Nature’s revenge on Taliban's religious intolerance: Ancient Buddha Statue discovered near the ruins of giant Buddha statues destroyed by Taliban in A

Nature’s revenge on Taliban's religious intolerance: Ancient Buddha Statue discovered near the ruins of giant Buddha statues destroyed by Taliban in Afghanistan

JULIE BLOOM

September 8, 2008

We are discussing the issue of religious intolerance today in the backdrop of perhaps its worst and most repulsive manifestation in recent times. The 2,000-year old statues of Lord Buddha, colossal images carved into the Hindukush Mountains at Bamiyan in Afghanistan, and hundreds of other precious artefacts that symbolised that country’s glorious heritage, are lost to the world forever. These had survived the depredations of the vandals of the past. But in this day and age when we think we have become more civilised, this precious human heritage has been destroyed by the Taliban. The world watched helplessly in horror. All international appeals to the Taliban asking them to desist from their declared goal of destroying mankind’s collective legacy failed.

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