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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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It is interesting that online portals are not un-islamic.
1 posted on 03/10/2015 11:30:38 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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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?


2 posted on 03/10/2015 11:34:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Oh, try it, please


3 posted on 03/10/2015 11:42:24 PM 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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To: Citizen Zed
Attempted demolition
4 posted on 03/10/2015 11:45:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany - The Travel Destination)
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To: Vendome

yes they could destroy both with explosives placed inside the pyramids within the tunnels...enough munitions would collapse or partially collapse one


5 posted on 03/10/2015 11:46:17 PM PDT by gwgn02
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To: Citizen Zed

Hope they get smashed by falling rocks. This really angers me.


6 posted on 03/10/2015 11:47:30 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.")
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To: Citizen Zed
Missing nose and beard
7 posted on 03/10/2015 11:48:52 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany - The Travel Destination)
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To: Citizen Zed

Slaughtering Christians: Ho hum.
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Destroying the pyramids: Boy, I’m angry now.


8 posted on 03/10/2015 11:49:07 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: gwgn02

A truck load oughtta do it...


9 posted on 03/10/2015 11:49:10 PM 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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But, if they were to try ... Who would intervene?

Western countries?


10 posted on 03/11/2015 12:10:28 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Citizen Zed

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.


11 posted on 03/11/2015 12:28:50 AM PDT by odds
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12 posted on 03/11/2015 12:45:08 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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Yep, he was a more recent offender.


13 posted on 03/11/2015 1:13:11 AM PDT by odds
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To: Citizen Zed

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.


14 posted on 03/11/2015 2:03:09 AM PDT by Richard Axtell (This is my clever tagline.)
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To: Vendome

I’m sure the Egyptian military would protect them


15 posted on 03/11/2015 3:37:32 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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To: gwgn02

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.


16 posted on 03/11/2015 3:55:48 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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I’m sure the Egyptian military would protect them

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.

17 posted on 03/11/2015 4:40:39 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Citizen Zed

Maybe then lefties will finally get a little peeved at them.


18 posted on 03/11/2015 5:22:54 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Iran would nuke them.


19 posted on 03/11/2015 6:31:03 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Citizen Zed

Should have let Saddam have it.


20 posted on 03/11/2015 6:31:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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