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Let's double-down on this and point out that the marauding Burmese desecrated temples of their neighbours -- knocking heads off Buddhas -- and they were of iden
by peteretep 8y ago
Let's double-down on this and point out that the marauding Burmese desecrated temples of their neighbours -- knocking heads off Buddhas -- and they were of identical religions!
- temporalparts 8y agoWhen Angkor Wat was being raided by art thieves operating out of Thailand, they knocked off heads off of buddha not to be disrepsectful per se, but because they wanted to loot and sell those heads on the black market. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat#History
- benj111 8y agoI believe Muslims recognise Jesus as a prophet [1], so there was more going on there than different religions. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam
- povertyworld 8y agoI can't say what happened when the Turks arrived, but that region was already known for iconoclasm while it was still under Christian leadership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm
- allemagne 8y agoSounds pretty comparable to Christian iconoclasts tearing down images of saints. I.e. it was the "right thing to do" and they probably thought Jesus would be horrified to be part of an idolatrous image.