HOAX: Conservative Muslims call for destruction of Giza Pyramids

goodm0urning · November 25, 2012, 7:12am

In March 2001, Mullah Omar and the Afghan Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, exploding the statues and reducing to rubble some of Afghanistan’s most important cultural relics. That act seemed to epitomize the cultural intolerance of the Taliban regime but also drew attention to the ways in which cultural heritage preservation has become used as a measure of civilized behavior of states in an era of global cosmopolitanism. For those concerned about the future of the world’s antiquities, this week another threat emerged on the horizon. In an interview with Egyptian Dream TV over the weekend, Salafist leader Murgan Salem al-Gohary called on Muslims to destroy the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx as a religiously mandated act of iconoclasm. “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,” said Gohary, who claims to have participated in the destruction of Buddhas in Afghanistan and was arrested on several occasions under the Mubarak regime.

Some people argue that if clowns like these are ignored, they’ll go away. I disagree. I say, give them as much attention as they want. It’ll raise public awareness of what happens when religious doctrine is completely divorced from critical thought.

EDIT:

It’s a hoax.

pherai · November 25, 2012, 7:27am

someone oughta tell these superstitious motherfuckers about the curse of the MUMMY!

Azure · November 25, 2012, 7:32am

Raise awareness?

Awareness isn’t the issue.

Getting people to give a fuck is.

Where was the outrage over the Buddhist statues?

You overestimate the intellectual and ethical worth of the species as a collective.

Kromo · November 25, 2012, 7:37am

Wasn’t there already a thread about this?

Oh wait, I forgot, the Lizard controlled media doesn’t WANT you to know about people who resist their mind control.So they just pass it off as “those wacky muslims” and you happily sit there, brain being raped by gamma waves.

RISE UP PEOPLE!
DESTROY THE PYRAMIDS!
DESTROY THE LIZARD QUEEN!

ThePurpleBunny · November 25, 2012, 7:41am

At least they’re not after this pyramid.

Safe and Sound

Spoiler

http://www.beindahs.com/portfolio/pyramid.jpg

jedpossum · November 25, 2012, 7:52am

This thread again.

goodm0urning · November 25, 2012, 2:14pm

It’s a hoax.

tataki · November 25, 2012, 2:42pm

Just merge this with other arab threads to save some space in the forum page:
“Conservative Muslims tired of losing their pyramids; begin tracking them electronically.”

nameingway · January 10, 2013, 1:15am

lizard people? ugh, don’t bump dead threads and most def. don’t try to act like lizard people are a fucking thing. alex jones listening ass mother fucker.

SisqoDisqo · January 10, 2013, 1:47am

the pyramids are a zionist conspiracy.

why would someone create a 3 dimensional triangle made out of rocks? it just doesn’t make sense.