{"id":1345,"date":"2015-01-07T21:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2015-01-07T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:52:48","slug":"whack-a-mole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/01\/07\/whack-a-mole\/","title":{"rendered":"Whack-a-Mole"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia<\/a>, the term “whack-a-mole” is used colloquially to denote a repetitious and futile task: each time an adversary is “whacked”, it only pops up again somewhere else.<\/p>\n

Not politically correct, I know: but it popped into my mind as I was reading about the horrific slaughter in Paris, France, today (7 January 2015).<\/p>\n

The Muslims of ISIS are so afraid of dissident ideas that they kill those who espouse them. Only to have yet another dissident idea pop up somewhere else. <\/p>\n

To use yet another colloquialism: it’s a mug’s game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s also an ineffective way to win converts to Islam in the 21st century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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