Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 21:53:54 -0800 From: martinjg@flash.net Subject: [azsecularhumanists] sick religion: the unfortunate destruction in Afghanistan Reply-To: azsecularhumanists@yahoogroups.com
I have not seen any reports of this on any of the national TV news. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The destruction of ancient art saddens all humans. They destroy great works of art, imagination, and spirit. Theirs is not a loving God, to say the least. These MEN are not nice people
Saturday March 3 6:13 AM ET Taliban Destroys Ancient Buddhas KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Aiming to eliminate idolatry from Afghanistan, troops from the Taliban religious militia used explosives and rockets Saturday to destroy two soaring statues of Buddha, and militia officials said they had already eliminated two-thirds of the country's statues.
What had not already been turned to rubble was slated to come down on Sunday and Monday, despite pleas from cultural, political and religious officials worlwide to save the priceless treasures. "The head and legs of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan were destroyed yesterday," said Taliban Information Minister Quadratullah Jamal, referring to the site about 78 miles northwest of the Afghan capital of Kabul. "Our soldiers are working hard to demolish their remaining parts. They will come down soon. We are using everything at our disposal to destroy them." http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010303/ts/afghanistan_buddha.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/world/Afghanistan/
Friday March 2 7:57 AM ET Afghan Taliban Shells Buddhas, U.N. Warns By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban were reported on Friday to have shelled world-famous, rock-hewn Buddhas as a U.N. envoy warned them of a devastating reaction if they carried out a plan to destroy all of the country's historic statues. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010302/ts/afghan_statues_dc.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/breaking/Afghanistan/
Thursday March 1 9:37 AM ET Afghans Smash Ancient Statues, Defy World Appeals ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The radical Taliban movement began smashing all statues from Afghanistan's rich cultural past Thursday, turning its back on urgent international appeals to save the ancient artifacts. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010301/ts/afghan_statues_dc.html
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