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He is one of the most influential ultra conservative Muslim clerics in the United States.

But this Southern college professor says ISIS does not represent his faith,

and now they're threatening his life as a result.

Joining us now is religious studies professor at Rhodes College in Memphis,

Dr. Yassir Kadi. Dr. Kadi, good morning.

Good morning. Why are you speaking out so forcefully against ISIS?

Well, I think it's the religious duty of every single Muslim when a group is hijacking the

faith, when a group is misrepresenting the faith to clarify to the broader world that that

faith has nothing to do with the brutal actions of ISIS, and it's beheadings,

it's burnings of people, it's its viciousness, does not represent my faith, and I feel obliged,

religiously obliged to speak out and tell the world that my faith gives me peace and security.

It tells me how to live in this world that has nothing to do with the fanaticism and the

barbarity of ISIS. When did you come to understand the fanaticism and barbarism of ISIS?

Was there one particular event or set of events, doctor, that caused you to speak out in such a

courageous way? Well, I think that all Muslims were soon as they saw the reality of this,

this cult, this group that just rose to fame pretty recently. I think all Muslims around the

world have been condemning ISIS pretty vigorously, and there wasn't any one particular moment,

because ISIS from its very inception has been so barbaric, but no doubt, I mean,

it's beheadings of innocent people, it's burning of the Jordanian pilot. These are things that are

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