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Maldives: Islamists Storm National Museum, Destroy Entire Collection of 12th Century Buddhist
Weasel Zippers ^ | 2/12/12 | zip

Posted on 02/12/2012 11:30:01 AM PST by Nachum

(AFP) — At the Maldives’ National Museum, smashed Buddhist statues are testament to the rise of Islamic extremism and Taliban-style intolerance in a country famous as a laid-back holiday destination.

On Tuesday, as protesters backed by mutinous police toppled president Mohamed Nasheed, a handful of men stormed the Chinese-built museum and destroyed its display of priceless artifacts from the nation’s pre-Islamic era.

“They have effectively erased all evidence of our Buddhist past,” a senior museum official told AFP at the now shuttered building in the capital Male, asking not to be named out of fear for his own safety.

“We lost all our 12th century statues. They were made of coral stone and limestone. They are very brittle and there is no way we can restore them,” he explained.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: buddhism; buddhist; culture; godsgravesglyphs; islamists; maldives; museums; statues
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1 posted on 02/12/2012 11:30:03 AM PST by Nachum
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Islam has to be the most insecure cult ever. They must destroy anything that does not promote Islam.


2 posted on 02/12/2012 11:36:24 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
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To: Nachum

“The authorities have banned photography of the damage, conscious that vandalism of this kind which echoes the 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan by the Taliban is damaging for the nation’s image.”

Islam is damaging for the nation’s image.


3 posted on 02/12/2012 11:36:58 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Nachum

Dont worry.

We all know that this is merely an isolated instance trumped up by islamaphobes trying to cover for the terrorist actions committed by Christians and Jews on a daily basis.


4 posted on 02/12/2012 11:37:13 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Nachum
...the rise of Islamic extremism and Taliban-style intolerance in a country famous as a laid-back holiday destination.

The simple solution is to boycott the Maldives and let travel agents know it is because of the terrorists. The economic impact will starve the Islamists out of business.

P.S> The serial "Service Temporarily Unavailable" notices are back.

5 posted on 02/12/2012 11:38:49 AM PST by immadashell
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To: TangoLimaSierra
"They must destroy anything that does not promote.."

That's how it's done, and always has been. It's a lesson the good guys need to understand and embrace. Or die.. our pick.


6 posted on 02/12/2012 11:41:22 AM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
They must destroy anything that does not promote Islam...

They generally concentrate on anything that, even if for just 5 minutes, once was Islamic... and even if that 5 minute gain was as a result of some injustice they performed, force they applied, and/or killing/maiming they accomplished.

When they attain that, they'll grab the remainder.

7 posted on 02/12/2012 11:42:37 AM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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To: I see my hands

Islam is the mother-of-all Occupy movements, with the location to occupy everything that’s not currently theirs.


8 posted on 02/12/2012 11:44:25 AM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Islam has to be the most insecure cult ever. They must destroy anything that does not promote Islam.

after 9/11 we should have destroyed them all.

but Bush protected his buddies in Saudi and Egypt....Crony capitalism triumphed

9 posted on 02/12/2012 11:45:38 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Nachum

Islam: The cult of death and destruction.


10 posted on 02/12/2012 11:57:13 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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To: Nachum

Once the world comes to its senses they will be shot on sight just like any other rabid animal.


11 posted on 02/12/2012 11:59:22 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: Nachum

Once the world comes to its senses they will be shot on sight just like any other rabid animal.


12 posted on 02/12/2012 11:59:25 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: Nachum

What a bunch of filthy animals.


13 posted on 02/12/2012 12:12:49 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: headstamp 2

islam...the Abomination of Desolation.


14 posted on 02/12/2012 12:27:52 PM PST by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: Nachum

That`s what happens when you don`t cage the apes. Cage them or chain them by the neck to something immobile.. then these things won`t happen.


15 posted on 02/12/2012 12:30:07 PM PST by ScottinVA (GOP, meet Courage... Courage, meet GOP.)
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To: Nachum

How long until Ron Paul pipes-up to say it’s the natural consequence of our foreign policy of occupation and bombing?


16 posted on 02/12/2012 12:34:13 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Islam has to be the most insecure cult ever. They must destroy anything that does not promote Islam.

Not just doesn't promote Islam but their Loony brand of Islam.

17 posted on 02/12/2012 12:36:50 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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Not just doesn't promote Islam but their Loony brand of Islam.

That's true. I've said before that if Islam succeeds in taking over the world you will see more bloodshed than all past bloodshed when the Islamic factions start fighting each other. Islam does not know how to live in peace.

18 posted on 02/12/2012 12:59:39 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

it’s sort of like here where intolerant christians attack other christians


19 posted on 02/12/2012 1:03:51 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
No brand or variant of Islam has any knowledge of how to live in peace.
20 posted on 02/12/2012 1:26:17 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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