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Curiously, their supposedly \u201cIslamic\u201d fervor seems to run counter to the sacred scriptural text of Islam itself:<\/p>\n
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The Qur\u2019an repeatedly calls upon its hearers to contemplate the ruins of the past civilizations around them, doing so\u00a0in order to remind its audience of the transience of humanity and human glory and of the awesome power and solemn judgments of God.<\/p>\n
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These monsters, by contrast, destroy<\/em> such ruins \u2014 something that the Qur\u2019an not only doesn\u2019t call for but which, if it had been done to the pre-Islamic cities of Arabia, would have negated important teachings of the book that they supposedly revere.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 The nihilistic thugs who call themselves the \u201cIslamic State\u201d continue to compound their crimes against humanity and civilization, as shown in this appalling report from CNN: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/09\/world\/iraq-isis-heritage\/index.html?eref=rss_topstories \u00a0 Curiously, their supposedly \u201cIslamic\u201d fervor seems to run counter to the sacred scriptural text of Islam itself: \u00a0 The Qur\u2019an repeatedly calls upon its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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