[SunkenCiv]

Photographed by Arabic Edition

[Doc Savage]

It warms my heart to islamic terrorists destroying themselves. Now if they could just exterminate each other!

[mewzilla]

I think I’m changing my position on repatriating the Elgin Marbles.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

In the spirit of Caliph Omar, who reportedly burned the Library at Alexandria, noting that if the books contradicted the Koran, they were heretical, if they agreed with it, they were superfluous. An interesting point of view: all writings were religious, including Ptolmey, transcriptions of ancient Babylonian astronomical observations, history, poems. No wonder Islam bans music.

Up capturing a city, he was asked what to do with its inhabitants, some Mulsims, some infidels, and he said - wait for it - kill them all, let Allah sort them out.

[PIF]

It has begun ... as predicted. When they are done, there will be nothing left which predates Mohammad.

[SueRae]

Tragic loss. And the Cairo museum? Is that next?

These rioters care nothing for their people’s heritage. And tourism was the only thing they had. Nice going, morons.

[LibLieSlayer]

Do I care any longer? No... “Burn baby burn... temperature is rising”! I hope they get that arsehat that is such a turd to everyone that works with him... the fat pudgeball from the Discovery Channel series that runs the department of Egyptian antiquities. I can't stand that pompous jerk!

LLS

[spokeshave]

Obamas records....?

[wildbill]

If they want to destroy cultural itms with religious significance other than Islam, give them some copper tools and set them on the pyramids to reverse engineer them.

That should keep them busy for a while until they run out of gas.

[CynicalBear]

Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

[pabianice]

Savages. They are incapable of democracy.

[Nowhere Man]

These people are just as bad as the book burning Nazis.

[null and void]

muslims reverting to type.

[Blind Eye Jones]

I think of the loss of Alexandria’s great library back in the day. Nothing seems to have changed.

[Scoutmaster]

I almost believe in the interest of civilization and history, it's about time to use multinational military force to claim all antiquities from Egypt and put them somewhere safe. The destruction of some of the finest treasures from the Tomb of Tutankhamen was enough for me.

They don't belong to Egypt. They belong to the world. Heck Egypt would even have them if it hadn't been for Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon (and Egypt partially reneging on Carnarvon's license).