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Date Posted: 06:13:42 03/02/01 Fri
Author: SM77
Subject: Taliban to Destroy Ancient Buddhas. This is a Tragedy

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/afghanistan010302_buddha.html

The Taliban is destroying 1500 year old statues of Buddha in Afghanistan with tanks and mortars because Islam forbids idol worship. This article shows the rigidity of the fundmantalist mind when it comes to art and objects of human historical value. Why couldn't they have covered the monuments or simply declared them to be mere statues? In the US, Islamic shrines flourish with no criticisms except from our own fundamentalists. It is so depressing to lose these to the religious weapons of intolerance.

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