The President Morsi asked to destroy the pyramids!

[Monsieur]

The Egyptian pyramids will they be destroyed soon? In any case require that certain Muslims , reports Front Page Magazine.

According to the website, which includes several Arab media, party officials like Egyptian Salafist destroy these monuments they see as "pagan symbols." Recently, "the Sheik Sheik" Bahrain Abd al-Latif Mahmoud called the new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi "to destroy the pyramids to accomplish what the Shabi Amr ibn al-As could not do."

This phrase is a reference to the companion of the Prophet Muhammad who invaded and conquisl'Egypte in 641. Under his reign, many antiques and relics were destroyed.

The question is whether the Egyptian president, from the Muslim Brotherhood, is quite "stake" to implement this undertaking.

 

[Machjo]

How about they compromise and let the weather destroy them.

Could take some time, yes, but at least it'll save money on both maintenance and destruction costs.

 

[gore0bsessed]

This was exposed as propaganda long time ago.

 

[WLDB]

This was exposed as propaganda long time ago.

Ah, well thats good to know.

I doubt the Army would have let the government do it anyway. I imagine tourism is pretty big in Egypt. Destroying one of the main attractions makes no sense.

 

[Colpy]

This was exposed as propaganda long time ago.

Actually, not quite.

Although the idea was not the President's, nor is there any indication he intends to do anything of the sort. Nor have I ever seen a rational news source accuse the president of considering such an action.

The idea came from some whack-job Muslim preacher (redundant, I know) of some importance in Bahrain.

The much more sensible whack-job Muslim radical preachers of Egypt simply want to encase the ancient sites in wax.

The Egyptians are notorious for their careless handling of ancient treasures.

Muslims are notorious for destroying anything outside of Islam.

The Religion of Psychosis.

 

[gore0bsessed]

Any idiot calling for the destruction of the Pyramids has a mental illness and should be dealt with accordingly.

 

[CDNBear]

Any idiot calling for the destruction of the Pyramids has a mental illness and should be dealt with accordingly.

I know it's not the Pyramids, but it was equally as important to many. I also know you like wikiality...

Buddhas of Bamiyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Enjoy.

 

[gore0bsessed]

I know about that,

 

[EagleSmack]

Not to mention what is going on in Timbuktu at this very moment...

Timbuktu's Treasures Are Being Destroyed As World Watches Helplessly : The Two-Way : NPR

 

[gopher]

We already had a thread on this and it's a hoax. Check out Front Page's site:

right wing news | FrontPage Magazine

It features an article about how Muslims are laughing at 911 with the creation of the down town Manhattan mosque. As we discussed here before, that mosque is pacifist Sufi, not Sunni. To blame Sufis for 911 is tantamount to blaming World War II on pacifist Quakers. Therefore, once again, it is a site with no credibility.

 

[Misty666]

Yeah. That was the danger when this so called 'Arab spring' got going. You have to remember that the average Egyptian considers himself a good Muslim Arab not the decendent of the pagan Ancient Egyptians. Their decendents are of course the Copts...

 

[MapleDog]

Will the religious whackos ever stop wanking on their jokebooks,isn't it enough to have destroyed the statues in afghanistan?

 

[coldstream]

Islam has a history of being a self purifying entity. The more absolute its control of a region becomes the more intolerant of all 'infidel' influences... and the more rigid its implementation of Sharia Law and persecution of non-believers.

It's not a matter of extremism.. this is the accepted logos of ALL Islam. The more moderate forms of the religion are those 'infected' with Christian or other mores.. which at their core.. are irreconcilable with Islam.

It's simply not possible for a heterogenous, open society to exist in an Islamic state. There will always be that dynamic to 'purify' itself, and purge itself of outsiders.

 

[damngrumpy]

It wasn't propaganda in Afghanistan they destroyed monuments and historic symbols there
Of course barbaric dark ages people do things that impact the future. Of course once they
go back people rebel and that usually brings out the best in them.
Remember the Christians engaged in this during the middle ages until we extricated ourselves
from their clutches. The other main factor was explorers proved the earth was round something
religion did not subscribe to. Unfortunately religion be it Christian, Muslim and otherwise are
again ignoring science and trying to rule the minds of people with theology,
Can you imagine if various religious groups got a hold of a variety of societies and spread their
nonsense?

 

[L Gilbert]

Religion; sometimes the root of careless stupidity.

 

[Misty666]

It wasn't propaganda in Afghanistan they destroyed monuments and historic symbols there
Of course barbaric dark ages people do things that impact the future. Of course once they
go back people rebel and that usually brings out the best in them.
Remember the Christians engaged in this during the middle ages until we extricated ourselves
from their clutches. The other main factor was explorers proved the earth was round something
religion did not subscribe to. Unfortunately religion be it Christian, Muslim and otherwise are
again ignoring science and trying to rule the minds of people with theology,
Can you imagine if various religious groups got a hold of a variety of societies and spread their
nonsense?

Too true the Christians destroyed most of the ancient religion of the Egyptians and the Muslims came along and destroyed the rest! The only things that survived were either buried underground or too big ( although they had a go at the outer casings of the Pyramids for building materials for Cairo...)

 

[MapleDog]

Too true the Christians destroyed most of the ancient religion of the Egyptians and the Muslims came along and destroyed the rest! The only things that survived were either buried underground or too big ( although they had a go at the outer casings of the Pyramids for building materials for Cairo...)

Which again proves that religious obscurantism is and always was there,no matter who is your "god" christianity arrogantly called other cultures beliefs paganism,threw out all their stuff then they shoved crosses in the natives hand and told them "This is your god now"

 

[#juan]

Which again proves that religious obscurantism is and always was there,no matter who is your "god" christianity arrogantly called other cultures beliefs paganism,threw out all their stuff then they shoved crosses in the natives hand and told them "This is your god now"

A few years ago the Taliban destroyed a large number of Buddhist statues while the world looked on helplessly. We shouldn't let the pyramids go the same way. The Buddhist statues were thousands of years old and should have been saved for the world. Destroying the pyramids would be a crime.
taliban destroyed buddhist statues - Google Search

 

[MapleDog]

A few years ago the Taliban destroyed a large number of Buddhist statues while the world looked on helplessly. We shouldn't let the pyramids go the same way. The Buddhist statues were thousands of years old and should have been saved for the world. Destroying the pyramids would be a crime.
taliban destroyed buddhist statues - Google Search

I know i mentioned it earlier,the reason given that "they were an insult to their religion" was retarded,and it was said that there was no muslim in afghanistan when these statues were built,so the only insult done was against another culture.

 

[#juan]

I know i mentioned it earlier,the reason given that "they were an insult to their religion" was retarded,and it was said that there was no muslim in afghanistan when these statues were built,so the only insult done was against another culture.

There was no insult. The Buddhist statues were an invaluable part of the history of the country and the world. Give a bunch of crazy
Arabs dynamite, and they'll find a reason to blow up everything.