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Mark Walker: “If it is not--if there is not a theological thread that runs through this--and I am speaking as a former minister of 15…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
If it is not--if there is not a theological thread that runs through this--and I am speaking as a former minister of 15 years... it tells me there is somewhere there is--even if it is extremist, there is a religious thread involved in this.
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Mark Walker
North Carolina

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Walker argues for a religious basis in the motivations of extremist groups.

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