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Kuwait: Muslim Preacher Echoes Isis Call to Destroy Egypt's Pyramids, Sphinx
International Business Times ^ | 3-11-2015

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".

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.in ...


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To: Citizen Zed
Hey Ibi baby.

What goes around -- comes around.



21 posted on 03/11/2015 8:06:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: R. Scott

Zactly and they might then get a bit incensed and wanna go in on the fight...


22 posted on 03/11/2015 9:10:13 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Whoops, I was late: Kuwaiti preacher calls for destruction of 'pagan' pyramids and Sphinx

23 posted on 03/12/2015 2:41:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Lady Heron

All Muslims aren’t extremists.


24 posted on 03/12/2015 3:14:23 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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25 posted on 03/12/2015 4:08:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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