{"id":1418,"date":"2015-03-09T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2015-03-05T21:27:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T21:27:40","slug":"why-is-isis-afraid-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/03\/09\/why-is-isis-afraid-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is ISIS Afraid of History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISIS began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2015\/Mar-05\/289789-is-bulldozed-ancient-assyrian-city-of-nimrud-iraq-govt.ashx\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> the Agence France Presse<\/p>\n<p>Why is ISIS afraid of history? Best guess: they&#8217;re uneducated.<\/p>\n<p>History is humanity&#8217;s backstory, and tearing down the past does not erase it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISIS began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq last week, reports the Agence France Presse Why is ISIS afraid of history? Best guess: they&#8217;re uneducated. 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