14 posted on 09/08/2008 10:32:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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For reminding us about those magnificent, giant,Buddhist sculptures blasted and destroyed from their place in the cliffs by the Taliban in 2001. Let us never forget what our enemy, in the name of Islam, has destroyed.
BAMIYAN BUDDHAS BEFORE TALIBAN
BAMIYAN BUDDHAS AFTER TALIBAN
On March 6, 2001 The Times quoted Mullah Mohammed Omar as stating, "Muslims should be proud of smashing idols. It has given praise to God that we have destroyed them." He had changed his position from being in favor of the statues to being against them. During a March 13 interview for Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, Afghan Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakel stated that the destruction was anything but a retaliation against the international community for economic sanctions: "We are destroying the Buddha statues in accordance with Islamic law and it is purely a religious issue".
16 posted on 09/08/2008 12:59:56 PM PDT by Cincinna