Pastor to O’Reilly: ISIS Will Take Advantage of Your ‘Holy War’ Rhetoric

Last night, Bill O’Reilly used the opening segment of his show to declare that the U.S. is in a “holy war” against extremist groups like ISIS. Tonight, he was confronted on that rhetoric by Reverend Jim Wallis, who has worked as a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama.

“I think they’re going take advantage of your narrative of a ‘holy war,’” Wallis told O’Reilly. “I would never use that language. And faith leaders are going to reject the narrative of a holy war, Christian [vs.] Muslim.” He said his solution to the problem of terrorism would have more to do with helping Muslim leaders defeat it from “within” than it would with bombing those countries from “without.”