Our Enemy Is Not Islam.

Fanaticism And Terrorism Have No Place In Islam.

The Battleground Has Been Moderates Of All Faith Traditions In All The Countries Of The World Against The Radicals Of All Faith Traditions In All Parts Of The World.

It Is Part Of My Responsibility As A Bridge Builder To Speak The Truth About What's Great About America, What We've Done Right, And What Our Less Glorious Moments. And Many People Feel That The Iraq Adventure, For Example, Has Been One Of Our Less Glorious Moments.

Sufis Teach That We First Must Battle And Destroy The Evil Within Ourselves By Shining Upon It The Good Within, And Then We Learn To Battle The Evil In Others By Helping Their Higher Selves Gain Control Of Their Lower Selves.

In The 20th Century, The Muslim World Created A Vision Of Religious Nationalism. Turkey, For Example, Had To Be Ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, Other Minorities Didn't Have A Place In Such A Vision Of A Nation-state.