whereso in timbuktu jihadists have gone out of their way to destroy islamic sites, places that are important to islamic altar. why do these extremists have no regards for their own history? some of the actual jihadists interpret the prosthetic tradition and the karana in a certain way. the interpretation seems to be the actual problem is having different people in the muslim community claiming that it shouldn't be left like in timbuktu. shrine.een a -- as farc tradition as the islamic tradition is concerned, they go back to using the tools in order to basically reach god. you do have different interpretations. it has basically been condemned by the vast majority of scholars around the world. >> a lot of monuments of been destroyed and a lot of lives have then lost -- have been lost. as the caliphate is destroyed in iraq and syria, what will happen to this ideology? basically on the run in iraq. 40%, and the leader of the mosque was destroyed. and the government basically declared the end of the caliphate. it is the beginning of a new islamic caliphate. this is a game changer. it is a difficu

if you had groups to fight them, they are fighting forces, timbuktu is declared defeated.hey are not going to go intojobs that going to do? they are not going to go into jobs that are secured for the country. the danger of what we saw, agnes, in libya when the french and the british kind of help to bring down gaddafi and then their attention was diverted elsewhere and eve had a lot of people with a lot of weapons with no jobs and not much hope of a future and they end up fighting among themselves. the territory and for power. it is true but france and britain worked well in responding to an eu mandate which did not exist with iraq. i would like to go back on that ultimatum with the saudis, to qatar and basically qatar, we are not naive about the dark because france and britain's economies are tied up with qatar and we know that qatar funds terrorism and we can our streets in europe. what were the saudis thinking when they asked qatar to actually closed down, took at ties with turkey and iran? i'm thinking what are they hoping. they have ten days to comply so what is going

they had taken over timbuktu several years ago. with the help of the french the malian authorities have managed to bring them somewhat under control, but it's a constant battle against these militants. >> thank you so much, charlene. with that breaking story coming out of the country of mali. a population of 16 or 17 million. as we get more information from charlene or lucy cavanaugh in london we'll have it for you. >>> now the search for the seven missing sailors it has come to the end. the crews were called off the search when several bodies were found inside the "uss fitzgerald." the sailors' deaths come after a container ship collided early saturday off the coast of japan. >>> now to portugal where 61 people were killed, dozens wounded after a series of forest fires. this is happening in the central part of the country. portugal's prime minister is calling it the biggest human tragedy the country has seen in years. that death toll is expected to rise still. officials say many victims were trapped in their cars. as flames were s

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the u.s., and an islamic theological centers that the middle east in syria and egypt as well as in timbuktui can speak first and we must be precise when we describe the threat that we're talking about in the first place. for definitional purposes and for optics and islam is a worldview. it's a value system. it's a belief system practice by 1.1.5 billion muslims that were predictably practiced by inside african muslims were the first ones who can deal us who practice the muslim faith and right in georgia washington, d.c., we have 1752, who arrived in georgetown and this picture is that in the american portrait gallery. so there is a legacy and experience of american muslims being here from the beginning. islamists or islamism is an ideology that supports a kryptonian interpretation of islam that is narrow, that is rigid competitor, but it's mostly legalistic. this has modern meditations throughout the world. our manifestations and groups vary. some of these groups are gateway types groups to larger more brutal terrorist organizations like gateway drug. and if left unchecked can lead down the