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》Why did ISIS need to destroy the temples? Because these were places where pagans before Islam came to adore mendacious idols? No, I don’t think so. It seems to
by throw63738 5y ago
》Why did ISIS need to destroy the temples? Because these were places where pagans before Islam came to adore mendacious idols? No, I don’t think so. It seems to me that the temples and artifacts of Palmyra were destroyed because they were venerated by citizens of the West. ISIS wanted to show that it doesn’t respect what Western culture admires.
Wrong! Islam was destroying old monuments long before modern West even existed. If anything West and ISIS fought on the same side, against Syria!
- Borrible 5y agoSaudi Arabia does this with its own Islamic heritage all the time. And at least parts of IS have vowed to destroy the Kaaba. One must never forget, the pure doctrine of Islam is one of radical iconoclasts. Beside the Saudis hate their own history. They love to be seen as modern, everything brand-new. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_heritage_sites_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_h... https://time.com/3584585/saudi-arabia-bulldozes-over-its-heritage/ https://time.com/3584585/saudi-arabia-bulldozes-over-its-her...
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- eplanit 5y agoThat part struck me, too. It's a narcissistic way of seeing things, where everything comes back to being about us (the West). ISIS's motives were pretty plainly spoken from what I understood at the time. It was a grand nihilistic reset they had in mind, where everything from before was to be erased, and a new, pure beginning was to happen.