More on this story. "Islamists damage giant rock Buddha," by Ben Quinn in the Telegraph:
Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite.The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban's destruction six years ago of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan, in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The Buddha, in the Swat district of north-west Pakistan, is thought to date from the seventh century AD and was considered the largest in Asia, after the two Bamiyan Buddhas.
The explosion on Monday night damaged the upper part of the rock.
Pakistani troops have stepped up recent operations against militants in the fertile Swat valley, where thousands of locals are in thrall to Mullah Fazlullah, a rabble-rousing cleric who has called for suicide attacks and holy war. Fazlullah's men have continued to wage an offensive against what they deem 'un-Islamic' activity, last week blowing up dozens of music, video and cosmetics stalls at a market.
They're blowing up music stores, artwork, everything beautiful and worth preserving.
"Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes ...."
....they do the same thing to live captives....
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"...Mullah Fazlullah, a rabble-rousing cleric who has called for suicide attacks and holy war..."
In what way does he differ from the illustrious Mullah Omar of the Taliban and his minions to require such a description?
Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes ...."
....they do the same thing to live captives....
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Eureka - This is why some people don't see the danger in Islam. How can someone with a name and title like Mullah Fazlula be feared?
Imagine what they would do to Mount Rushmore.........
I think they're just looking for new ways to add more rocks to their heads.
We'd better turn the Empire State Building green fast!
Before they get any madder!
But it is the Buddhists fault for doing something offensive to Islam and being such bad Buddhist bastards. It must be the Buddhists fault because Muslims Nevvvvveeeerrrr do anything wrong!!!!!
Hopefully where Muslims have been murdering Christians for decades in Indonesian and the Western Media has said nothing, hopefully the destruction of these world heritage sites by Muslims will wake up secularists to the supremacist evil that is Islam.
They are truly barbarians, knuckle-dragging islamo throwbacks. This is what their so called religion teaches them: destruction!
This news is dated - this statue has already been blown up
Militants blow up Buddha statue in Swat
The attempt to blow it up was in September
Pakistani Militants Attack Buddha Statue
Someone should send this to Dinesh D'souza who states that there's nothing wrong with Muslims being against sculptures.