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Pakistan: Muslims smash Buddha statue, Muslim cleric says “you will no more be a believer” if statue isn’t destroyed

Jul 21, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer

“We must also free ourselves from the clutches of jahili society” — that is, society ordered according to human laws (literally, those of ignorance) rather than divine ones — “jahili concepts, jahili traditions and jahili leadership. Our mission is not to compromise with the practices of jahili society, nor can we be loyal to it. Jahili society, because of its jahili characteristics, is not worthy to be compromised with. Our aim is first to change ourselves so that we may later change the society.” — Sayyid Qutb

More on this story. “‘If you don’t destroy it, your marriage will end’: Newly discovered ancient Buddha statue destroyed on Muslim cleric’s order in Pakistan,” OpIndia, July 18, 2020:

In yet another shocking incident, a recently discovered Buddha statue was smashed into pieces by local construction workers and a Muslim cleric on Saturday in Pakistan. The relic was discovered while digging the foundation for a house in the Pashtun-dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Mardan district in Pakistan.

A video of the act, which has since gone viral on social media, showed the construction workers, along with a Muslim cleric, smashing the Buddha statue using a sledgehammer. They are seen walking over and destroying the life-sized Buddha status while expressing their acrimony against Buddhism, which they consider anti-Islam.

According to reports, the statue was destroyed on the order of a local Muslim cleric, who ruled that it is against Islam. ‘Your nikah would cease to exist and you will no more be a believer if the statue isn’t disposed of’, the cleric told the people at the site, who then followed his orders to destroy the priceless relic, which was accidentally discovered in a good condition.

Local media quoted Abdul Samad, director of the archaeology and museums, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as saying that he authorities have located the area, where the incident occurred and those involved in vandalism would be held accountable. “We have located the area and we will have those involved arrested soon,” he said.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the case. Initially the police were slow to react to the incident. But when the video emerged on social media and a large number of people criticised the action, the police swung into action and made the arrests.

Takht Bhai was once the homeland for Buddhism

The area from where the relic was discovered is known as the Takht Bhai area, in Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Takht Bhai is a part of the Gandhara civilisation, where Buddhism thrived until the 8th or 9th centuries when Islam first began to gain sway in the region….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, Muslim clerics Tagged With: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan, Takht Bhai


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  1. AnnChristine says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 8:13 am

    I bet the Muslim Cleric has a wonderful life——-Where as his constructions workers have a miserable existence kowtowing to Islamic rules——Bring back Buddhism and be happy!!!

  2. Jaladhi says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 8:15 am

    Guess who is afraid of statues, idols?? They go beserk at the sight of idols just because their leaders asked them to do so!! Ha, ha,..all these brain dead morons will do anything to smash idols!

    • mortimer says

      Jul 21, 2020 at 1:39 pm

      And yet, Muslims bow to an idol, the Black Rock, in the Kaaba, five times a day. They are hypocrites … they deceive themselves. They worship stones and they worship Mohammed by praying to him and giving him divine attributes. Muslims are self-hypnotized to ignore reality.

  3. Dude says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 8:40 am

    Destroy everything that reveals the stupidity of our cult. Don’t let them learn about other religions. Don’t let the wombs learn to read. If they criticize you, kill them. Don’t preach, because it’s obvious we have nothing to say – our success will be through terror. They won’t expect our lies; then suddenly kill them all.

    The past repeats itself, even though they try to hide it. Wake up, world! For how many centuries will this idiocy continue?

    • mortimer says

      Jul 21, 2020 at 1:47 pm

      The Buddha statue may have been from antiquity. It would have been priceless. Someone could have become rich, but those fools were blinded by stupidity.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 9:23 am

    “when Islam first began to gain sway in the region….”
    Oh yes, “gain sway”.
    That is a useful cover phrase for murder, rape, arson, looting, and vandalism.
    We can remember that one.

  5. Keith O says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:30 pm

    More superstitious barbarity from,,,,,,,,,,suitable terms for these individuals escape me.
    All I can do is shake my head in disbelief.

  6. mortimer says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    Islam, the most intolerant religion that follows the most obvious false prophet.

  7. Eur says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    They are imitating the perfect man, the one who destroyed the idols of the Kaaba. If Islam is allowed in the West, then these barbaric actions will happen since Muhammad is the model to imitate and his actions cannot be questioned. All artistic, cultural and historical heritage is in danger since there will always be Salafis, radical Sunies or simply iconoclastisc orthodox muzzies willing to imitate their fascist prophet.

  8. gravenimage says

    Jul 21, 2020 at 8:52 pm

    Pakistan: Muslims smash Buddha statue, Muslim cleric says “you will no more be a believer” if statue isn’t destroyed
    ……………….

    Lest anyone thought this destruction was just the prerogative of ignorant construction workers, we see that this is not so–it is, of course, orthodox Islam.

  9. Proud Kafir says

    Jul 22, 2020 at 1:53 am

    Only a high mind can understand the noble Buddha. Muscums cannot. They do not deserve the Buddha either. Let them stew in their islam to become decaying cesspools forever. Let India or the West not support the muscum migrants..

  10. Mark B says

    Jul 27, 2020 at 10:01 am

    Now we do this in America, to statues that apparently threaten some of the woke crowd.

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