actually help isis perhaps recruit further followers? the most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with a loss of 224 lives. in the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, say

friday's massacre at a mosque, friday prayers at a mosque in northern sinai, most of the victims were sufi muslims considered by i.s.i.s. to be heretics. >>> aaa estimates more than 51 million americans traveled this holiday weekend, mostly by car. now most of those travelers are making their way home. >> mireya frarl reports. reporter: it's time to come home. and airports were not much better. john perdomo got to oakland international at about 2:00 in the morning. >> my flight was at 4 in the morning, i expected it to be nobody but there were a lot of people. >> according to the transportation security administration, tsa, 2.6 million people will go through screening. a 6% increase over 2016. l.a. international is the second gizzest airport in the nation. 100,000 cars are expected to drop off or pick up someone on sunday alone. stronger economy is a big factor. >> jet fuel was significantly less than in recent years and that allowed the airlines to add capacity and lower their air fares. >> reporter: but for the 45 million people estimated to be in bumper to bumper traffic this friday, driving wa

sufi muslims are despised by extremist and used by groups like al qaeda and isis. at noon on friday more than two dozen while armed militants waiting isis flags attack this mosque setting off a bomb and then gunning down many of the 500 worshipers who were trying to flee to safety. >> they were targeting everyone. anyone who was praying. anyone who was breathing. >> reporter: the egyptian president vowed this weekend that the attack would not go unpunished. the egyptian military launched airstrikes in the mountains of this -- of the desert. this attack shows just how easily isis is able to operate in the sinai desert. and also shows how ineffective egyptian security forces are. >>> sexual stress -- the democrat assemblywoman is slated to chair hearings against sexual harassment. she will be reading eight -- and anti-harassment policy. senator tony mendoza will be investigated of unwanted sexual advances.>>> the pleasant hill police department has issued body cameras to their officers. the mayor said the cameras are good way to hold officers accountable. it advises

most of the victims were sufi muslims, considera s considerede heretics. >>> aaa estimates 51 million americans travelled this thanksgiving weekend, most by car. now many of those travelers are making their way home. miryea villareal reports from los angeles. >> reporter: for the millions of people that battled los angeles traffic to get their turkey dinner on thursday, it's time to come home. >> it took us eight hours. it normally takes 4 1/2, 5. >> reporter: airports were not much better. john got to oakland international at around 2:00 a.m. >> just a lot of people. a lot of people in the terminal. and my flight was at 4:00 a.m. i expected it to be nobody. but it was a lot of people. >> reporter: over 11,000 flights were in the air by mid-morning and according to the transportation security administration, tsa, 2.6 million people will go through screening, a 6% increase over 2016. l.a.x. international is the second-busiest airport in the nation. 110,000 cars are expected to drop off or pick up someone here on sunday alone. doug shoe of aaa says the stronger economy is a big factor.

sufi muslims are despised by extremists and viewed by groups like al-qaeda and isis as apostates.on on friday, more than two dozen well-armed militants waving isis flags attacked the mosque first setting off a bomb and then gunning down many of the 500 or so worshipers who were trying to flee to safety. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the assailants were targeting anybody and everybody, anybody who was bleeding. >> reporter: egyptian president el city city vowed this weekend that the attack would not go unpunished, and the egyptian military launched airstrikes in the mountains of the sinai desert. for three years, president sisi has promised to end the wave of violence unleashed by isis. this attack shows how easily isis, though, is able to operate in the sinai desert and just how ineffective egyptian security forces are. rick? rick: conor powell reporting. >>> president trump being blamed for the obamacare rate hike by some. is that fair? details on the increase in place before his term began. >>> and why one expert is saying you can get those cyber monday deals throug

sufi muslims are despised by extremists and viewed by groups like al-qaeda and isis as apostates.n friday, more than two dozen well-armed militants wave waving isis flags attacked the mosque, first setting off a bomb and then gunning down many of the 500 or so worshipers who were trying to flee to safety. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the assailants were targeting anybody and everybody. anybody who was breathing. >> reporter: the egyptian president el sisi vowed this weekend that the attack would not go unpunished. and the egyptian military launched airstrikes in the mountains of the sinai desert. for three years president sisi has promised to end the wave of violence unleashed by isis. this attack shows just how easily isis, though, is able to operate in the sinai desert and just how ineffective egyptian security forces are. eric? eric: all right, conor thanks so much. for more go to foxnews.com, check out the fox news rundown podcast. they've got a link on foxnews.com. i guess tomorrow will be ambassador dennis ross, that's available tomorrow morning, the new fox ne

the mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines, and are viewed as heretics byslamic extremists. within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. president abdel fattah al—sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. the sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. the state has been battling them for years. the most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with the loss of 224 lives. in the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying followers of the cross were their favourite prey. this time, militants in sinai have targeted their fellow muslims, showing no mercy. outside local hospitals, crowds waited to donate blood. after a day of horror, many egyptians now fearful about what might come next. orla guerin, bbc news, cairo. police have released cctv images of two men they want to speak to after panic broke out on the streets of london yesterday afternoon, injuring 16 p

the attack on the mosque targeted sufi muslims, a branch of islam isis has condemned as blasphemous. the rampage is not only the worst terrorist atrocity in egypt's modern history. it marks a ruthless change of tactics that now puts the country's sufi population in the firing line. reena. >> ninan: charlie, thank you. president trump today weighed in on the battle over who's taking over the consumer financial protection bureau. the president tweeted, "c.f.p.b. has been a total disaster as run by the previous administration's pick." errol barnett has the latest from mar-a-lago. >> reporter: the white house expect nose trouble monday when mick mulvaney comes to work as acting director of the c.f.p.b., despite the fact the agency's director, richard cordray, announced he was stepping down early and naming newly appointed deputy, leandra english, as his replacement. all of this hours before president trump's appointment of mulvaney, a clash with an uncertain outcome until the senate approves a permanent director. >> it turns up being a joke, and that's what the c.f.p.b. really has been,

and the assault targeted sufi muslims.resident trump called it tragic and renewing a call for the travel ban. and the navy mourning three last in a plane crash at sea. the navy calling off the two-day search off scouring nearly a thousand nautical miles. the navy is dealing with an up-tick in crashes. is up from 2016. i'll see you at the top of the hour with kristin fisher. now, back to cashin' in. . trish: a lot of illegal immigrants could be out of luck if the g.o.p. tax cut bill passes, inside the house plan is a new rule that would only allow a child tax credit for anyone with the social security number. and that would prevent illegal immigrants from using just a tax i.d. number to get a tax refund. gerri, how the heck is it they're getting refund when they're here illegally to begin with. they're making the crimes and this is the most abused in the tax credit. we're losing 25 to 30% of the money we pay out. some $7 billion every year to fraud. we have to keep that in mind. trish: juan? >> i think these people are payi

muslims attacking other muslims, even though most of the worshippers belong to the sufi sacked.three million objective is —— egyptians are sufis. hardliners think that sufis are heretical. iis has decided to attack now the sufis, notjust heretical. iis has decided to attack now the sufis, not just the christian context. this region has seen intense violence over the past few years. what do you think the root cause of this violence is? few years. what do you think the root cause of this violence i57m root cause of this violence is7m is easy for us to say al-qaeda, isis, al-qaeda, isis. there is an insurgency that has been going on in north sinai for more than a decade. this particular area of egypt is populated mostly by bedouins. dave phillips colluded and marginalised, treated as second—class citizens, so they have been revolting against the central authority in the past ten yea rs central authority in the past ten years so. central authority in the past ten years so. what has happened in the last few years, the insurgency has become radicalised. despite taken on the of isis. i

the mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines, and are viewed as heretics by within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock, president abdel fattah al—sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. the sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. the state has been battling them for years. the most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with the loss of 224 lives. in the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying followers of the cross were their favourite prey. this time, militants in sinai have targeted their fellow muslims, showing no mercy. 0utside local hospitals, crowds waited to donate blood. after a day of horror, many egyptians now fearful about what might come next. 0ur correspondent sally nabil gave us the latest from cairo. there is a deep sense of shock and anger here, notjust in sinai but perhaps all over the country. first of all given the scale of the

situation as to why this happen for the first point is that this is a mark very popular among sufi muslims who says i'm the moderate branch of islam that has been under heavy attack from isis and linked organizations very they call them electric they are actually last year and they could be one of their leaders they have also attacked before i am but they have never attacked prayer and worship and if we so this will be the first period the second period that mark is also frequented by people who go for what the tribe and the selected in sinai is known to be allied to the security forces and to be in line with them in their fight against isis in sinai so this would be an effective explanation but we don't have a definite that answer yet it's still very fluid situation indeed mahmoud what is it about the sinai region that makes it so volatile and and why has previous e.c.a. former general not managed to secure this area. it's a very good question it's very hard to answer. since i have said to. president more or less locked up in terms of information coming out so we journalists cannot. make

today's attack appears to been chosen not only for its remote location, but also because of the sufi muslims, who worship there. >> the sufi pluralists are anti-fema to the hard-core isis and isis types. within sunni islam, the sufis are the mystics, the poets, the most tolerant. >> president el-sisi has promised countless times to project a egyptians on extremism but delivering the promise has been proven to be far more difficult. conor powell, thank you very much. there were some very tense moments today in london as a popular transit station was evacuated at the reports of gunfire. shoppers in one of the busiest areas scattered and panic while commuters from the oxford circus subway station ran into stores for cover. after an hour, police say they found no signs of gunshots, suspects, or casualties. business and pleasure today for president trump at the winter white house. the first stalker, golfer teed it up with woods. he also discussed matters with the key ally. >> president trump once again beginning his florida learning this long things giving holiday weekend tweeting. this time abou

they rebuffed them and this is the response from isis. >> so is it that all sufis and all shia muslims aren't really muslims? you can only be a sunni muslim in the way they read scripture or read the koran, i should say. >> yeah, exactly. for clarity sake, we should say sufism is a stream, an important part of sunni islam and here in cairo, there are many sufi orders. it's a part, it's a part of the suni tradition, but it's certainly not a part that's compatible with a jihadi part of that tradition that isis thrives upon. >> donald trump is tweeting talking about building a wall. this is why we need a ban. the reality, though, jacob, is that when terrorism occurs, when isis attacks, the majority of its victims are muslims. they're muslims living in the middle east. very few of them end up occurring outside of that. they happen. i'm not saying they don't happen, but the majority of the victims, the vast majority of the victims are muslims. so when the president comes out and -- >> the majority -- >> to build the wall or have a ban, are we missing the bigger picture here? >> the parallel

would, if it was isis, they would go after a mosque, that's because this mosque was the center for sufi muslims. now sufis are people who practice a more tolerant form of islam, as mystical form of islam, which is at odds with isis and their pure form of islam. the two groups have been at odds for some time. isis has threatened them before saying they're going to carry out attacks. the military, again, has control over this region. they've been fighting the militants. one big question, why wasn't there any security at this mosque with it being such a target because isis has threatened it before? that's questions we're going to be looking into. but we don't know if it was isis. but this does bear all the hallmarks of an i sig attack. >> ian lee. thank you for the update. more than 200 people dead in the terrorist attack. >>> it has been months since north korea fired off a missile, but today, state media says, quote, it's a fire with anti-u.s. feelings. how u.s. troops are training if called to action and republicans in the race against the clock to deliver on the president's tax cuts for christ

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significant, powerful group operating in that area, and they had previously made threats against sufi muslims these are muslims who have a particular practice which extremists find to be he reticle. they killed a year a sunni crieric, beheaded him, and said there will be more violence to come and have made good on the threat. >> woodruff: why isn't there more security in these places? >> that's an excellent question. the egyptian state has been battling the islamic state in sinai for the last three or four years, poured huge resources into the fight in that part of the country, and we as the foreign press and most of the egyptian press have relatively little visibility on what goes on over there because it's a closed area to foreigners and indeed to many egyptians, but we know there are ambushes against the egyptian military and that the egyptian military has responded with some force. so this again is going to raise questions particularly for president sisi as to why his military has been unable to push back the islamic state, to stop them from carrying out attacks like this with such impuni

many of the dead and wounded were said to be sufi muslims, whose brand of islam is rejected byjihadiemists. but a mass attack on a mosque, with such devastating consequences, is very rare in egypt. this is unprecedented. i can't see any particular imperative behind it in the slightest. you haven't had this sort of attack take place before. you've seen the rhetoric about sufis and sufism from these radical groups for years but you've never seen an attack like this. the militants have long targeted religious opponents such as coptic christians, particularly by mounting attacks on their churches. they've also killed civilians who work with the authorities in sinai. until tonight, egypt's deadliest terror attack was the downing of a russian passengerjet over sinai in october 2015. is said they were behind the bombing that killed 224 people. but so far no one has claimed responsibility for today's attack, which has now left even more people dead. james landale, bbc news. earlier, james told me how unusual attacks of this nature are in this part of egypt. there has been a lot of insurgency

the most recent attack on sufi muslims, caught the christians targeted in the past. what is it about this region that makes it seem like such a hotbed for these extremists? >> this is a very good question because north sinai has witnessed an insurgency for the past more than a decade. so you have a very complex of insurgency which has escalated after 2013, after the topping of the muslim brotherhood president by the egyptian army. and the past, you know, since 2013, thousands of people have been killed. you have strategic attacks not only against is civilians, but even against the security forces. this is the beating heart of the radicalized insurgency that basically has taken on the ideology of isis since 2014. since 2014, the so-called affiliate of sinai has pledged allegiance to isis. it's now tsh to its ideology and this is its power base and what it has done, it has focused mainly on the security forces and kopd the christians that in the past few months, it has focused more and more on sufis. in the past two months, it beheaded two sufi clans and the attack on

sufi muslims, a mystical sect within islam, but there's deep anger here that isis has targeted muslimsal question is, will that backlash stop isis gaining ground in the sinai peninsula? for president sisi, this is a big problem. okay, you can have a military response today, but what about the coming months? because this has been going on for years. he hasn't got a grip on it. he stands for stability and security. there are neither in the sinai peninsula. big problem for him. three days of mourning here, we're into the end of day number two now. there have been mass funerals, mass graves sadly in that town near the mosque and massive anger here in egypt about what has happened. richard, back to you. >> absolutely horrific. bill neely, thank you. >>> next the hot u.s. senate race in alabama. will roy moore's controversy sway voters toward his democratic challenger? we'll get the pulse of that debate next. >>> welcome back, thanks for sticking with us on this saturday. the u.s. navy has identified that three sailors who lost their lives in a plane crash in the philippines sea on wednesday

some are suggesting because it was a mosque built by sufis, muslim mystics who are diametrically opposed to the jihadi philosophy of isis. but the fact of the matter is, it's just the mosque by the side of a busy road. at the time of friday prayers, people stop at the nearest mosque. but perhaps that's why they targeted it, because, in fact, isis is opposed to the sufis. they call sufiism a disease, and those who follow it heretics. we know on the 16th of november last year a 100-year-old sufi sheikh was be headed by isis. this is an area of the sinai where many of the tribes are opposed to isis who have been cooperating with the egyptian police and egyptian military. so that perhaps is another explanation why this choice of targets, but it's significant, over all the years where isis has operated in the sinai, this is the first time they actually target a mosque, a mosque full of hundreds of fellow muslims. martin. >> as we've said, it's a horrific attack. ben wedeman, thanks for the update. >>> fellow defectors say this north korean sold yerd who escaped across the border, they say he'

this appears to be an attack by isis carried out going after these sufi muslims. >> i have to think somewhat embarrassing or disappointing for egypt's military, it has claimed to have the upper hand against isis. how much of a defeat is that for their counterterror efforts? >> reporter: you bring up a good point, jim, because after every attack like this, and egypt has had a number of deadly mass casualty attacks, the government comes out and says we're going to be very strong on this. they issue states of emergency for different regions. they say the military, the security forces are going to crack down hard, but we still continue to see attacks like this carry out, even though they do say, as you pointed out, that they have the upper hand. one thing that egypt's president has also expressed concern about is that as isis loses territory in iraq and syria, egyptian authorities fear that those militants, other militants could try to go to egypt to help bolster their forces there, jim. >> ian lee, thanks very much. >>> in response to today's attack, president trump vowed to defeat islamic extr

>> sufi islam is a mythical secretasect of islam and they consider any sufi muslim to be subject to deathconsider them infee delz. >> are they getting as much protection they're getting from sissi's administration especially considering therl the intended targets of these attacks. >> clearly the egyptians had focused a great deal of their security apparatus on christian churches inside egypt proper but the sinai has not been adequately protected and indeed this attack is really shows it. it just bears how badly the egyptians have been doing in trying to foster greater security around those elements of the sufi islamic sect that are based in the sinai and have suffered greatly as a result of this insurgency. >> thank you for joining me this afternoon. >>> lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct the house expected to vote on antiharassment training but would that be enough to stop this culture on the hill. that's coming up next. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a nurse, it's complicated... and it puts me at higher risk of stroke. that would be d

the white house is condemning an attack at a mosque popular with sufi muslims in egypt's sinai peninsulaople were killed when militants attacked with explosives and gunfire. >>> lawyers for former trump aide have cut ties with lawyers for the president and his family. it could signal flynn is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. >>> and cnbc says a record number of shoppers stayed home this year, finding deals on their smartphones instead. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." another thing that separates president trump from his predecessors is the way he talks about his own intellect. throughout his campaign and his first year in office, president trump has made it a point to boast about his intelligence. let's watch a few examples. >> so here i am, great schools, great brain, great success. i went to an ivy league school. i'm very highly educated. i know words -- i have the best words. look, i went to the great what are the -- wharton school of finance. i was a good student. i always hear about the elite. the elite? i went to better schools than they did. i w

attack on muslims within that country. >> reporter: bit by bit there has been a campaign against sufi muslimsidered sort of al qaeda and isis brand muslims to be heretics, so we have seen them in other countries, groups like isis go after shiites for example, and they are falling into their line of fire, their target list, vowing to crack down hard. i don't think we can predict in the sights of these extremist groups. kirstin: always good to hear you and see you. talking about the unfortunate deadliest attack in egypt's modern history. kirstin: and operation to push isis militants out of some of their last desert strongholds in iraq in its third day, paramilitary troops known as the popular local stations led the assault but iraqi police and army troops are taking part in the fight. dispersed isis from its last urban stronghold in the country last friday. kelly: college and in the dead of night between a trainer the passenger car. plus, today, you may not know it but it is small business saturday, thousands of americans help mom and pop stores have a mary and profitable holiday season. our po

big military installations there and it would not have been seen as a target, especially since sufi muslimstate in this area? the dominant group in the north sinai area is this group that has pledged allegiance to the islamic state. in egypt there are insurgents linked to al-qaeda but these operate more in the western side of egypt, near the borders with namibia. it changes the target because we're not looking at a tourist area, this is a remote area. a very remote area and a soft target. and the sufi sect, which is a very mystical sect of islam who revere saints and have shrines and this is seen by the islamic state group as non—islamic, they are an a postate group as non—islamic, they are an apostate school and they deserve to be killed. what do you think the reaction to this will be? on the popular level in egypt, there is obviously a lot of anger. we have seen obviously a lot of anger. we have seen comments obviously a lot of anger. we have seen comments on obviously a lot of anger. we have seen comments on social media and local media of this outpouring of grief and anger, people being

the sufis are muslim mystics, traditionally not involved in politics, they're much more focused on the direct connection between the individual and god so they're not interested in forcing women to cover up, cutting off people's head and what not, it's all about your spirituality, not forcing others to follow your line. and as a result of that they are not looked on well by people like isis who have in the past, for instance, we did see that earlier this year in one of the online magazines of isis kman commander to suv fis repent or killed. last year, they kidnapped and beheaded a 100-year-old sufi mystic when he refused to repent in their terms. one of the theories is that perhaps this mosque was targeted because of its affiliation with the sufis. others believe this is a town where many inhabitants cooperated with the egyptian army, with the egyptian security and this was an attack in revenge for that. so we will wait and see to find out. ana? >> ben wedeman, thank you. >>> still ahead this hour, we know their names. the navy is releasing photos of the three sailors still missing in

by the way, it was an attack on the sufi muslims.e in the media do an inaccurate job of explaining to people how various islam can be. even the musicians, the most tolerant members to the hard-core wahhabi's in saudi arabia to al qaeda two-way says, they are heretics because of their tolerant, because of their idea of a spiritual union with god as opposed to the public square. on so many levels, this attack i can't call it that so because the animals don't behave as badly. it was a savage attack on the fundamental meaning of humanity. stuart: well said. by the way, a former previous archbishop of canterbury who said there was room for sharia law in britain. >> it was kind of loopy. stuart: we'll see you again soon. check it out because we are now moving nicely higher thank you indeed. winners beat losers and we are up i think we are up 38 points. 39 points. i'm looking at amazon at $40. the dallas had 39 points. ge leading the way. a holiday hack warning. cybercriminals setting up phony social media count. and how to avoid the two. i

this was a mosque that was non-sufid by sufis and s alike. muslims. not a sect of they are not a minority group. they are an integral part of mainstream sunni islam. s have beenes, sufi excepteded as mainstream islam. many leading theologians are sufi. the head of egypt's top islamic authority is sufi. so colleagues -- calling it a sufi mosque is a bit misleading. this is also a fact i'm sure the attackers also new they were killing sunni muslims and this is why this is very shocking that the first militant attack on a muslim congregation marks kind of a new phase in who they are targeting. change in some way, public --- public anger may increase for them in sinai that would help in this conflict. amy: can you talk about who is the affiliate in sinai and what is sisi's strategy in sinai? talk about for people who are not even familiar with the map, how sinai fits egyptian politics. >> sinai is a peninsula that is attached to mainstream egypt. is technically in asia, not africa. this was occupied by israel in the 1967 war. when they979 or 1980 withdrew