Newly-discovered Buddha statue destroyed in Mardan [Paksitan, perps in irons]

Pakistan News Report ^ | July 19, 2020 | staff

[SunkenCiv]

A recently discovered Buddha statue was smashed into pieces by local construction workers and a cleric on Saturday in Mardan. The relic was discovered while digging the foundation for a house.

A video of the act, which has since gone viral on social media, showed the construction workers, along with a cleric, smashing the Buddha statue using a sledgehammer.

According to international reports, the statue was destroyed allegedly on the order of a local cleric. "Your nikah would cease to exist and you will no more be a believer if the statue isn't disposed of," the cleric allegedly told the people at the site, who then followed his orders to destroy the relic, which was accidentally discovered in a good condition...

Takht Bhai, where the statue was discovered, is a part of the Gandhara civilisation, where Buddhism thrived until the 8th or 9th centuries when Islam first began to gain sway in the region. Since 1836, when it was first excavated, archaeologists have dug out hundreds of relics made of clay, stucco, and terracotta in the area. Due to its historical and religious significance, it is a popular destination for Buddhist tourists from Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea etc. The Buddhist monastery is included in the World Heritage List.

Commenting on the incident, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said: "If progressive people of Pakistan remain silent observers and neutral, all hopes of progressive and modern Pakistan ll be dashed".

"Social degradation is immense and silence is not an option unless you want this society to be as dead as (a) graveyard."

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

[Brilliant]

BLM?

[Red Badger]

Buddha Lives matter?................

[Lurkinanloomin]

Islam in action.

Looks vaguely like Antifa and BLM in action.

[Lurkinanloomin]

“If progressive people of Pakistan remain silent observers and neutral, all hopes of progressive and modern Pakistan will be dashed”.
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Anyone speaking out against Islam risks death, he knows that better than anyone.
There is no hope for a modern country that embraces Islam.

[rdl6989]

I guessed right.

[BenLurkin]

accidentally discovered in a good condition...

[gr8eman]

So they spoke in English?

[BuddhaBrown]

"Buddha Lives matter?................"

Yes, we do.

When... oh Lordy when... will we ever institute common sense sledge hammer control?

[PGR88]

Pakistan is the @$$hole of the world. Nothing good comes out of it.

[knarf]

HERE

[Pontiac]

"Your nikah would cease to exist and you will no more be a believer if the statue isn't disposed of," the cleric allegedly told the people at the site, who then followed his orders to destroy the relic, which was accidentally discovered in a good condition...

The Muslim faith is pretty weak if it is destroyed by the mere presence of an inanimate object.

Nikah by the way is the Islamic marriage contract.

So, apparently the Buddha statue has the power to dissolve marriage contracts.

[fidelis]

Sure glad we don’t stuff like this in this country....

[a fool in paradise]

[fella]

The only people who owe anything to the Blacks is the Demoncrat party and it’s financiers.

[fella]

Oooops

Wrong thread.

[colorado tanker]

Backward, medieval, barbaric religion.

[oldvirginian]

“BLM?”

BLM, antifa, islam, democrats (includes communists, socialist, fascists etc.)....they all destroy real history in order to create their own version.

[SunkenCiv]

BTW, whoops, I just became the last to notice that I spellled it "Paksitan" in the title of the topic.