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Radical Jihadist Leader Threatens To Demolish The Great Sphinx And The Pyramids of Giza
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[quote:New Age Messiah:MV8yMDUwNjUyXzM0NTI4NjA5X0NCRUNBM0Q3] [quote:A Friend:MV8yMDUwNjUyXzM0NDU5NjM5XzIxMDE5OEM0] The fact that the Buddha statues were destroyed is a tragedy, plain and simple. Now will the world stand by and watch more of the world's greatest works be destroyed by narrow-minded individuals? If this is allowed to happen then we know the end of this age MUST be coming to an end. We are talking about the wonders of the world! [/quote] Narrow minded???? How about fucking insane??? [/quote]
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Egyptian security authorities are taking seriously threats by a radical Salafist jihadist leader to demolish the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian press reported on Monday.
Murgan Salem al-Gohary told Egypt’s privately-owned Dream TV2 channel over the weekend that the Sphinx and pyramids are “idolatrous” and must be destroyed.
The newspaper said Gohary is a jihadist leader with links to the Taliban and that he had previously helped smash Buddha statues in Afghanistan ten years ago.
“The idols and statutes that fill Egypt must be destroyed. Muslims are tasked with applying the teachings of Islam and removing these idols, just like we did in Afghanistan when we smashed the Buddha statues,” Gohary said in a Saturday night television interview...
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