Calls to Destroy Egypt's Great Pyramids Begin

[The Oracle]

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 the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not."

http://www.aina.org/news/2012071094423.htm

I don't know what to say.

[Blackthorn]

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 the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not."

http://www.aina.org/news/2012071094423.htm

I don't know what to say.

Wow........

[n11pilot]

All during the "Arab Spring" and the subsequent rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt I had the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyam at the hands of the Taliban in 2001 in the back of my mind. I was afraid that some drooling zealot would turn his gaze to the pyramids and other archaeologically important sites and now it has happened.

To paraphrase my favorite fictitious archaeologist,"Extreme Islam belongs in a museum.", or at least the dustbin of history.

[The Oracle]

Last night I was thinking about this and as I pondered the ramifications of such an act I found the situation ironic; is there a better way to establish a belief structure than to destroy any ties to history? If you want to establish your ideology as the only acceptable belief you must remove any outside influence. We have seen this before. Emperor Theodosius via the Bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus, ordered the destruction of the Serapeum of Alexandria a pagan temple. Christian missionaries all but eliminated the codices of the Mayans thereby eliminating most of their history and language. In more modern times Nazi Germany ordered the burning of books that did not fit their ideology. Attempts at changing our own history are constantly sought by a progressive agenda. When you wipe out a foes history you can dominate them by removing the essence of who they are.

[Blackthorn]

Last night I was thinking about this and as I pondered the ramifications of such an act I found the situation ironic; is there a better way to establish a belief structure than to destroy any ties to history? If you want to establish your ideology as the only acceptable belief you must remove any outside influence. We have seen this before. Emperor Theodosius via the Bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus, ordered the destruction of the Serapeum of Alexandria a pagan temple. Christian missionaries all but eliminated the codices of the Mayans thereby eliminating most of their history and language. In more modern times Nazi Germany ordered the burning of books that did not fit their ideology. Attempts at changing our own history are constantly sought by a progressive agenda. When you wipe out a foes history you can dominate them by removing the essence of who they are.

You're right, Oracle. So sad, on all counts.

[n11pilot]

It is even sadder and much more sinister when the eradication of history is conducted by the schools and places of higher learning and the vector are a nation's young.

[Jerry 9]

Are you guys really comparing American Progressives with Islamic Fundamentalists, Nazis and Marxists?

[The Oracle]

Are you guys really comparing American Progressives with Islamic Fundamentalists, Nazis and Marxists?

I'm just saying that the tactical objectives are from the same playbook.

[davidg]

To paraphrase my favorite fictitious archaeologist,"Extreme Islam belongs in a museum.", or at least the dustbin of history.

I heartily agree with you there.. then again.. I'd put extreme Christianity in the same museum.

[davidg]

Those who want to destroy the pyramids are a case of unmitigated stupidity. ..

[Major Eaton]

That makes Isaiah 19, very important in these days...

[News Hound]

This issue is not going away...

‘Destroy the idols,’ Egyptian jihadist calls for removal of Sphinx, Pyramids

[AeroDillo]

Anybody else see the irony here?

You've got a group (jihadists) whose sole contributions to the world have been fear, murder, torture, disorder, and gross instability - pretty lousy list of achievements by any standard. Said bunch is wanting to tear down crucial pieces of history as achieved by a group far superior to their own, because piss on a society and and an age that actually put something useful into circulation* and forwarded the march of humanity.

Great civilizations don't raise themselves by razing the milestones and grave markers of dead ones.










*Referencing other developments, generally, though the Great Pyramids do stand as an engineering marvel.

[Blackthorn]

Anybody else see the irony here?

You've got a group (jihadists) whose sole contributions to the world have been fear, murder, torture, disorder, and gross instability - pretty lousy list of achievements by any standard. Said bunch is wanting to tear down crucial pieces of history as achieved by a group far superior to their own, because piss on a society and and an age that actually put something useful into circulation* and forwarded the march of humanity.

Great civilizations don't raise themselves by razing the milestones and grave markers of dead ones.










*Referencing other developments, generally, though the Great Pyramids do stand as an engineering marvel.

Right on, Dillo.

[n11pilot]

Anybody else see the irony here?

You've got a group (jihadists) whose sole contributions to the world have been fear, murder, torture, disorder, and gross instability - pretty lousy list of achievements by any standard. Said bunch is wanting to tear down crucial pieces of history as achieved by a group far superior to their own, because piss on a society and and an age that actually put something useful into circulation* and forwarded the march of humanity.

Great civilizations don't raise themselves by razing the milestones and grave markers of dead ones.





*Referencing other developments, generally, though the Great Pyramids do stand as an engineering marvel.

This makes me sad beyond belief. It was seeing photographs of the pyramids that sparked my interest in history when I was a very small child. The pyramids or really any monumental piece of architecture that has endured for so long is not just a reminder of the the kings or pharaohs that commissioned them but also of the technology behind the achievements. They speak for the long dead architects, artisans, workers, and even slaves who brought them into being. To destroy them is to destroy all they can tell and teach us. To destroy them is to destroy a part of who we are.