PBS NewsHour

Outspoken cleric decries Islamic State as anti-Islamic

Clip: 11/21/2014 | 7m 23s

Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, a prominent Syrian Sunni cleric and vocal critic of the Islamic State, led prayers at the funeral of American beheading victim Peter Kassig. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner interviews al-Yaqoubi, exiled from his country, about atrocities committed by the Islamic State, why the militant group is able to gain followers and the fight against the Assad regime.

Aired: 11/21/14

Rating: NR

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