More Historic Relics Destroyed by Radical Islamists

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Even Timbuktu is not safe:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12...

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TheHeretic said:

I think their reaction to Islamic relics being destroyed would be quite humorous, I think.

Seeing they are destroying Islamic relics (it is a mosque door); is quite odd. I suppose it was not up to snuff.

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Dixie68 said:

Didn't they do similar in Afghanistan before the conflict? To me, Islam seems to be the religious equivalent of a spoilt brat.

Yes, they destroyed some giant and ancient Buddas (IIRC) carved into a mountainside. ETA: Beaten to it by Heretic.

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AndrewW-G said:

Hopefully the people in Egypt won’t do the same.

Now that would be some severe st; hopefully, the economic, if not cultural, significance will override any radical tendencies for destroying such monuments. Besides, the aliens will be pissed at their handiwork being blown up.

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Derek Smith said:

hesnotthemessiah said:

Forgive my ignorance but there seem to be as many interpretations of the Quran as there are Muslims.

They (those who interpret the Quran) seem to try and out-do each other in how many different/bizarre/violent/extreme ways they can interpret the same passage/s.

Totally unlike christians then.

Via Socrates of Constantinople:

At the solicitation of Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, [a christian, or rather a follower of the official roman religion which was a creation of the roman state and which took over from christianity] the emperor issued an order at this time for the demolition of the heathen temples in that city; commanding also that it should be put in execution under the direction of Theophilus. Seizing this opportunity, Theophilus exerted himself to the utmost to expose the pagan mysteries to contempt. And to begin with, he caused the Mithreum to be cleaned out, and exhibited to public view the tokens of its bloody mysteries. Then he destroyed the Serapeum, and the bloody rites of the Mithreum he publicly caricatured; the Serapeum also he showed full of extravagant superstitions, and he had the phalli of Priapus carried through the midst of the forum. ... Thus this disturbance having been terminated, the governor of Alexandria, and the commander-in-chief of the troops in Egypt, assisted Theophilus in demolishing the heathen temples.

Via Wiki.

So nothing new here.

I must of missed that report in my 600 AD version of my daily newspaper.

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Art0ir said:

hesnotthemessiah said:

Art0ir said:

hesnotthemessiah said:

Forgive my ignorance but there seem to be as many interpretations of the Tanakh/Bible/Quran as there are Jews/Christians/Muslims.

They (those who interpret the Tanakh/BibleQuran) seem to try and out-do each other in how many different/bizarre/violent/extreme ways they can interpret the same passage/s.

Couldn't have put it better myself........Oh.......wait a minute........

I made a few subtle amendments to your original post

I am going to need Bletchley Park to follow your line of posting.

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AndrewW-G said:

Norfolkit said:

Eric Mc said:

Now - that is tactic worth bearing in mind.

To a devout Muslim, pork must be like Kryptonite.

Maye the SAS should be attacking Taleban positions with Pork Pie launchers?

Scotch Eggs would be more aerodynamic surely, could launch them from further away.

If you were to wrap them in cartoons, the world would be your oyster!

Scotch eggs wrapped in Danish cartoons?