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Pakistan: Ancient Buddha statue discovered, Muslim construction workers destroy it as “un-Islamic”

Jul 20, 2020 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Besides removing supposed temptations to idolatry, Islamic jihadists want to destroy the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the Qur’an suggests that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth:

Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth. (Qur’an 3:137)

This is one of the foundations of the Islamic idea that pre-Islamic civilizations, and non-Islamic civilizations, are all jahiliyya — the society of unbelievers, which is worthless. Obviously this cuts against the idea of tourism of ancient sites and non-Muslim religious installations. V. S. Naipaul encountered this attitude in his travels through Muslim countries. For many Muslims, he observed in Among the Believers, “The time before Islam is a time of blackness: that is part of Muslim theology. History has to serve theology.” Naipaul recounted that some Pakistani Muslims, far from valuing the nation’s renowned archaeological site at Mohenjo Daro, saw its ruins as a teaching opportunity for Islam, recommending that Qur’an 3:137 be posted there as a teaching tool.

#Shameful A life sized statue of God Buddha was discovered in a construction site in Takhtbhai,Pakistan.
However,b4 the Archaeology dept was informed about it, contractor had already broken it into pieces on suggestion of local Molvi. After Carbon dating,it is found 1800 yrs old. pic.twitter.com/mJK0mtbqzR

— BJP Gilgit-Baltistan (Official) (@BJP4GB) July 18, 2020

“Ancient Buddha statue discovered in Pak, destroyed by construction workers for being ‘unIslamic,'” by Geeta Mohan, India Today, July 18, 2020:

An ancient Buddha statue, which was found in Pakistan’s Takht Bahi area in Mardan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while digging the foundation of a house, was vandalised by local construction workers on Saturday as they considered the relic to be “unIslamic”.

Workers who were digging the foundation of a house discovered the ancient relic said to be from the Gandhara civilisation. Calling the idol “unIslamic”, the men smashed the statue into pieces.

A video of the incident that has gone viral on social media shows the construction workers destroying the idol using a sledgehammer and expressing their resentment towards it…

Pakistani media has reported that four people involved in vandalising the statue have been arrested.

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Filed Under: Buddhists, Islamic supremacism, Pakistan Tagged With: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan, Takht Bahi


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  1. mural says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    There should be a new synonym for stupidity and Idiocy in the English Dictionary: Muslim fundamentalism.

    All religions deserve this synonym, but as Muslims are ‘best of people’, they can take the honors here.

    • wpm says

      Jul 20, 2020 at 2:51 pm

      Most religions do not go out to destroy ancient artifacts of other religions ,most civilized countries around the world Israel,America ,North, South Central America,most of Asia (the non-Islamic Muslim as a minority) do not take hammers to statues with the exception of the SJW in the west left and Muslims in any part of the world.

      • Keith O says

        Jul 20, 2020 at 7:38 pm

        wpm, No they don’t, not anymore at least.
        In the past the Christian churches tore apart various sacred sights around the world and used the stones to build their churches.
        This happened in France and England as well as other places.
        The references to this have been suppressed, however if you dig far enough you will find them, usually in the parish records.

    • DP111 says

      Jul 22, 2020 at 9:27 am

      Without Christianity there would be no Western civilisation. Even secularism is a product of Christianity.

  2. revereridesagain says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    Same savage mentality as Antifa. Destroy whatever enrages you. And since your violent, irrational rage is aroused by so many things, you become nothing but a walking sledgehammer.

    I assume Molvi is a local Pakistani term meaning Official @$$hole of Allah?

    I assume everyone has seen this.

    https://nationalpatriot.org/sad-but-true/unbelievable-sign-near-dearborn-mi/?fbclid=IwAR1dgXWirrUiUcza9RpBblc-C9XZazdl0DwMYwGE0wdFyOkQAJ6Eed5djUo

    I also assume it’s photoshopped, but just to be aware it’s making the rounds.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 20, 2020 at 11:57 pm

      I hadn’t seen this–thanks for posting.

      I’m sure it is photoshopped–just because few Muslims in America would be so honest.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jul 21, 2020 at 8:31 am

      “The Followers of Mohammed Will Conquer America”
      banner
      http://www.rightspeak.net/2015/10/meanwhile-islamic-fifth-column-builds.html

    • DP111 says

      Jul 22, 2020 at 9:29 am

      BLM is the same as these barbarians.

      Why we allow them to settle in the West is beyond explicable.

  3. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    If the Koran tells Muslims to travel across the Earth and see what became of those who came before them, how can they do that if the relics of those earlier civilizations are destroyed as soon as they are discovered? It makes no sense to destroy ancient artifacts. Everyone, including Muslims, can learn something from them. This destruction is wrong even according to what the Koran says Allah wants.

    • Joscefi says

      Jul 20, 2020 at 1:20 pm

      “…Everyone, including Muslims, can learn something from them….”

      Apparently not!

      • CogitoErgoSum says

        Jul 20, 2020 at 1:25 pm

        No, not if they destroy the things meant to teach them something. That is stupidity at its finest. Ha.

  4. J Morgan says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    Muslims don’t want tourism in their countries by non-believers. Yet, they are in a big hurry to immigrate to the land of the dirty kuffar.

    Truly a horrifying loss of antiquity.

    • wpm says

      Jul 20, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      They destroy all culture either by invading non-Muslim lands ,or crushing it in their own Muslim majority countries.You cannot have nice things with them,you can not have fun around them,they suck the joy and wonder out of life with violence mayhem and destruction.

  5. elee says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    Islam destroys.

    • Beverly says

      Jul 20, 2020 at 1:32 pm

      A culture of hate, death and destruction. I wish there was some way to stop this destruction. Money maybe or is the hate of everything non Islamic overpowering.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jul 21, 2020 at 8:34 am

      “We change and destroy countries.”
      Abu Hafs al Masri,
      of the Madrid train bombings

      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-new-arrests-in-madrid-bombings/ .

  6. Ade Fegan says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    musn’t offend the muslims

  7. Keith O says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    Barbaric to say the least. These intellectuals would pull down the pyramids for being unislamic if they could.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jul 21, 2020 at 8:36 am

      That is a stated objective of hardline muslims in Egypt.

  8. gravenimage says

    Jul 20, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    Pakistan: Ancient Buddha statue discovered, Muslim construction workers destroy it as “un-Islamic”
    …………..

    Islamic thugs.

    British archaeologist Dominic used to post here before his untimely death–he said that he and a group from an English university went to a remote area in Pakistan to study some ancient glyphs that had been discovered a couple of years earlier, and found that Muslims were hard at work destroying them. These ignoramuses thought these images had been left by the Raj.

    Dominic wanted to try to stop them, but his team leader realized this would be a bad idea–he just quickly photographed as much as he could. He then talked to the local war lord, who it turned out had OK’d the destruction. When told that these were ancient artifacts, he didn’t care.

    When they reached the nearest large town and reported the destruction, Pakistani authorities there just smiled and shrugged.

    More priceless human treasure and history lost to Islam.

    This statue of Buddha will not be the last…

  9. infidel says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 5:50 am

    They ruin everything they touch… Really this toxic ideo is the biggest challenge thrown at humanity so far in its evolution, I believe.

    • Randy Smith says

      Jul 22, 2020 at 11:34 am

      Voting for Biden will help them get to the US

  10. AnnChristine says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    The Moslem How SELFISH can anyone on this earth become God help us if these Fiends ever get control of our Christian Countries in the West Anything the so called Scholars do not like the Minions of Allah will destroy without question!!

  11. Gourdhead says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 11:50 pm

    These primate heathens are nothing less than satanic spawn.

  12. Paul hibbard says

    Jul 23, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Dogs……………. the religion of “peace ”strikes again ..!!

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