{"id":1457,"date":"2015-05-06T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2015-05-06T04:25:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T04:25:04","slug":"did-isis-really-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/05\/06\/did-isis-really-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Did ISIS Really Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISIS has claimed “responsibility” for the two gunmen shot down in Garland, Texas, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

One wonders why, since the pair failed miserably in their attempt to kill some of the crowd at the event. Why crow about abject failure?<\/p>\n

As many Muslims have already pointed out: all their attempt did was call international attention to an event that should have been allowed to remain in obscurity. <\/p>\n

It’s one thing to use a cartoon or caricature to make a political point (as did the publication in France); it’s another to purposefully incite negative reaction with a “contest” designed just to tempt a couple of idiots to do something crazy. <\/p>\n

Most of us, however, are aware that the underlying purpose of the sponsoring organization, Stop Islamization of America, is to incite violence by Muslims against non-Muslims — and we just ignore ’em. Too bad the guys from Phoenix weren’t as politically savvy: they gave SIOA its fondest wish last weekend.<\/p>\n

Here’s more: Texas Attacker Left Trail of Extremist Ideas on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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