{"id":1425,"date":"2015-03-18T13:23:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T13:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2015-03-17T03:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T03:29:58","slug":"erasing-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/03\/18\/erasing-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasing History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The recent vandalization of Nimrud and Hatra by the so-called Islamic State\u2014and the destruction of lesser shrines in Libya by local Islamists, which started in 2012\u2014is not an isolated phenomenon. It stems from deep-seated pathologies afflicting the Muslim world,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/03\/16\/broken-ruins-ruined-societies-it-s-not-just-isis-destroying-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">writes Ann Marlowe<\/a> in <I>The Daily Beast<\/I>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is of course the Muslim world that has the most to gain from preserving its heritage. Ironically, if ISIS succeeds in its nihilistic goals, it will destroy the evidence of Muslim artistic achievements,&#8221; she concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The recent vandalization of Nimrud and Hatra by the so-called Islamic State\u2014and the destruction of lesser shrines in Libya by local Islamists, which started in 2012\u2014is not an isolated phenomenon. 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