SYRIA CRISIS: How Smuggling May Help Academics
In
1997, a Taliban commander by the name Abdul Wahed proclaimed that the enormous
Buddha statues of Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan
would be demolished. This was even before he could call his mission of entering
the valley a reality. However, the terrorist organization finally enacted their
ominous promise. In 2001, dynamites and anti-aircraft missiles fired their
might towards the silent statues, the witnesses of many centuries of human
activity and culture, and demolished them. Today, after fourteen years, even
this act of extreme intolerance has become history. It seems very much
politically correct to call it a history, right?
Fourteen years later, the free world has something to ponder over about those acts that I just addressed extreme intolerance. Were those acts of demolition actually the results of intolerance?
Back in 2001, the Taliban leader, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar released his edict against all un-Islamic idols and images. Because …
Fourteen years later, the free world has something to ponder over about those acts that I just addressed extreme intolerance. Were those acts of demolition actually the results of intolerance?
Back in 2001, the Taliban leader, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar released his edict against all un-Islamic idols and images. Because …