Salafists cover statue in Alex

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511072



What's next?
Smashing the Tutankhamoun golden mask and sarcofagus and bombing the statues in Luxor!

 

Politicians should leave art to artists. By the same token, artists should refuse State patronage.

 

A lot of cultures are guilty of trying to erase cultures of the past, but it seems like Islam has more of a thing for it lately.

 

It's a matter of scale. When's the next great North American Bison migration due ?

 

On a related note, we actually farm bison now.

 

Highly cultural, I'm sure.

 

Probably not... but very tasty.

 

Deep in my childhood bible lesson (indoctrination) there's something abt " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under - blah - blah - blah.

I suppose the crucifix was excluded .


or was it another of those contradictions between Old + New Testaments ? but who cares.


......

 

making is different to worshipping it I believe it means

if making an image is haram then the wahabi royals have big problem

they ban paintings and portraits and yet all carry passports and i'd's with photos

is that not an image also

 

I keep waiting for the pyramids to go the way of those statues of Buddha in Afghanistan for being a symbol of paganism. These Salafists are just crazy

 

Not entirely.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm