A bit craftier than ISIS or the Taliban, but it is in the same spirit; an attempt to disdain those who came before, to denigrate history and culture and tradition, an attempt to dismiss the times before the coming of the enlightened.
begin the demolition.' He took up his pickaxe and walked up to Allah's House saying, 'O Ka'aba, do not be afraid. O Allah we intend nothing but good.' The he demolished part of it near the two corners."
Ishaq 85:
If I were to mention riots in 2012 in Bengladesh that ended in the destruction of numerous Buddhist temples would you be surprised? Would you be shocked to learn that the Taliban demolished the millennia-old Bamiyan Buddhas in the last decade?
