{"id":1320,"date":"2014-12-22T13:19:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2014-12-21T01:19:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T01:19:56","slug":"how-could-it-get-any-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2014\/12\/22\/how-could-it-get-any-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"How Could It Get Any Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s see: Islamic militants are killing school kids<\/a> in Pakistan, young women<\/a> who refuse to marry ISIS fighters in Syria and elderly Nigerians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to imagine who’s safe from these rampaging terrorists. Yes, there’s no other term that describes better the misguided men (and they’re mostly men) who think killing people is the way to usher in the caliphate.<\/p>\n

Who needs external enemies when we have such bloodthirsty, misguided thugs claiming to be Muslim?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s see: Islamic militants are killing school kids in Pakistan, young women who refuse to marry ISIS fighters in Syria and elderly Nigerians. It’s hard to imagine who’s safe from these rampaging terrorists. 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