Posted on 03/10/2015 11:30:38 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
A Kuwaiti Islamic preacher has raised many eyebrows by echoing the calls made by extremist group Isis to destroy the ancient Egyptian Sphinx and pyramids — one of the seven wonders of the world that has captured the imaginations of people for centuries.
The preacher recognised by an Egyptian newspaper as Ibrahim Al Kandari reportedly said that just because early Muslims did not dare destroy them, it did not mean all present-day Muslims must follow them.
"The fact that early Muslims who were among Prophet Mohammed's followers did not destroy the pharaoh's monuments upon entering the Egyptian soil, does not mean that we shouldn't do it now," Al-Watan daily newspaper quoted Al Kandari as saying.
Adding that the monuments must be destroyed to end the worship of images, the preacher tended to sync his line of logic with the so called Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's, who had once claimed that the vandalism of the buildings was their "religious duty."
The development comes a week after it was reported that a "fatwa" from a Qatari-owned online portal had called for the destruction of the historic pyramids and the sphinx, terming the monuments "un-Islamic".
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I imagine it would take a nuclear weapon to even damage a pyramid. They’re made of millions of tons of solid rock, not wood frames or steel beams. Are these clerics really that stupid?
Oh, try it, please
yes they could destroy both with explosives placed inside the pyramids within the tunnels...enough munitions would collapse or partially collapse one
Hope they get smashed by falling rocks. This really angers me.
Slaughtering Christians: Ho hum.
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Destroying the pyramids: Boy, I’m angry now.
A truck load oughtta do it...
But, if they were to try ... Who would intervene?
Western countries?
Wouldn’t be the 1st attempt.
Al-Aziz Uthman (a sultan of Egypt) & a son of Saladin tried to destroy the pyramids in the 12th century. He managed to damage one but eventually gave up as it was too difficult.
Yep, he was a more recent offender.
The contribution to the future of mankind offered by ISIS: Destruction.
They even seem to understand that this means their own ultimate destruction, much like so many other waves of bloodthirsty, mindless barbarians of the past.
It is a sad thing that so many will have to die to end this murderous idiocy.
I’m sure the Egyptian military would protect them
How do you collapse something that is solid? What’s it collapse into?
I have no doubt the pyramids could be destroyed, but it would be a LOT of work.
Today.
What happens when islam is back in power there? Unless islam is totally wiped out you still are dealing with the same problem a few years down the road.
Maybe then lefties will finally get a little peeved at them.
Iran would nuke them.
Should have let Saddam have it.
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