Islamic Clerics Call on Egypt to Destroy Great Pyramids

[Rupert_Baehr]

If the fanatics did destroy the pyramids, I wonder what they would do with the rubble?

 

I wonder whether they would use it to fill in the 24 Swimming pools at Sharm El Sheikh?

 

That way they could get rid of nearly all of their tourists.

[Grandad.Malky]

The OP did attribute the 'cut and paste' quote - the link is at the bottom of the text (s)he pasted.

 

I appreciate that but its not clear what is a cut and paste and what isn’t . people do it all the time ……. How much clearer is this?

 

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."

 

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 an easy activity in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was not--even if Egypt's Medieval Mamluk rulers "de-nosed" the latter during target practice (though popular legend still 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 the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt 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 Islam's prophet Muhammad himself, who destroyed 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 non-Islamic 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 heritage 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, heritage, or language, but only with the Islamic nation--the Umma

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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012...mids-in-egypt/

 

So they want to destroy the biggest revenue earner for Egypt.Brilliant plan.

Get off to see the pyramids whilst you can....

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[johncocker]

They're religious fanatics with no regard for anything outside their own interests. Don't forget what they did here .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan

We'd better keep a close eye on Stonehenge.

 

 

I wouldn't worry to much they're on special at ikea at the moment.

 

http://www.emptykingdom.com/main/featured/the-stonehenge-ikeas-instructions/

[mj.scuba]

If they want to go round demolishing stuff they should start with the Kaaba.

[Rupert_Baehr]

Much - but I (for one) am grateful to see any form of citation - even a link.

 

Back to the topic though, there have been a significant number of instances of tourists in Egypt being murdered during the past 20 years (this link gives a list)

 

The posturing of the new government - even if they don't actually try to destroy the pyramids - may well damage their tourist industry severely.

[clinteastwoo]

Can anyone tell me what part of the Koran mentions having to flatten the pyramids ?

[Anna B]

So much for the 'Arab Spring' improving things...

 

Incidently, the Christians did a fine job of defacing many of the Egyptian Gods in the Egyptian Temples such as Karnak. But that was over 1,000 years ago.

[Grandad.Malky]

They seem to be a better bunch than the leaders in the UK. They only want to destroy an old dilapidated building. Over here we demolished 10s of 1000s of good quality housing units in Sheffield alone!

 

Yep but how many benefit claimants and immigrants could you house in a pyramid ……….that’s the question .......... And would those houses in Sheffield still be standing in 4.000 years time.

[esme]

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[GodStar]

Imagine what they might uncover by demolishing the pyramids...who knows what lies within