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) The ruins of non-Muslim civilizations thus bear witness to the truth of Islam. What ensues from that idea? The creation of more ruins.
#Taliban fighters shooting at remnants of buddha sculptures they blew up two decades ago in 2001. #Afghanistan
video via EtilaatRoz pic.twitter.com/2mRyPB8l4H— Sharif Hassan (@MSharif1990) November 1, 2021
“Video Shows Taliban Using Remnants Of Bamiyan Buddhas For Target Practice,” by Ron Synovitz, RFE/RL, November 10, 2021:
A video recorded recently in Afghanistan shows Taliban gunmen using the remnants of the Bamiyan Buddhas for target practice.
The video is raising serious concerns about a pledge by the Taliban leadership to protect Afghanistan’s cultural and historical treasures.
Posted on social media, it shows members of the Taliban firing rocket-propelled grenades into one of the niches where giant Buddha statues had stood for more than 1,400 years until the Taliban reduced them to rubble in 2001.
At least seven Taliban gunmen can be seen grouped beside two vehicles during the incident.
From a distance, they can be heard reciting Taliban slogans and laughing as the hidden cameraman films them. Three rocket-propelled grenades are fired during the 37-second video clip.
As the camera pans from the shooters to their target, one rocket-propelled grenade can be seen exploding against the back wall of the niche where the head of a giant Buddha had once been — sending out a cloud of fresh debris.
The video is particularly disconcerting because militants under the command of the Taliban-appointed provincial governor in Bamiyan, Mullah Shireen Akhund, have been tasked with guarding the historic site.
Mullah Shireen Akhund was a member of the Taliban negotiating team in Doha that had promised to protect the site.
He also had been the Taliban insurgency’s intelligence chief under the group’s Kandahar-based Southern Command, led by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob — the son of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar.
Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban-led government’s cultural commission, says the Taliban leadership in Kabul has ordered that there shall be no further destruction at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas.
Wellington says
Fitting. Damn telling too.
Islam is the major religion with a gloss over it of something civilized. It is anything but.
Dhimmi says
Destruction of “idols” give them the supreme satisfaction
Dhimmi says
They live in the 7th century
gravenimage says
Afghanistan: Taliban use remnants of destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas for target practice
The video is raising serious concerns about a pledge by the Taliban leadership to protect Afghanistan’s cultural and historical treasures.
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Anyone who believes this from the Taliban–or of their claims to protect women and Americans–is a moron.
There was some vague talk about rebuilding the Buddhas after 2001–but even then that seemed like a poor use of resources to me. If this had been done, the Taliban would just be blowing them up again. Barbarians. Unesco decided against it in 2012.
Westman says
Just like Leftists – pulling down or removing statues, renaming any opposing historic objects to nullify past history so the “conquered” will lose their historical roots.
Islam – The original Cancel Culture.
Infidel says
That’s a great observation, Westman! Wonder why no one has thought of it before
Fitna says
Expected behavior from low-IQ, degenerate, backwards religious cavemen who think we’re the ignorant ones. If their holy book told them to set the whole planet on fire, they’ll do it with great zeal.
When you convince a bunch of dumb*sses that the Creator of the Universe wants them to act this way, they will, because they believe there’s a magic carrot at the end of that imaginary stick. Logic, thinking, rationality never enters the picture-in fact people with different opinions usually get gunned down.
This is why the only solution for vermin like the Taliban and their ilk is eradication.
Fitna says
Then you have a whole other level of morons known as Leftists who think we should be bowing to these vicious savages, surrender in our fight against them, give them money and allow their barbarism to flourish, they’re doing the same with Iran and the Fakestinians. I don’t know who’s worse.
Imagine what all the sensible Afghanis (assuming there are any) must’ve thought when they first saw the US trying to free them from the Taliban, expecting freedom, modernization, equality, etc, only to see them run away in defeat and humiliation, like terrified rabbits and allowed these same monsters to retake control.
Not that it is the US’s job to save other countries, but if you’re going to invade, then you broke it/you own it.
Phil Copson says
“….Leftists who think we should be bowing to these vicious savages, surrender in our fight against them, give them money and allow their barbarism to flourish…..
Imagine what all the sensible Afghanis…..must’ve thought when they first saw the US trying to free them from the Taliban, expecting freedom, modernization, equality, etc, only to see them run away in defeat and humiliation…. and allowed these same monsters to retake control….”
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The US wasn’t defeated; in one of the grossest betrayals in history, the Biden admin switched sides, creating a superbly-equipped jihadi army, and providing them – in meticulous, merciless detail – with the names of every single Afghani who had ever co-operated with US/NATO/Afghan forces, in order that they can be hunted down, tortured, and killed.
Like any defeated city state in the Ancient World, the US has handed over hundreds of hostages as surety, and is now obediently sending “tribute money” to the Taliban.
The sight of European “leaders” at COP26 glad-handing the cretinous, war-criminal Joe Biden instead of doing the decent thing and punching his lights out, was quite sickening.
Fitna says
What do you call it when you cede the battlefield to your enemy and flee, while abandoning your friends/allies and leaving billions in military gear behind? A victory?
That doesn’t mean the US was conquered on its own territory, obviously but in this particular war, under this president, yes the US was defeated in Afghanistan.
The greater defeat wasn’t those things I mentioned, but that civilization was beaten by barbarism which to me is a much worse loss.
Then again, these imbeciles in power didn’t know what their objective was, nor who their enemy was. They went in to kill a bunch of terrorists and if that was your only goal, fine then just pull out after.
They stuck around to ‘nation build’ for 20 yrs by giving power back to the same lunatics (and ideology) that we were against in the first place.
Obviously the withdrawal would’ve been far better handled and orderly under Trump, but what we should’ve done was to abolish Islam and impose our way of life on them which is a million times better than what they are currently living under.
Alfredo says
Abdool logic.
Believe in a fabricated book.
Oops, “revealed” book that tells believers to kill unbelievers.
Destroy ancient monuments.
Declare It’s the will of your god!
What a bunch of ninconpoops.
Fitna says
Agreed Alfredo,
If there are a group of people willing to riot, murder thousands, burn entire cities and countries (Pakistan threatened to nuke European nations numerous times), over cartoons of their pedophile prophet, then what good are these people to our planet?
They’re telling us they’re insane, extremely violent and dangerous and they will remain an ever present threat to our existence so long as they continue to breathe.
Threatening to nuke nations isn’t a trivial matter. The world community should be up in arms and doing everything they can to neutralize Pakistan’s and Iran’s regimes. But we keep acting like everything is peachy.
This is the kind of complacency that lead to 9/11. It seems people only really care and pay attention after a major attack like that happens. Then they promise ‘never again’ but then they go back to sleep.
Imagine if instead AQ had nukes. Well Pakistan does, Iran’s trying to get them and we’ve gone back to thinking everything will be fine if we give Muslims more money.
What if the next time Pakistan makes a new threat but actually launches nukes? What’s to stop them except their belief in a moon god and the threat of retaliation?
But their religion teaches them they’ll be rewarded for killing as many of us infidels as they can ‘kill and be killed for Allah’. I’m actually surprised they haven’t launched them already. I guess as bad as their miserable lives are, for some reason they prefer to keep living.
Our safety and continued existence is predicated on genocidal medieval barbarians choosing not to nuke us-for now. Great insurance plan we have going there.
PMK says
Fitna says:
What do you call it when you cede the battlefield to your enemy and flee, while abandoning your friends/allies and leaving billions in military gear behind? A victory?
What do YOU call it when Afghans themselves won’t fight the Taliban and actually preferred Taliban rule to the presence of US forces in Afghanistan? What did they do for the last two decades? Why should the US fight for people who don’t respect us and who don’t want us in their country? They figure they’re so superior because they’re Muslims, then let them fight their fellow Muslims if they really want freedom. It’s not 1965 anymore. The US cannot be all things to all people and we certainly cannot help people who think we’re lesser beings because we don’t bow down to Allah.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, PMK. Sadly, it was never possible to civilize Afghanistan.
Relic says
The two Bamiyan Buddhas, a woman and a man.
RP says
Islam, Religion of Piss . They destroyed whole of Afghanistan civilisation which was based on Hinduism and Buddhism. Which Muslims / mullahs converted the true natives by converting them by sword or by killing them. All nations which are based on Islam today, Islamist carried out the genocides.
Dhanush Dhari Misra says
Same fate awaits Westminister Abbey, Ram Mandir and Statue of Liberty!