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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Uttered words cultural annihilation


"Something new and destructive became a force within many Muslim communities." The American Muslim website. 30/3/2013 
The Saudis are even destroying the historical global Islamic heritage in Mecca.  That how destructive they are! If you don't believe me, Google it up.  Of course, this brand of Islam is widespread and yet more evidence of its total destructiveness is apparent in post-revolutionary Libya, Timbuktu, Afghanistan, Kosovo to name a few.

NEXT on the list are: The pyramids in Cairo

Some more examples of the wanton and deliberate destruction :

Sufi shrine.  Here.   More  destruction Here in Mali. Not to mention world heritage sites in Mali.   More than 40 Sufi shrines have been destroyed in Tunisia alone.  Sufis and their shrine are regularly targeted in Pakistan.  The same has happened in Kosovo,( 2000 study, "Destruction of cultural heritage in Kosovo: a postwar report,").


Does anyone care any more?

Not one in the West is really scratching their head and asking themselves why is this happening.  Most people have been gently anathesied by the global media networks, lulled into thinking that its no a problem, it's not relevant to their lives, or its Muslims being silly in faraway places.  It's religion and that not interesting.  

Take one step further, if hardly anyone is thinking about the question, WHY, then how many people are thinking about the probable outcomes of all of this, i.e. what is this leading to?  

Who is standing up for the rights of the Sufis in North Africa or in Pakistan?  Other Sufis, UNESCO, culture ministers? In Bosnia, in France, in Turkey?  Not a peep, apparently.   Everyone seems to be playing the great game of pretending to be Ostriches,  you know.. Sand, head.... Stuff.   

Why the Sudden Cultural Heritage Annihilation Syndrome?   The answer is called SHRIK in Arabic. Shirk is the sin of idolatory. in other words, placing partners next to God. This Islamic law concept also covers the Christian belief in the Trinity and all saints too. Let this be a warning to all Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sufis, Shias. There is no place for you in the monoculture of Salafism/Wahhabism. Stop sleepwalking around and thinking that all is ok, because this extreme danger is increasing day by day, getting stronger because of a complete failure by governments worldwide to counter this in any shape or form whatsoever.  

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Destruction of cultural heritage


The BBC featured a number of historic building and sites that were destroyed during conflicts.  The series of photographs showed a number of sites across the world, including Mostar bridge, the Bamiyan Buddhist statutes, Coventry Cathedral, the summer palace in Beijing, to name a few.

The photo article was produced as a result of the recent destruction of an historical minaret in ALEPPO.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22290244

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I'd like to feature a few more that aren't even mentioned by the BBC. 


TURKEY
Destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey

KOSOVO
Destruction of Orthodox cultural heritage in Kosovo 1999
Article by Robert Fisk

On NATO's KFOR watch - The 15th-century monastery of the Holy Trinity above Musutiste, begun in 1465, has been levelled with explosives. The monastery of the Archangel near Vitina, built in the 14th century, has been looted and burnt. So has the church of the Archangels in Gornje Nerodimlje. And the church of St Paraskeva, near Pec. And the church of St Nicholas in Prekoruplje - razed and its nine 16th-century icons lost, including that of the apostle Thomas.

The HOLY LAND


The Tomb of Joseph (destroyed in 2000) in the Holy Land.


Wait it gets worse!..........

"Something new and destructive became a force within many Muslim communities." The American Muslim website. 30/3/2013 

MECCA 

Destruction of Islamic heritage sites in Mecca. Since the last 50 years and in 2013! Article & photos 



MALI 

2013-Extremists set fire to one of world’s great libraries in Timbuktu http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mali-extremists-set-fire-to-one-1561032


And on .....