Posted on 07/11/2012 5:47:24 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt's Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi'i, those "symbols of paganism," which Egypt's Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrain's "Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs" and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypt's new president, Muhammad Morsi, to "destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what Amr bin al-As could not."
Has the sun finally set for Egypt's Great Pyramids? This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity. While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itself—deemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koran—was destroyed under bin al-As's reign and in compliance with Caliph Omar's command.
However, while book-burning was a simple process in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was not—even though many early Muslim leaders certainly tried; by the time gunfire was invented, Egypt's Medieval Mamluk rulers even managed to "de-nose" the Sphinx during target practice (though popular legend naturally attributes it to a Westerner, Napoleon).
Now, however, as Bahrain's "Sheikh of Sheikhs" observes, and thanks to modern technology, the pyramids can be destroyed. The only question left is whether Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president is "pious" enough—if he is willing to complete the Islamization process that started under the hands of Egypt's first Islamic conqueror.
Nor is such a course of action implausible. History is laden with examples of Muslims destroying their own pre-Islamic heritage—starting with Muhammad himself, who ransacked Arabia's Ka'ba temple, transforming it into a mosque.
Asking "What is it about Islam that so often turns its adherents against their own patrimony?" Daniel Pipes provides several examples, from Medieval Muslims in India destroying their forefathers' temples, to contemporary Muslims destroying their ancestors' heritage in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, and Tunisia. Currently, in what the International Criminal Court is describing as a possible "war crime," Islamic fanatics are destroying the ancient legacy of the city of Timbuktu in Mali—all to Islam's triumphant war cry, "Allahu Akbar!"
Much of this hate for their own pre-Islamic heritage is tied to the fact that, traditionally, Muslims do not identify with this or that nation, culture, or language, but only with the Islamic nation—the Umma. Accordingly, while many Egyptians—Muslims and non-Muslims alike—see themselves first and foremost as Egyptians, Islamists have no national identity, identifying only with Islam's "culture," based on the "sunna" of the prophet and Islam's language, Arabic. This sentiment was clearly reflected when the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, recently declared "the hell with Egypt," indicating that the interests of his country are secondary to Islam's.
It is further telling that such calls are being made now—immediately after a Muslim Brotherhood member became Egypt's president. In fact, the same reports discussing the call to demolish the last of the Seven Wonders of the Word, also note that Egyptian Salafis are calling on Morsi to banish all Shias and Baha'is from Egypt.
In other words, Morsi's recent call to release the Blind Sheikh, a terrorist mastermind, from U.S. imprisonment, may be the tip of the iceberg in coming audacity. From calls to legalize Islamic sex-slave marriage to calls to institute "morality police" to calls to destroy Egypt's mountain-like monuments, under Muslim Brotherhood tutelage, the bottle has been uncorked, and the genie unleashed in Egypt.
Will all those international institutions, which make it a point to look the other way whenever human rights abuses are committed by Muslims, lest they appear "Islamophobic," at least take note now that the Great Pyramids appear to be next on Islam's hit list, or will the fact that Muslims are involved silence them once again—even as those most ancient symbols of human civilization are pummeled to the ground?
There is no doubt anymore that Obama HUSSEIN is the figurehead of the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD and their Plant in the Oval Office, the Alleged Leader of the Free World, who wants nothing less than the total Destruction of America and the Freee World and to make America the 58th Caliphate of the Islamic Republic! How much longer is America going to let this two bit fraud and Liar pose as Our Legitimate President? Hell! His entire past has been laundered and lied about and we still don’t know who he freakin really is!
Hopefully, the Moslem fanatics will disturb the sleep of the High Priest Imhotep, aka The Mummy, and he will unleash some plagues on their dung-stained azzes.
I’m an Art Historian by education. I deal with facts about artifacts.
Christians have in the past torn down idols and destoryed cultural icons they observed to be dangerous or foul.
When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, they found native priests killing babies and eating the newly cut-out hearts. After having survived 700+ years of tyranny under the Muslims in Spain, it would be surpising if the Christians hadn’t gone about destoying such evil.
Now, there are those who would have preferred the Spanish to have been a lot less thorough in their destruction of pre-columbian artifacts, particularly the writings of the Aztecs.
Am I equating Islam to Christianity? No.
The majority of conversion movements were accomplished peacefully and with little or no bloodshed.
Did a lot of pagan arifacts survive in Europe? Depends on where in Europe one looks.
Everything he touches turns to shi’ite..
Democrats just don't understand foreign policy.
Morsi’s recent call to release the Blind Sheikh
I would have no problem returning him ... just throw him in the back of a C130 and fly over Cairo and dump him out the cargo door over a mosque at 10,000 feet while handcuffed and with leg iron on. When throwing him out the back make sure that Allah Akbar MF is shouted.
One, we could say that these monuments are the heritage of the world, and you effing Egyptians are not worthy of having them in your country. Therefore, we are annexing this part of your country NOW. (Airborne troops would already be landing there as we tell them this.) Any other parts of your country that we may need to support our ownership of the monuments is ours, too. (Suez canal, maybe?)
Or, two, we could offer--as a symbol of friendship--to "destroy" them for the Egyptians, thereby saving them the cost and effort. Then we disassemble them piece by piece and reassemble them in the Arizona desert as a tourist attraction. The disadvantage of this course is that it doesn't blow up any Muslims.
But, knowing Muslims, they'll give us another reason before long.
Well, thank goodness for that clarification.
Muslim Obama must be very pleased with his “Brotherhood”.
Anyone care to figure the cost of disassembling, transporting and reassembling the Great Pyramid? If the AZ Department of Tourism will foot the bill, I'm all for it.
Nope it's easy! Gravity is an awfully good assist, just roll them down from the top. The 'outside skin' has completely gone from 2 of the 3 pyramids, and almost completely gone from the 3rd, where the outer casing still remains at the top. Reason - "we wanted that nice stone for building other stuff." And have you seen the TV program about the 4th pyramid, now completely gone? Reason: "we wanted the limestone to make cement." All this in ancient times without strip mining equipment.
There goes the tourist trade..
Destruction..It’s what Islam does.
how about we arrest all those who claim to be Muslim and put them far from where they can destroy things
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As I understand it, the Mau-Mau uprising finally ended only when the British and locals utilized tactics and methods more brutal and notorious than the Mau-Mau militants.
They should also blow up every dam along the Nile, fill in the Suez Canal and outlaw the lotus.
What is it like to talk to someone who is 100% insane? Stark raving mad...never had a lucid thought.
The thing is, fanatical Muslims don’t care about nationalism, they would love to get rid of Egypt and have a united Muslim empire in its’ place.
What a remarkable statement.
What historical treasures from antiquity did the early Christians destroy?
Here I thought that I had a better than average grasp of world history.
Do tell!
Poland will fight, I guarantee you that!
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